The best download apps for your new smartphone

You just got your hands on a new phone. Naturally, your favorite is to go to the App Store or Google Play Store to download your favorite apps on your new shiny device. While the Engadget team strives to keep our phones seamless, there are some apps we may not have because they make our work and our daily life easier. Below you will find twelve of the best we think you should try.

1 Password

If you just take one of the tips from this article, you will need to download a password manager. It doesn’t have to be what we’re doing here. Still, we love 1 Password for a number of reasons. Not only does it allow you to create strong passwords for all your online accounts, but it also has the support of two-factor authentication. This means you do not have to download any software like Authy to keep your logins as secure as you can. If you have a Fastmail account, you can also use 1Password to creating random emails for your logins, giving you another way to protect your privacy. It is a well-designed program that is fun to use.

Firefox

If it has been a few years since you last used Firefox, now is the time to review it. About a year ago, Mozilla change the Android version his browser to bring more of his best computers to phones. The release saw Mozilla add strong support for third-party enhancements. It also introduced its Enhanced Tracking Protection feature, which prevents users from abusing your browser. Separately, Apple allows you to change your default browser from iOS 14 release, there has never been a better time for iPhone users to relax in Safari.

Headspace

I registered Headspace at the beginning of the plague. Since then, it has become one of the few apps I use every day. Of course, Headspace is a meditative and imaginative program, and it is much more than that. You will find that it also has a mix of music that helps you to have fun and exercise to relax at the end of a long day. Beyond that, all it offers is excellent, and you will find that you turn to it just to find inner peace.

Hopper

If you want to fly somewhere soon, install Hopper on your phone. Although it has grown over the years for its versatility, in its core, the Hopper is one of the best ways to save money on airline tickets. Once you tell the app when you want to fly and when, it tells you if you need to reserve your flight now or wait. In the end, it will let you know if you expect it to be the best for you. The beauty of the Hopper is that it saves you from having to search for sites like Google Flights and Kayak.

Libby

If you want to read more in 2022, forget to buy books via Amazon and download Libby on the contrary. If you do not know them well app, allows you to rent ebooks, digital magazines and graphic novels from your local library. All you need is a library card, which most US systems offer for free. Sometimes you have to wait to borrow the books you want to read the most, but you will find that Libby will expand your reading list.

Open the Table

With restaurants reopening in cities in the US and around the world, there is an opportunity for you to plan your meal soon – as almost everyone else. This means that you will need to reserve a place to dine with some of the most popular places in your city. In North America, the closest place you can find one tower that almost every restaurant uses Open the Table. For that reason alone, it is important to reduce if you overeat. It is a useful tool for identifying new places to visit because you can filter by food and location.

Journey

There is nothing worse than waiting in the cold day or watching the three of them walk by. Avoid both scenarios and one of the best social networking apps on Android and iOS. Journey thrives where other apps in the group fail due to its clean, easy-to-use interface that illuminates all the options around you. It also has one of the best shipping time algorithms, so you will know when to get out of your house or apartment to board a bus, train or street.

Paprika

Paprika and the best $ 5 you can spend to easily feed yourself. At its core, it gives you the opportunity to download recipes from your favorite pages and make them available on all your devices. You can also use it to increase the size of the food you want to cook and switch between metric and royal dimensions. Add to the food preparation menu, a shopping list and a tracking device on your food menu, and you have an essential home cooking program.

Pocket Casts

With more and more postcards every year, there is a chance you will have your favorite movies each week. As much as Spotify would like to assure you that it has the best podcast software, the distinction goes away Pocket Casts. We love it because it provides the best information on any supporting machine. And if you use integrated platforms from Apple, Google and Microsoft, you don’t have to worry about syncing, either. It’s best to use apps that don’t feel trapped between the two countries as Spotify does. Pocket Casts does not attempt to be anything more than a program for listening to podcasts. This is not something you can say about Spotify, and it is often frustrating for those who turn to music.

Pouch

Another way to count more in 2022 is to download Pouch. It is one of the most popular read-after programs, allowing you to keep track of what you find online. Similar to Pocket Casts, what makes this app compelling is that it provides excellent information on devices, which makes it a great option for those who have not used a single creation. Whether you use Chrome, Safari or Edge, you can set up an additional browser to save the notes that you stumble upon. You can read it later without interruption on your phone or tablet. Don’t forget to check your Pocket reading list from time to time.

Telegram / Signal

Understandably, asking friends and relatives to install a text message on their phone can sometimes sound like Sisyphean’s work, but the effort has not been worth it. Mu Telegram and The sign, you will find two of the most secure chat software on the market. We really like the Telegram here in Engadget because of the way it sounds so clear. For example, it includes a change that is useful when you are texting, and a Secret Chat Tool for the time you want messages to be missing. If you switch to Telegraph or Signal, you will also be free to Meta ecosystem. This doesn’t look like much, but like Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp came down earlier this year, leaving many with no way of communicating with their friends and loved ones.

The bear

After verifying passwords, one of the best things you can do to protect your online privacy is VPN. Again, there are a lot of choices out there, but we love it TunnelBear because of its simplicity and its amazing ursine head. A VPN is not as important as a password controller, but you want to get it if you are traveling or using public WiFi in places like restaurants and libraries. Using a VPN in these cases will ensure that your connection is protected by encryption so that any information you send is secure and confidential.

Snapseed

The latest phones come with the best cameras. However, even with the latest iPhone, Samsung Galaxy or Google Pixel, almost any image can benefit from editing before sharing. The options you have for photo editing software are endless, but if you want something that works well, look no further. Snapseed. It is an old favorite that offers a lot of options but is not tied to many slides and dials. Best of all, it makes it easy to save updates on your cameras and upload them to apps like Instagram.