In the world of Android there are millions of Android apps. Here is the complete list of official Google Android apps which were made and released in the Google Play store. Some of them comes pre-installed with almost on all Android devices. All the Google apps in Play store are free. You don’t need to pay a single penny to install and use it on your phone or tablet.
There were only few Android apps from Google in 2008 when they released Android. Over time they were publishing apps for their various services. Now Google have over 60 Android apps in Google Play store. This post list all the current apps from Google and will update if there is a new app available. If you follow this link you will find all the latest Google Android apps.
App Name | Short Description | Play Store Link |
Google+ | Social Networking from Google. Follow and share with your circles or explore hot topics and more. The app is mobile optimized and comes with a lot of features. The Auto Awesome feature in the photos are really cool. | Link |
Gmail | Gmail for Android app delivers all your emails instantly in your Android device. The best Gmail app out there. | Link |
Maps | For all your navigation and location help, Google Maps app is here. Contains maps of 200 countries. | Link |
Google Search | The great Google Search app for Android. Additionally Google Now works on devices running Android 4.1 Jelly Bean or up. Use “OK Google” hotword. | Link |
YouTube | The best YouTube experience on smartphones or tablets. Watch, share and save videos to watch later with YouTube app for Android by Google. | Link |
Street View on Google Maps | View and explore the whole world at street level. You can see everything as you are standing there. Not all the countries got Google Street View yet. But Google working hard to cover more. | Link |
Google Text-to-Speech | Google Text-to-Speech engine reads screen texts. Useful for reading books loudly in Google Play Books or for voice translation with Google Translate. Many other apps use it for text voice output. | Link |
Hangouts | Google Hangouts app replaced talk and integrated SMS app. So, you get everything from one app. | Link |
Chrome Browser | Love Chrome? Get the Android app. A very fast browser with lot of functionality. | Link |
Google Play Books | Read from millions of books or upload your own PDF or EPUB files. | Link |
Voice Search | Make yourself hands-free and use Google Voice Search to get instant results. This app last updated June 21, 2011. | Link |
Google Play Newsstand | Google Play Newsstand a.k.a Google Play Magazines app read, subscribe or buy news and magazines from Google Play Store. You can read them across your Android devices and desktops. | Link |
Google Play Music | Google Play Music app is here with the access or millions of songs in their library. Listen and buy tracks from wide range of genres. | Link |
Google Play Games | Discover new games, track achievements or play with friends and more. | Link |
Google Play Movies & TV | Google Play Movies & TV allows you to instantly stream movies and TV shows purchased on Google Play and create your own video collection. | Link |
Google Translate | Use Google’s translation with this app. It performs text and voice translation | Link |
Google Calendar | Another important app from Google for all your events and reminder needs. The app comes with some useful widgets. | Link |
Google Earth | This app lets you use the Google Earth in your Android smartphones or tablets. | Link |
Google Drive | This app lets you access all your documents, photos, videos & other files stored in your Google Drive. You can access and edit them offline. | Link |
Google Keyboard | Keyboard app for Android from Google with plenty of features and emoji support for Android 4.4 KitKat or later versions. | Link |
Google Keep | Google’s own note-taking app. Syncs across your devices. So, you can continue writing with any of your device. | Link |
Quickoffice | A free office package app. Google is giving 10 GB of free cloud storage for using this app for a year. The app is brilliant together with Google Drive. | Link |
TalkBack | TalkBack is an Accessibility Service that helps blind and vision-impaired users interact with their devices more easily. | Link |
Google Currents | The old magazine app. Google recommends users to use the Google Play Newsstand app. | Link |
Google Goggles | Takes photos with your devices camera and gives you information. Can solve Sudoku game. | Link |
Sound Search for Google Play | Sound Search for Google Play identifies the music playing around you. Similar service like Shazam, SoundHound, TrackID etc. | Link |
Google Korean IME | Korean input method for Android devices. | Link |
Cloud Print | This app lets you print from Android device to any Google Cloud Print connected printer. | Link |
Google Pinyin Input | Chinese Pinyin input method with gesture support. | Link |
Google Chrome to Phone | Share links, maps or phone numbers between your computer and phone. | Link |
My Tracks | Create and record your own map. This app records your path, speed, distance, and elevation while you walk, run, bike, or do anything else outdoors. Great if you want to use it for projects. Plenty of features included along with editing. | Link |
Google Hindi Input | Hindi input method for Android devices. | Link |
Androidify | Create and customize your Android avatar. You can even save or share them and use them with different options. | Link |
Android Device Manager | Find and remotely lock your lost of stolen Android phone with Android Device Manager app. You can remotely wipe all your data and change the screen lock code with this app or using the web service. | Link |
Chromecast | View and manager your Google Chromecast dongle with the Chromecast app. | Link |
Google Japanese Input | Japanese input method for Android devices | Link |
Google Authenticator | Google Authenticator generates two-step verification codes in your phone. | Link |
Google Finance | real-time quotes in this stock quote and portfolio application. It synchronizes with your Google account. | Link |
YouTube Remote | If you have an Android device you can make it a YouTube remote with this app. | Link |
Blogger | Official Blogger app from Google. Blog on the go with this brilliant app. | Link |
Google Gesture Search | Quickly access contacts, applications, settings, music and bookmarks on your Android device by drawing letters or numbers with this Android app from Google. | Link |
Google Maps Engine | View custom maps from anywhere, anytime. | Link |
Chrome Beta | Beta release of popular Chrome browser for Android. They are not stable version and might has bugs. Not recommended until you know what you are doing. | Link |
Car Home | Last updated February 10, 2011 and works only on Android 2.2 Froyo. | Link |
Google Zhuyin Input | Traditional Chinese input method for smartphones and tablets. | Link |
Voice Search | This voice search app works only on devices running Android 2.1. Last updated March 15, 2011. | Link |
Google Apps Device Policy | This app makes your Android device more secure. But, this app is for Google Apps for Business, Education, and Government users only. | Link |
Google Analytics | Great tool for webmasters. Get real-time activities and plenty more useful information. | Link |
Photos for Google TV | This app is for Google TVs to browse through your published photos in your TV screen. | Link |
Google Cantonese Input | Google Cantonese input method. | Link |
Google I/O 2013 | The official Google I/O 2013 app. Google published this app before the event took place last year. | Link |
Google Admin | This app is mainly for enterprise users. Google Admin app can manager can do a lot of admin tasks for the users. | Link |
Helpouts | Google released this app not long ago. This app helps with videos, sometimes live video. Plenty of help videos are available. | Link |
Google AdSense | View and research your Google AdSense report and information on the go. The latest official AdSense app for Android has a lot of features. | Link |
Zagat | Discover the best restaurants, bars, shops and hotels in the top locations around the world. | Link |
Google Apps Lookup | This app helps you to look for apps in Google Play store. Compatible with only Android 2.1 – 2.3.7. | Link |
Intersection Explorer | Google Intersection Explorer app finds intersections around and helps blind or low vision users. | Link |
Google Fiber | This app is for users who are using Google Fiber TV service. | Link |
ADK 2012 | This app is for the lucky developers who got an ADK 2012 at Google I/O. | Link |
Google I/O Hunt | This was a location-based game on Google I/O 2013. | Link |
Panoramio for Google TV | Browse interesting and high-quality pictures from around the globe in your TV screen. | Link |
Google Places for Business | Google Places for Business is a business listing app and you can deliver and update to your audience from your Android phone or tablet. This app is showing not compatible for any of my devices. | Link |
All the Google Android apps are listed here that was created and published by Google. Please let me know if I have missed any app by Google. I’ll include them in the list.