Overview
- Focus Friend by Hank Green took Best App and Pokémon TCG Pocket won Best Game, with Luminar and Disney Speedstorm selected as the top multi‑device app and game.
- Google published full U.S. category rundowns for apps and games and also unveiled its 2025 books picks.
- Asia Pacific studios dominated this year’s roster, representing about 74% of overall winners and 86% of game honorees, according to Google.
- In India, District by Eternal/Zomato is Best App and CookieRun India is Best Game, alongside a new Top Trending collection highlighting Instamart, Seekho and Adobe Firefly.
- Google positioned the roundup within broader Play updates this year, emphasizing AI’s rising role and noting that 69% of Indian users first encountered AI through an Android app.