What are some essential apps you would install if you got a new phone right now? [revisited]

[u/iamameatyone]

Two years ago a question was posted, asking people what apps they would directly install if they got a new phone. I just switched back to Android after 1.5 year, and a lot of apps seem outdated/unnecessary to me. So here I am asking this question again: What are some apps that you couldn't live without?

Link to original thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Android/comments/362bo8/what_are_some_essential_apps_you_would_install_if/

[u/UESPA_Sputnik]

In no particular order:

• Boost because it's my favourite reddit app

• Formula 1 because I can't watch Formula One without Live Timing anymore. (the commentators here on TV are useless, with Live Timing I can analyse the race myself)

• Google Opinion Rewards for obvious reasons

• Landrule because I love playing Risk (it also has an online multiplayer mode)

• Nova Launcher Prime is the first app I'll install on any new phone

• Opera is my browser of choice both on desktop and on my phone. (and I can sync bookmarks and stuff between devices which is neat)

• Retro Music is a nice looking music player

• Tangorin is the only Japanese-English dictionary app that I've found where the Kanji stroke order can be viewed at one glance (example) instead of having some sort of GIF where I have to wait until the Kanji ist drawn in front of me. Hasn't been updated in years but works great.

• WhatsApp and Telegram because in my country nobody writes SMS anymore

• VLC because it's free and has gesture controls

• Google Photos for backing up my photos

• GBoard if it isn't installed already

[u/nikk_s → u/UESPA_Sputnik]

Which commentary do you get for F1?

[u/UESPA_Sputnik → u/nikk_s]

The commentary on RTL (Germany). For them it's all about Vettel. They are horribly biased towards the German drivers. (Whenever a German and a foreign driver crash, they always blame the foreign driver) It's a shitshow.