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Samsung Galaxy S5 has some amazing capabilities, it — like every smartphone — is only about as good as the apps you pair with it. If you are a new owner, particularly one that is also new to Android, here are some of our favorite apps and games that take advantage of all the power the Galaxy S5 has to offer.
Best Apps for the Samsung Galaxy S5
You have plenty
of choices when it comes to listening to music on your GS5. You can load
your own tracks via the handset’s MicroSD storage, download new
tunes from Google Play, or choose from a number of streaming music apps like
Spotify and Pandora. But you have the Galaxy S5, so you should take advantage
of certain privileges. One of those includes the exclusive ability to access
Samsung’s Milk Music.
Milk Music at
its core is a fairly typical streaming service, but it benefits from an
innovative interface that lets you choose the perfect soundtrack for the
mood you’re in as well as a music curation engine powered by Slacker Radio. We
feel Slacker is one of the more under-appreciated music platforms out
there, and Milk Music perfectly highlights this.
While we’re on
the topic Samsung-centric apps, Galaxy S5 owners should also consider
checking out ChatON. ChatON is Samsung’s answer to free messaging services like
WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, iMessage and others. Unlike Milk Music, however,
ChatON is not exclusive to Samsung users. The app is available for all Android
devices, iOS, and PC, and features translation capabilities, Anicon stickers,
and LIVEpartner, a service for querying info from sources like the AP, History Channel,
and more.
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The Galaxy S5
ships with a perfectly capable keyboard preinstalled, but that doesn’t mean it
can’t get better. SwiftKey’s intuitive, predictive text engine makes it one of
the best replacements around if speed and accuracy is what you are looking for.
It’s as simple as it needs to be while offering just as much as the stock
Galaxy S5 software keyboard. Flow mode adds swipe input for even quicker
texting. Another alternative worth checking out is the Google Keyboard,
which incorporates a similar set of features in a package tailored for pure
Android.
VSCOCam
Want that to
take that 13MP camera to the next level? Shelve the stock camera app and
download VSCOCam. On the surface the app might seem like another set of photo
filters primed for social sharing, but VSCOCam’s editing capabilities go much
deeper. There is a short learning curve while you get a handle on the various
tools available to you, but once you become familiar with what VSCOCam can do
the sky is the limit in terms of what the Galaxy S5’s 13MP camera can do.
What’s PayPal,
a useful but not particularly flashy app, doing on this list? Consider the Galaxy S5 fingerprint scanner and the fact that you
can use it to authorize payments via the popular online money
managing service. As PayPal becomes more ubiquitous, with almost all online
retailers accepting it and many brick-and-mortar stores following suit, having
a quick and secure way to make payments with a mobile phone is a major plus.
The added layer of security provided by the GS5’s fingerprint scanner only makes
using the app that much better.
And the rest…
These, of
course, are just a small sampling of worthy Android apps for the Galaxy S5. The
truth is, as one of the best Android phones on the market the GS5 pairs well
with hundreds of top-notch applications and services for everything from music
and media to social networking and messaging. We recommend you check out our
other best app lists for more great software.
- 40+ apps
for new Android users
- Best apps of 2014 (April, March)
- Phan Favs:
Best weather apps
- Phan Favs:
Best messaging apps
- Best
anti-virus apps for Android
- Top 11
Twitter apps for Android
Best Games for the Samsung Galaxy S5
The
award-winning game made its way to Android just as the Galaxy S5 launched, and
there perhaps could be no better pairing. XCOM features console-quality
graphics and immersive gameplay with a focus on tactical combat. If you want to
put the GS5’s hardware through the paces, XCOM affords you that opportunity.
With a 5.1-inch
Super AMOLED display the Galaxy S5 is great for taking in a movie or TV show.
Combine that visual storytelling with interactive puzzles and under-pressure
decision making and you have TellTale’s The Walking Dead. This episodic
adventure came to Android earlier this year and covers a side story to the main
Walking Dead tale unfolding in the popular series of comics and accompanying
television show. But catch up quick. Season Two is already available on other
platforms and should find its way to Android soon.
Some games have
great graphics, but few offer eye candy in the same manner as Smash Hit.
Simplistic gameplay (adequately described in the title) is accentuated with
colorful, glossy visuals and a swirling soundtrack. It’s a unique take on the
shooter-on-rails genre in which players bombard geometric objects with metallic
pinballs in an effort to smash everything in sight.
Racing games
have become synonymous with showcasing the graphical prowess of gaming
consoles, and it’s no different for smartphones. The latest entry in the
Asphalt series looks stunning on the Samsung Galaxy S5 and zips along just as
fast as the tricked-out cars featured in the game.
This one’s just
plain addictive. Temple Run 2 is the second entry in this endless runner series
and features the same basic gameplay. Guide your adventurer through ancient
ruins, avoiding traps and pitfalls along the way as you scoop up treasures
galore. Thankfully the GS5 provides plenty of battery life because you are
going to need it with the amount of time you sink into this title.
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