Smartphones, especially Android phones have become the quintessential part of our lives and living without one even for a day seems synonymous to living in a deserted island without any supply of food and water. Sensing the spurting android usage, the app developers have introduced a fresh array of applications that are having huge draw with the customers. Mobile apps vow to ease our lifestyle and we are spoilt for choices now that millions of mobile applications have been availed at our service. These applications are just a touch away and imbued with features that make your life simpler. Here are some of such apps you completely need to have in your Android phone.

Google Maps:

Google maps is a very important app to guide you which enables your phone to map roads. You will never be lost if you have Google Maps uploaded in your phone which tells you about the smallest of alleys in your city.

Greenify:

Greenify manages and closes the apps that are still on the run in the backend even after you have apparently closed them and sneakily absorb the battery. Greenify, with its aggressive modes extends battery life so that you get time to find a charger.

Helium:

Helium is the one app that protects and restores the lost data. Also, you can sync apps between several Android devices and restore them from cloud storage.

Food Panda:

If you are not in the mood to cook, you can order from this application your choice of food which shares collaboration with many renowned restaurants in your city. Food Panda is quite famous among foodies.

Dashclock widget:

The at-a-glance information available in your phone’s home screen is boosted by this application. You can keep a track of the forecast, emails you have waiting etc.

Swipe Pad:

With a single swipe, you can land from one app to another with the help of Swipe pad. You can hence head directly to a bookmarked website too. Also, it doesn’t affect your phone’s battery adversely.

Antivirus:

You open many websites that can sneakily enter virus in your phone. Installing an anti-virus app in your phone curbs those chances and keeps your phone virus-immune.

Truecaller:

Truecaller helps you to block annoying calls and also divulges the true identity of the caller being a handy caller ID App. It only works when your phone is connected to the internet whatsoever.

These apps are essential when you are using an Android smartphone to make the handling easier.

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As many as 1.3 billion people all over the World are using Facebook Messenger as it is the most convenient application to communicate with the friends sitting in far flung places. Gone are the days of expensive ISD calls, now you can not only voice chat with someone through Facebook Messenger but also avail the video calling facility therein.

Messenger now has become an App of its own and Facebook is constantly fuelling more features into it to make it gather momentum. There is an array of hidden features aside from the GIFs to the games, check out here some of them.

You can use your FB Messenger in your PC:

Often when we are chatting with our friends and want to concentrate better on the conversation, we are distracted by the Newsfeed and the conversation gets dull. So, here is a suggestion. Just go to messenger.com and sign in with your FB account. You will be able to drag your messenger in the PC from there.

Send money through messenger:
It was there for past few years and we bet you didn’t have an inkling of it. With messenger, you can connect your credit card to the app and send money to your friends. Debit card linking facility is also available. Go to Profile-payments-add new debit card.

Add friends with your profile code:

There is a unique profile code assigned to your messenger, if you like a person and want to chat with them, have them scan the code instantly. Tap your profile’s icon on the left corner of the app, your profile picture will enlarge on your screen, press my code and then scan code.

You can play games:

There is a wide variety of intriguing games that you can play in your messenger too. You can challenge your friends and get them addicted to these too.

Chat with companies and FB pages:

You can chat with the professionals of a company who can help you place orders through the bots available in messenger. Also, you can interact with other FB pages such as wallstreet journal, huffington post etc.

Secret Conversation:

This is a blessing for those who want to keep their chats private. You can create a secret conversation tab with anyone you like and set a timer so that the messages you send disappear in the given time from both of your phones. To start to conversation, you need to click on the secret chat option and select the friend you want to invite.

You can customize your conversations:

There are a number of options available in Facebook through which you can customize your conversations, create group chat, change colour of the chat page, give your friends nicknames and create a group emoji.

Scribble chat:
It is superfun as it turns your messages into 3D animations. As many as 42 animation options are available in the scribble chat option. Just open the plus sign in the bottom left corner and swipe right to create scribble chat. It will take a moment to download, though.

You can share news, recipes, restaurants, flights:

There is an array of integrated third party apps through which you can send the abovementioned stuff to your friends. There is a Kayak extension which is present in the bottom left corner of your profile once you click the plus sign.

You can send audio recording:

You just have to click on the voice recorder option, record your voice and send to the desired person. You can send a song you are listening to, send a fun birthday greeting etc. If you want to cancel the recording, the drag up to do it, it will end.

These are the 10 cool things you can do with your FB messenger.

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Imagine the device responsible for all sorts of distractions and noise can now offer you with some quiet time, making you calm, focussed and thus more productive!

Yes, your smartphone can give you the chance to download some apps that are heavily effective in de-stressing your mind, making it super charged for the day’s bustling activities, from focussing on your computer screen and making sense out of the content there to reading your mails and participating in social media sites to even surfing the net and carrying out research work all day.

Here are some of these apps that can help you keep calm without the actual yoga or meditation:

Headspace

This app provides for short animated videos deconstructing the principles of meditation with guided meditations and practices that induce mindfulness. The only thing that you need to do is download the app and press play. You can make yourself comfortable for beginning with the meditation that would relieve you of all your stress and even help you sleep better and quicker. You can even record your meditation sessions through the app and track your progress.  Many video and audio recordings of meditation sessions are yours, for free.

headspace

Time Out

The long continuous hours in front of a computer can be really painstaking…literally! Well, not only on your eyes and body, but also on your mind. After a certain point, you find yourself starting at the screen without being able to grasp the content. Facebooking and reading tweets would not give you the break that you so desire! Time Out can. You may not be willing to take your time out to get up and take a break from your routine working schedules but when downloading the Time Out is all you need, then why bother?  This is a free app on Mac Books and PCs that will remind you to take regular breaks and micro breaks of 10 seconds to go away from your computer screen so that you can feel  energized, attentive and more focussed when you return to your work.

Time out app

Luminosity

This app is more of a brain game that has been approved by neuroscientists and helps improve your memory, your attentive and other cognitive powers so much so that the brain is rewired to organize and alter its thinking according to experiences. Playing these games on your way to work or during small work breaks or your lunch time can enhance different mental skills as it works on scientific concepts of neuroplasticity and fluid intelligence.

Luminosity

Calm

As the name suggests, this app (free for both iPhone and Android) is to make you have your own calm moments in between meetings and serious deadline timings. This would enable you to have both short and long guided meditation sessions along with soothing sounds and beautiful landscape scenes that will probably take you to experience the world of peace and happiness – the utopia. Don’t blame us if you are woken up from your trance by your boss for the updates on your work. (*winks*)

Calm

Breathe2Relax

Breathe your stress out! Yes! This app will show you how breathing sessions can help you de-stress and meet a calmer you. This app has the capacity to fight your anger and quieten you the very next moment. Breathing can not only relax your senses but even harness your mind and body to deal with stress, anxiety and anger in a more positive way. 4-5 minutes is what you ultimately need to change your mood from angry, upset and stressed to calm, patient, happy and composed.

Breathe2Relax

Restoring health to its previous glory, fighting blood pressure, hypertension, anxiety and heart diseases have never been easier. Be happy, keep calm and impress your bosses the app way! After all, boosting your health is only an app away!

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