There are more than 600,000 applications that can be downloaded from Google Play which support most versions of Android, even the old ones. Most applications downloaded fall under the categories Social, Games, Music, Personalisation, and Entertainment.

The top five apps among dozens picked in Google Play by editors are as follows:

1. Flipboard

Its developer known with the same name has been tagged as Top Developer in Google Play and their app features a combination of world news and social media in a magazine-based design. The app flips through news from Facebook posts, Twitter page, BBC, USA Today, The Verge, and more. Highlighted functions includes search for people, topics, and blogs, connection for up to 12 social networks, save-for-read-later option, 15 local editions, and widget for your homescreen as well.

2. Beach Buggy Blitz

A breathtaking game from a Top Developer Vector Unit, this app features driving adventure in a hot-rod beach buggy traveling into various uncharted depths of a mysterious tropical island. The game has multiple monsters, different map terrains, collection of upgrades and weaponry, and more vehicles to be unlocked. This game uses intuitive controls such as tilt, touch, and most games pods and physics rules in details.

3. Google Play Music

This app, developed by Google Inc, allows shopping of music on Google Play and instant listening using the Google Play Music app. The list of music are stored online and can be accessed anywhere without the worry about syncing or storage space. Features include automatic add up of all music purchases from Google Play, 20,000 more songs from personal collection on your computer for free, and share free full play of songs purchased from Google Play on Google+.

4. HD Widgets

Developed by cloud.tv which is another Top Developer, the app features fun and easy-to-use widgets in HD. It offers several kinds of widgets including clock, switches, weather, local date and time, multi-location weather, and temperature. The app holds more than 100 different widgets and supports third-party launchers and roms such as Apex, Nova, Holo, and ADW.

5. IMDb Movies and TV

This famous Web site made by IMDb contains a huge database about celebrities, movies and TV shows and is now available to Android users. The app can search for over 2 million movie and TV titles, and over 4 million celebrities, actors, directors, and other crew members. The user can also view movie trailers, user reviews, critic reviews, quotes, and trivia. Movie showtimes and TV listings can also be looked up using this app.

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