Each year, Apple and Google announce their top app and game picks from releases on the App Store and Google Play store. We’re still waiting for Apple’s picks but Google has announced its best apps and games of 2024. The full list of winners is below, but let’s first look at each of the overall app and game of the year winners.

Google has released the list of best apps and games from Google Play this year, with party planning app Partiful named Play’s Best App, while the “AFK Journey” fantasy RPG won Best Game of the year. Streaming library Max was named the Best multi-device app as it let viewers resume watching content across devices. These were the U.S.-based winners.

Google Play dropped its 2024 picks, celebrating the best in apps, games, books, and multi-device options. Partiful won Best App for reinventing event planning, with its easy-to-use "Party Genie" tool for quick invite creation.

Google Play has unveiled its "Best of 2024" awards for India, celebrating the top apps and games available on the platform, as well as the talented developers behind them. This year’s list highlights a wide range of innovative apps designed to meet various needs,

Live threat detection was one of the standouts when Android 15 was trailed earlier this year. Using on-device AI, the idea is that users will be warned in real time if an app is exhibiting potentially malicious behavior, before it’s flagged across the board by Play Protect.

As the year is on the horizon of ending, Google has come up with the winner of its Play Store’s ‘Best 2024 awards in India’. The list highlights the best performing and most loved games and apps under different categories. The award is for the most innovative and impactful apps which have managed to engage a large number of users.

Every year, Google names the best apps and games from its Play Store. The awards are meant to not only highlight outstanding experiences on Android, but also to shine a light on the diverse, vibrant community of developers behind the Google Play Store.

Google has announced this year's list of the best Android apps and games, and there are quite a few picks worth checking out.