On our brand new smartphone there are applications that, more than others, are worth installing immediately, so as to make the most of the power offered by the CPU and the memories present on our new device. These apps are generally useful to everyone, some because they allow you to keep your phone data safe, others because they expand its functions or because they integrate the smartphone with other devices, such as the computer. In this article we see the best applications that we must always install on the new smartphone, those that must be there and that, even if they were not for daily use, it is still convenient to keep on hand for any eventuality.
The list of the first applications to be installed on the new smartphone applies both to Android smartphones (Samsung, Huawei and others), and to iPhones. .
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Best apps for the new smartphone
Below we have collected what we think are the apps that should never be missing on a modern smartphone, since they maximize their capabilities and will allow us to perform safe operations without our intervention (such as saving the photos taken in a secure online cloud). However, from the list we keep out the various Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, Google Maps, Youtube that all already have.Google Photos
Google Photos must be the first app that we install on every new phone, because it is incredibly useful on every smartphone in our possession.
Not only does Google Photos allow you to view photos and videos taken with the camera and it has effective photo editing tools, but it also backs up all the images so you never lose them. The backup is automatic (even if it must be activated from the settings the first time), all on the cloud (in the sense that the photos can then be reviewed from any computer or other device) and is unlimited, in the sense that there are no limits to the number of photos that you can keep in your personal Google account (the quality is decided by Google and in most cases the photos are compressed and reduced).
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone. Of this app we have written a detailed guide on Google Photos with unlimited backup from Android, iPhone and PC .
Waze
The best app to use as a sat nav is Waze .
With this app we can set a route for any city or area of Italy and the world, using the Internet connection to dynamically load maps and to obtain important information such as traffic, the presence of checkpoints and the presence of speed cameras (currently one of the fastest to update and report new speed cameras).
With this app we will always have the maximum permitted speed and vehicle speed under control, so that we can adjust and manage the speed limits as we wish.
It is currently one of the few apps that allows you to enter permits for ZTL areas, so you can unlock faster paths in large cities.
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone.
IFTTT
IFTTT is a powerful app that allows you to automate your smartphone to perform actions in certain situations or under certain conditions.
For example we can use this app to change the wallpaper of the phone automatically, but we can also disable Wi-Fi when we leave the house, it can be published on multiple social networks at the same time, we can backup iPhone contacts to Google account and many other things. As an automation app it is one of the easiest to understand and use, very useful in many scenarios.
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone. An example of its usefulness can be found in our IFTTT guide on Android to automate everything on the phone .
Google Drive
Among the best cloud drives that offer free space, Google Drive wins hands down.
We recommend that you use this service not only because it is reliable and fast, but also because it offers applications within it that also work for viewing PDFs and Office documents. With Google Drive it is possible to keep WhatsApp backups and to be able to keep and keep all personal files synchronized, so that you can recover them immediately from your computer.
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone.
AirMore
One of the most useful apps that we can install to manage our smartphone is AirMore .
With this app we will be able to connect the smartphone to the PC and transfer files, music, videos, SMS and contacts using the Wi-Fi connection, without ever using the USB cable. To be able to connect, simply turn on the computer in our possession, open the dedicated web page, scan the QR code with the app installed on our mobile phone and start using one of the many functions available, as if we had connected the smartphone to a cable management software.
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone.
PushBullet (Android only)
This is one of the best applications to install on every new Android smartphone because it allows you to receive notifications on your computer and then quickly send files, notes and links from PC to mobile phone and vice versa.
Those who use phone and computer together will not find a better app for Android, as it allows you to integrate our smartphone on your work PC, so you can read the updates, new messages, calls and SMS received without unlocking the screen phone.
If interested, we can download the Android app for free and manage it directly in the browser as an extension or, alternatively, as a PC app.
In another article we showed you how to send note files and links from PC to Android and iPhone with Pushbullet .
Telegram
While WhatsApp is the most popular app for chat messages, Telegram has carved out an increasingly useful role thanks to its accessory functions.
Among the most useful features stand out the presence of bots, the possibility of receiving news from favorite sites through channels, the presence of animated stickers, encrypted secret chats (complete with a timer) and the possibility of exchanging files without limits, seen that every file sent or received is saved by Telegram in an unlimited cloud space, thus becoming like a warehouse in which to keep photos, videos and private files; we can download these files anywhere by accessing Telegram via PC or another compatible device, without limitations (we can open an unlimited number of Telegram instances and manage them all together, unlike WhatsApp).
We can download the app for free for Android and for iPhone. In another article we showed you the tricks, secrets and hidden options of Telegram .
Other apps to try on the new smarpthone
Those seen so far are the apps that we recommend to install immediately on each new smartphone, so that we can immediately express the maximum potential. But if we want to install many different apps on the newly purchased device, we can try one of the apps in the list below:- Google Keep for Android and iPhone : Keep is one of the best note-taking applications that are synchronized on the Google account so you can review them from any other PC or device.
- Microsoft Office for Android and iPhone : the installation of Word Excel and Powerpoint might seem something superfluous on a phone, but as Microsoft has done it well, Word and the other Office programs on smartphones become a very useful app to open documents, read them and possibly also change them on the fly if needed and if we do not have a computer at hand.
- GBoard (Android and iPhone): on Android GBoard is the best app to use as a keyboard, because it brings a very intelligent result prediction system to your phone, in addition to it customizable and full of emojis and GIFs to use in messages. On iPhone it is also a useful app to have an alternative keyboard to try because in many ways even more comfortable than the default Apple. About the Google GBoard keyboard on Android and iPhone, we talked in another article.
- Chrome (Android and iPhone) and Firefox (Android and iPhone): whatever the default browser on the phone is useful and install another backup, to be used perhaps for hidden browsing, to not keep in memory the sites visited or to access different accounts.
- Google Translate (Android and iPhone): this is an application to keep always at hand, because you never know when a translation is needed and because when traveling it becomes indispensable, not only to translate writings, but also to act as an interpreter while talking to someone who does not speak our language, with translation of what he says in real time.
- Your phone (Android), the Microsoft app to connect the Android smartphone to the PC that allows you to receive notifications on Windows 10, to make calls and send and receive SMS.
Other apps and widgets to try on Android
If the new smartphone is an Android, we recommend installing the following applications and widgets on the new smartphone:- Transparent Weather Clock, best free widget with weather and clock
- Solid Explorer to browse your phone's files and folders
- VLC for Android to watch videos
- Google contacts to manage your address book
- Google Files Go to clean your phone of unnecessary files
- Navigaweb Tech, to follow this site every day.
Conclusions
As soon as we purchase a new smartphone, we can immediately install many new apps, to be added to those already present as a system app, so that we can use the smartphone without limits and with all the recent features available immediately.In another guide we told you about the recommended Android Apps that I always recommend to everyone .
If, on the other hand, we are looking for the best apps to replace the office tools on a computer, we invite you to read the Android and iPhone App guides for office, work and study .
