Google Drive and its suite of apps are the most popular productivity apps on Android. Between these apps, you have a full-fledged office suite complete with a note taking app, cloud storage, and a place to back up all of your photos and videos for free.
Google Drive comes with 15GB of storage for free. You can increase the cloud storage space with a monthly subscription. Google Translate is the go-to translation app available on any platform. It has received a number of updates over the years, including the ability to use your camera to point at something and have it translated in real-time. There is also a neural network powering the platform that helps make translation even more accurate. It has a slew of additional features as well, including the ability to translate a two way conversation in real-time.
Microsoft Translate and a few other translate apps are getting better, but Google Translate is still king of the roost. LastPass is a password manager app. There are many of these in Google Play and most of them work fairly well. However, we like LastPass because it stays current with Android updates and also has a second authenticator app for additional security. The app generates passwords, saves your passwords to various sites, and helps you login quickly when you need to.
It adds a layer of security to your life. The subscription costs are also quite reasonable. There are other really good password manager apps as well. However, we like that LastPass is always among the first to integrate new Android features quickly so it gets the spot for now. Microsoft has been killing it on mobile the last couple of years.
The company definitely has some of the most useful apps out there. Additionally, they have some up and comers like a to do list app that is slowly getting better. They are also working on direct Android screen mirroring on Windows 10 and some other useful things. Reddit is a very useful app and website. It has a virtual ton of subreddits that cover all sorts of topics. You can find advice, tutorials, and information about basically anything. There are a lot of trashy people and topics on Reddit.
Odds are you already rely in one or more than one of these four. Luckily competition for cloud backup has been fierce for a few years and prices have come down a little. Finally, for full backups, there are better suited alternatives than the above. First of all, you get specialized backup software, file versioning, and often unlimited storage so you can offload terabytes of data and remain at ease. Windows user: WhatsApp and Hangouts for video. WhatsApp to reach everyone.
For work: Slack or Microsoft Teams. For gaming: Discord or TeamSpeak. Information is power but having the right information at the right time is even more important. The most ubiquitous personal messaging platforms are WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger , though only the former offers native desktop applications.
For video calls Skype remains one of the more popular options but honestly, we kind of hate it these days, it's a convoluted mess. Google Hangouts can be used free for voice and video calls, several people can join on a single meeting and because it's web-based it works across all platforms. In fact, if you're running Chrome there's nothing you need to do to join a meeting. It's not perfect but it works. A second good alternative is Viber , offering similar voice and video capabilities, with an added spin on security.
It's always fun to stay in touch with family and friends, but if you need to collaborate in a workgroup then Slack is the most popular platform for that purpose. The free plan works well for small groups, and there are paid options per seat if you have bigger storage and history requirements, as well as more security control. Alternatives include Cisco Spark and Microsoft Teams, the latter is a likely candidate if you're already paying for an Office subscription.
And if you're interested in having all your different communication services in one place you can try Franz. For gaming communication, you can go old school with TeamSpeak or modern with Discord.
Steam is also offering a more robust in-game chat solution this year. If you know what you're doing, both Windows and macOS come with decent security out of the box. Common sense should be enough for power users, while the average user may want to add another layer of protection that won't turn into a burden for your system.
Malwarebytes is the first tool you should consider. A veteran specializing in preventing malware and rootkits attacks, it's great and free for personal use.
There's also VirusTotal. For gaming we have to recommend Steam first and foremost. The A. Field Guide. By David Nield.
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