That’s it. There’s no special sauce or exclusive content that users can only get through Microsoft Apps (at this point), just a simple, straightforward directory of all the Android applications available from the company. Hence, it’s no wonder the Android mobile version of one of Microsoft’s leading apps is named as one of the best apps of 2015 on Google Play.
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Apple rounded out the bottom of the rankings with two apps: Apple Music and Maps.
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In terms of the top apps by users, Facebook led the way with more than 126 million average unique users each month, up 8 percent over previous year where it was also the top app. Judging by Microsoft’s prompt launch of its Translator app for iOS and Android devices earlier in August, it seems that the tech giant’s strategy to target the customer bases of some of the most successful tech brands has rolled out in full motion with the update.
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Personally, this is one of my favorite mobile apps, and as a gringo living in Mexico, it’s easily one of my most-used.
The remaining five slots in the top eight are all Google, with YouTube’s 98 million users lifting it into second place from fifth at the end of 2014.
This column is the sixth in an 11-part series on the Top Ten 2016 Marketing Trends. They paint a very clear picture of what people need and want their phones to do – and it’s not the stuff that Microsoft builds. The iOS and Android apps are on the Apple App Store and Google Play.
Microsoft says that it has also implemented this translation engine into Word Online plus the Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, Publisher and Visio desktop apps. Once the directory app is downloaded by Android users, they can browse and download any Microsoft app they want.
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Without its own mobile operating system, Facebook is dominant on mobile. This is a smart option to work things out and is an added advantage of keeping people interested in its products even though they choose not to be associated with a Microsoft mobile.
