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Applications for freshly setup Android Smartphones

Applications I need for a Android Smartphones setup

This is a list of all good applications that make your life easier. Please be aware, that this are the best applications in my humble opinion. Feel free to help me finishing this list.

Social Media

  • Facebook - Keeping up with friends is faster and easier than ever. Share updates and photos, engage with friends and Pages, and stay connected to communities important to you.
  • Facebook Messenger - Instantly connect with the people in your life. Messenger is free, fast, and secure.
  • Instagram - Instagram is a simple way to capture and share the world’s moments. Follow your friends and family to see what they’re up to, and discover accounts from all over the world that are sharing things you love.
  • WhatsApp - WhatsApp Messenger is a FREE messaging app available for Android and other smartphones. WhatsApp uses your phone's Internet connection (4G/3G/2G/EDGE or Wi-Fi, as available) to let you message and call friends and family.
  • Threema - Threema is the world’s favorite secure messenger and keeps your data out of the hands of hackers, corporations and governments. Threema can be used completely anonymously, allows to make end-to-end encrypted voice calls, and offers every feature one would expect from a state-of-the-art instant messenger.
  • Twitter - From breaking news and entertainment to sports, politics, and everyday interests, when it happens in the world, it happens on Twitter first.
  • Snapchat - Snapchat is a image messenger for everyone. Send snaps to your friends for free.
  • musical.ly - Create awesome short videos with our editing tools and share with the world. With musical.ly, you can use our music and sound library, stickers, face filters, beauty effects, and more for your videos!
  • LinkedIn - Connect to opportunity and tap into your professional potential with the LinkedIn app. The app makes it easier to discover, connect and nurture relationships with people that matter, search and apply for jobs, and get updates on topics and companies that make a difference all on the go.

Music and Audio

  • Netflix - Netflix is the world’s leading subscription service for watching TV episodes and films on your phone.
  • Spotify - Stream free albums and hits, find a song, discover music, and download songs with the Spotify free streaming and music player app.
  • Soundcloud - SoundCloud is the world's largest music and audio streaming platform – 150 million tracks and growing.
  • YouTube - See what the world is watching -- from the hottest music videos to what’s trending in gaming, entertainment, news, and more. Subscribe to channels you love, share with friends, and watch on any device.
  • Shazam - Shazam is one of the world’s most popular apps, used by hundreds of millions of people each month to instantly identify music that’s playing and see what others are discovering. All for free.

Entertainment

  • DevRant - DevRant is a fun community for developers to share and bond over their successes and frustrations with code, tech, and life as a programmer! (my favourite)
  • 9gag - With millions of visitors everyday, 9GAG is the app for you to LOL, kill time and make new friends all around the world.
  • Reddit - Get all the freshest content on the internet with Reddit’s official mobile app! Discover top trending topics, breaking news, viral video clips, funny jokes and hot memes.
  • Will You Press The Button - You are presented with a red button. Two things will happen if you press the button - one good and one bad. Will you press the button?
  • Pinterest - Find inspiration and explore new activities with Pinterest. Design your life with home decor, recipes, DIY, art, travel, quotes and fashion tips. Good ideas start here!
  • Tumblr - Tumblr is a place to express yourself, discover yourself, and bond over the stuff you love. Whether it’s fandoms or philosophy, fashion or felines, Tumblr is where your interests connect you with your people.
  • TED - Feed your curiosity and expand your world with TED Talks.
  • Hacker News - A simple, open source, HackerNews reader application. Read ycombinator's hacker news on the mobile devices you carry around daily!
  • TechCrunch - The TechCrunch app is the best way to get breaking tech news on your phone. TechCrunch is an unparalleled source of stories about startups, Silicon Valley, venture capital, gadgets, apps, and more.
  • NZZ - A swiss newsportal

Shopping

  • Zalando - Get ready to meet Zalando: your biggest destination for online fashion. Bringing you the latest clothing, shoes, bags and accessories from over 1,500 brands – say hello to a new era of clothes shopping.
  • Zalando Lounge - A wide selection of brands, high discounts and the latest trends: All of that just waiting for you in our exclusive Zalando Lounge Shopping Club! Registering is quick and free, so start finding inspiration with our latest fashion sales today – at home and on the go!
  • Wish - Over 500 million people use Wish to get trending items for 60-90% cheaper than what you’d pay at your local mall.
  • AutoScout24 - With more than 150,000 vehicle offers, AutoScout24 is the largest marketplace for the purchase and sale of new and used cars in Switzerland.
  • MotoScout24 - MotoScout24 with over 13,000 listings of no. 1 online marketplace of Switzerland for motorcycles. Current offers, detailed vehicle information, detailed views with many photos and pinboards simplify the search and buying the dream bikes.

Payment

  • PayPal - Send money instantly almost anywhere in the world. Manage all the ways you send, spend and receive money at a glance.
  • Twint - Prior to downloading this app, please search in the Google Play Store for the name of your bank together with the term “TWINT”. You can find an overview at www.twint.ch.
  • Online Banking - Your personal online banking app. (here is just an example).
  • Online Banking Authentication - Your personal online banking two factor authentication app. (here is just an example)

Games

  • Minecraft - Explore infinite worlds and build everything from the simplest of homes to the grandest of castles. Play in creative mode with unlimited resources or mine deep into the world in survival mode, crafting weapons and armor to fend off dangerous mobs.
  • PUBG Mobile - PLAYERUNKNOWN'S BATTLEGROUNDS goes mobile - the original Battle Royale game is now available on your device!

Navigation

  • Waze - Always know what’s happening on the road with Waze. Even if you know the way, Waze tells you about traffic, roadworks, police, accidents, and more in real-time.
  • Swiss Map - Swiss Map Mobile brings the Swiss national maps 1:10 000, 1:25 000, 1:50 000, 1:100 000, 1:500 000 and 1:1 million on your smartphone and tablet.
  • Schweiz Mobil - The free SwitzerlandMobility app is the perfect app for anybody who is out and about in Switzerland either in summer or winter.
  • Glympse - Glympse is a fast, free and simple way to share your real-time location using GPS tracking, with any of your family, friends or co-workers!

Miscellaneous

  • Keepass2Android - Keepass2Android is an open source password manager application for Android. It reads and writes .kdbx-files, the database format used by the popular KeePass 2.x Password Safe for Windows and other desktop operating systems.
  • Reverso Context - The best way to translate and learn millions of words and expressions. Contains a huge database of real-life examples and a powerful linguistic search engine.
  • Uber - Uber is a ridesharing app for fast, reliable rides in minutes – day or night. There’s no need to park or wait for a taxi or bus. With Uber, you just tap to request a ride, and it’s easy to pay with credit card or cash (in selected cities only).
  • Doodle - Use Doodle to find the best time for any event. Suggest a number of times and invite participants to select their preferences.
  • Kickstarter - Kickstarter is a place where independent creators and passionate backers come together to bring new ideas to life.
  • SBB Mobile - Travel through the day more easily with SBB Mobile. The app offers simple and personalised timetable enquiries – and you can purchase a ticket in just two clicks.
  • MeteoSwiss - The MeteoSwiss App from the national weather provider. With weather forecasts, current measurements, a blog about weather and climate and natural hazard warnings.

Disclaimer

I am not payed to promote any of these apps. I am just happy with them. If you find an app, that is missing, don't hesitate to help me expanding it.

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