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We have started the new year with exciting news in the Android domain such as the release of Motorola Razr 2019, which is due to be available in early 2020. However, if you are one of the existing Android users who want to get the best from their device then this article could be a treat for you. After talking to some of the tech experts in the industry we have assembled the names of 4 Android apps that no one should be using in 2020 anymore. Without any further ado these apps are:
Google Duo
“No doubt that the app has over 1 billion downloads, but it has no usage,” according to Madhsudhan Khemchandani, Game Developer (Google Play) at Tech Is Tech. Khemchandani continues, “According to Statisa.com WhatsApp is most popular, with over 1.6 billion activate users, followed by Facebook Messenger and WeChat. Telegram is on number eight with 200 million active users. Google Duo doesn’t even come in the top eight. In 2018, according to Medium Google Duo was not in the top 10 list of popular messaging applications. The app comes pre-installed (which is the reason for its 1 billion download mark on Google Play), but it has no use at all. The app works well, and I have tested with my friends, the problem is the app needs users.
Avast Mobile Security Antivirus App
According to Jovan Milenkovic, co-founder of KommandoTech and an IT expert, “Although antivirus apps are harmful to your phone per se, they are unnecessary nowadays. Most phones come with strong protection against viruses, which makes additional apps excess. Plus, they usually need a lot of memory and may slow down your phone.”
Based on an article byTechjury, people spend an average of 2 hours and 24 minutes on Facebook. Apart from interfering with the productivity of people, Facebook app often relies on background updates and push notifications, which furthermore contribute to degrading battery performance of the Android device.
Dr. Amit Kumar Singh, a lecturer and scientist in Computer Science at the University of Essex, UK, mentions, “If you want your battery to last for longer as these (Facebook and Twitter) do frequent periodic checks for updates and in turn consume a lot of battery.”
