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hey just Joshin freghar from android authority what's going on everybody and this tent over on the right over here is where we just came out of to watch the first-ever Google Play Awards now in 2016 Google i/o 2016 they decided to award ten applications that had exemplary design for example or were the best families app is another category but we'll get into that in a little bit now before I get into just sort of my thoughts overall I was really curious coming into this show that's the reason why I really wanted to watch it because I was just kind of curious but the first thing I want to do is ask what your thoughts were on the show yeah I wasn't really sure what to expect with the show cuz I didn't know if they're gonna if this was something that they were taking seriously or if it was just like for fun but it definitely looked like it had a seriousness to it they did crack a lot of jokes as well but the awards seem like a real serious thing where these developers really wanted to win these awards because they you know they spend all these times creating all this time creating these apps so it is nice they're rewarding them with something that actually means something so what's pretty cool and again it was a lot of fun very high-energy as well it was high energy there are the whole place was packed there was actually a lot of people inside of this tent but the reason why I thought it was gonna be a little bit problematic is precisely for what the reason that you just said you're awarding specific apps when there are so many out there so is that going to create this sort of air of like oh I want an award you know stuff like that and then by the end of the show I was like are they gonna do it are they gonna do it sure enough there's a best app award yeah I was waiting for the best supporting app that didn't happen but why don't we go ahead and go down the list a lot of these applications I don't know about you but I've never really heard of them before yes same for me like a lot of these apps even some of the games I've never heard before but like I said I'm I'm gonna definitely download them and try them out for sure for sure the first category was standout indie and that went to an app called alpha bear which is a game and I've never played that before I have I like alpha they're basically you're on the grid and there's a little bear there's a bunch of them and there are different obstacles you basically have to type out words based upon the different letters that are on the grid in order to make the bear bigger like it what you wanna you want to eliminate the letters that are around the bear and you make the biggest bear and you can get a score with that secondly we have best use of Google Play game services and the winner for that was table tennis touch I don't think I've ever played a table tennis game on a phone actually be that good I'm not entirely sure and I don't really understand the category too much to be honest but I don't know I guess I'm willing to try it out using all of the Google Play game services like maybe the recording feature a bunch of that again they did not really explain this during the show so next up we had best use of material design and that went to an app called Robin Hood so did you know what Robin Hood was I had no idea what so apparently it's a stocks app and one of our buddies who was at the show watching it with us actually said you know it's it is a stock gap and it was pretty good it was nominated twice actually which really makes me want to try it yeah a few of the apps were that's that's what makes me want to tries on these apps as well because yeah nominated a few times so all right what else we got next up we have stand out startup and that went to an app called hopper I liked the idea of having a startup be awarded for an app that they've done really well because you don't have a whole lot of workers in a start-up it's a very small group and that's what they showcased about it so I'm sort of interested to see what hopper might actually be like next app is the best families app and this went to think rolls too if I had a family yeah I had a family you'd be a great app I'd probably try it out if I kids rather I should say kids yeah next the next topic was or the next award rather is most innovative and that went to New York Times VR and I thought that pretty much made sense because I've used it I've never used it but the fact that it's New York Times it's in virtual reality it kind of makes sense okay yeah name recognition yeah exactly early adopter went to world around me again another app that I've never heard huh yeah same here and early adopter that was another one that Kris Carlin was saying why is it an early adopter like what is it doing that it's supposed to but you know what congratulations to this and all the other nominees of course but go for it the next award was go global and that was Pokemon shuffle mobile now the go global one they did make a good point it's not just about translating your apps that other countries can't understand it but from there it's just nice that you know Pokemon guided Dragon Ball was in that category which I played that game that was really cool all right so the next one is the best app and that went to an app called house that's Hou Z Z from what I can tell it's like a Pinterest mainly for house for house decorations interior design and stuff like that we did hear that a couple of people were like Oh house house does seem like a good app that you should have one now here's one that I think you might have something to say about yeah the final category the the final award went was for best game and that went to clash Royale now I have not played clash Royale I play clash of clans a lot I'm very addicted to clash of clans and I've been very hesitant to try clash Royale just because it looks like a very silly game to me but at the same time I've heard a few people say that it's actually a really good game and now that's not up now that it's won the best game award here at the Google Play Awards I feel like I'm obligated to try it now so I guess I'm gonna download it and see what all the hype is about I'll see if I like it or not yeah see it's really nice just to know that these applications if you were happen to be at the show or if you go on the Google Play Store and chose the award the fact that they want the award that's cool that means that people won't think I've maybe I should try this game out or this app out so if any of these apps are ones that you think were really great then you can go in the comments below let us know what you think of those apps let us know what you think of the winners of these apps and of course you probably saw the clips of what we were seeing inside of this tent right over to our side but yeah overall kind of a good show yeah it was a really good show and the thing that I sort of took away from it was I'm just gonna start exploring more apps it's easy for us to think that the apps that we use on the daily basis are the best ones we could possibly use yeah and I think a lot of people they just sort of gravitate towards the most popular apps but if you dig deep enough you're gonna be able to find some really great apps out there and that's sort of what I've learned from going to the show here today well you can let us know what you think should have been nominated some of these categories and you know this is the first Google Play Awards we're looking forward to the next one probably we'll see what comes up in 2017 but until then you can keep it tuned to Android thority for all of our coverage of Google i/o make sure you watch videos from myself lawn and of course Kris Carlin is here bringing you some stuff on the thorry comm website as well with his written articles and features and of course the rest of our team as well and from there make sure you keep it tuned here because we are your source for all things Google i/o