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. AFK Journey claimed Best Game ...

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.

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.

Partiful, the New York-based event-planning app that's taking on older solutions like Evite, Eventbrite, and Facebook Events, has been named Google's app

Google India unveiled the 'Best of 2024' Play Store awards, celebrating innovative apps and games. Indian developers shone, securing five out of seven awards in the app category, reflecting the country's burgeoning tech scene.

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