Year 2014 has been great for Android and the rest of the entertainment industry. Google released the Best Apps and Best Games on Android for 2014 last week. We said it's too early to tell and we didn't know the criteria for choosing the best but folks at Google, particularly the Android team, is so busy right now rounding up things and making lists just before the year ends. Google said 2014 was a big year for entertainment. New addictive games have popped up. More movies, songs, and stories have kept us interested and entertained.
Google published an infographic of the state of entertainment this year. Here are some highlights:
Most Downloaded App by Cateogry
☻Education – Dualingo
☻Health & Fitness – MyFitnessPal
☻Music – Pandora
☻Photography – Flipgram
☻Social – Facebook
☻Entertainment – Netflix
☻Sports – NFL Mobile
☻Travel – TripAdvisor
Fastest Growing App Category is Health & Fitness, thanks to the numerous wearables launched this year.
Top Downloaded Games: Candy Crush Saga, Don’t Tap The White Thile, Farm Heroues Saga, Subway Surfers, and Clash of Clans.
Movie of the Year: Frozen (of course!)
TV Show of the Year: The Walking Dead
Comeback Movie: Toy Story
Album of the Year: Frozen: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack,
Song of the Year: Dark Horse by Katy Perry
Song of the Summer: Fancy by Iggy Azalea
Fastest Growing Genre: Soundtracks
News Sources of the Year: The New York Times, TMZ, Forbes Now, The Verge, The Huffington Post, The Daily Beast, The Wall Street Journal, Gizmodo
Books of the Year: The Fault in Our Stars, Fifty Shades of Grey, Divergent, Twelve Years a Slave, and Insurgent
Most searched actor on Google Play: Robin Williams (Search interest surged after he passed away in August)
(Click on image below to view full infographic)
How did the Android tema come up with this list again?
SOURCE: Android Blog