Tech giant, Google is one of the most popular companies in the world and it has become an everyday tool. We use Google products every day knowingly or unknowingly and it has come to define our lives in this tech age. Here is a list of 5 Google products you cannot do without in 2022.
Android
According to Wikipedia, Android is a mobile operating system based on a modified version of the Linux kernel and other open-source software, designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. The Android operating system which is 80% of the smartphone market is owned by Google. Your smartphone or tablet is probably an Android device. If the Android operating system were to stop working today, billions of people will be phoneless!
Chrome Browser
Google Chrome is a cross-platform web browser developed by Google. It was first released in 2008 for Microsoft Windows, built with free software components from Apple WebKit and Mozilla Firefox. It was later ported to Linux, macOS, iOS, and Android, where it is the default browser. Chrome browser is 70% of the browser market and serves as the default web browser of millions of people around the world. It has grown in popularity because of its fast and secure nature, hence it is one of the 5 Google products that you cannot do without in 2022.
Google Search
“Google it”, is a phrase that we use every day and at all times. Google Search is the most popular Google product. Google Search (known simply as Google), is a search engine provided by Google. It handles over 3.5 billion searches per day and has a 92% share of the global search engine market. It is also the most-visited website in the world. Google search has eclipsed all other Search engines that existed before it. Whenever we want to search for anything on the internet, we use Google search. It is the synonym of Search. Google Search is a very efficient tool as people from different professions, ages, social classes, religious classes, etc, use the tool to find information on the internet. As a student, I can recall using Google search to research information for assignments and exercises in school. I can say that 90% of my assignments and term papers were done through Google research.
The order of search results returned by Google is based, in part, on a priority rank system called “PageRank”. Google Search also provides many different options for customized searches, using symbols to include, exclude, specify or require certain search behaviour, and offers specialized interactive experiences, such as flight status and package tracking, weather forecasts, currency, unit, and time conversions, word definitions, and more. Google search is very important for bloggers as it is the top source of traffic for any blog. So any blog that ranks on Google for keywords will get a high volume of page views that translates into income if the blog is monetized with Google Adsense and other ads networks.
Gmail
Gmail has grown in popularity ever since its launch in 2004. If you are reading this post, have you checked your Gmail inbox lately? You probably have done that today! Almost every internet savvy person has a Gmail address for sending and receiving of emails. Gmail is a free email service provided by Google. As of 2019, it had 1.5 billion active users worldwide. A user typically accesses Gmail in a web browser or the official mobile app. Google also supports the use of email clients via the POP and IMAP protocols. Gmail offers a lot of features that are very useful to the user and it is one of the 5 Google products you cannot do without in 2022.
Google Play
With billions of app downloads, Google Playstore is an integral part of Android devices. Google Play, also branded as the Google Play Store and formerly Android Market, is a digital distribution service operated and developed by Google. It serves as the official app store for certified devices running on the Android operating system and its derivatives as well as Chrome OS, allowing users to browse and download applications developed with the Android software development kit (SDK) and published through Google. Google Play also serves as a digital media store, offering music, books, movies, and television programs. Content that has been purchased on Google Play Movies & TV and Google Play Books can be accessed on a web browser and through the Android and iOS apps. If you are using an android phone, you always go to Playstore to download or update the apps on your devices. As new Android devices are released into the smartphone market, Playstore is one of the 5 Google products you cannot do without in 2022.
In 2022 we will continue to rely more on the Google company. It is almost impossible to imagine a world without Google and its products in 2022.
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