As we have mentioned on other occasions, applications have revolutionized the daily lives of many, and have become one of the fundamental axes of our tablets and smartphones. In just over 5 years, we have witnessed a revolution thanks to the birth of millions of these tools. We have told you what three great families they are divided into, how much it costs to create an app and the necessary process from its idea by creatives, until its release on the market. But do we know everything about these elements? Although we know data such as that WhatsApp is the most downloaded messaging platform or that others such as MSQRD have caused a furor, there are still some aspects that we do not know about a field, in which there are more and more alternatives available for all types of audiences .
Next, we tell you a list of anecdotes and curiosities that surround the applications prepared for portable media and we offer you some very striking data that many of us did not know but that will help us to know more about them and that, in many cases, will allow us to enjoy even more of these instruments that we download every day in our country more than a million and a half.
1. WhatsApp, record of users and messages
We all know that this messaging app, leads the ranking not only among those belonging to its field, but it is also one of the most downloaded in the world in absolute terms. We know that it has more than 1.000 million users and that practically all the inhabitants of the planet who have a tablet or smartphone, own it, but do we know what day was the most messages sent through it? You are right. The June 12th, 2013, nothing less than 27.000 million messagess, a figure that doubles the daily average of this app, which is around 12.000.
2. The first app catalog
When smartphones began to be implanted around the años 2008 y 2009, the applications available to them were very limited. An example is found in the catalog called at that time «Android Market"And that over time was renamed" Google Play ". Just over 7 years ago, the few smartphone users in the world had at their disposal approximately 50 titles among those who could find a tool to record videos through their terminals. A very modest figure if we take into account that in the present, the number of products available exceeds the figure of 1.250.000.
3. The first firms that developed terminals for apps were ...
Once again, we must go back to 2008 and 2009, where tablets were still in a very early development process and where there were hardly any models available to the public. In the case of smartphones, two firms, HTC y Samsung, were the first to dare to enter a sector that, as we will see later, would offer tens of millions of euros in revenue to all manufacturers and developers. At the end of 2009, both firms incorporated two of the first apps from the story: Google Maps Navigation and one of the most famous games in the world that will make the leap to the big screen: Angry Birds.
4. The most downloaded applications in Spain in 2015
It is still too early to say which have been the most popular tools in our country in 2016. However, we can say which were the most popular among users last year. One more time, WhatsApp, Facebook y Facebook MSN were the most popular platforms in Spain. However, we must not leave aside others such as Instagram, which ranked sixth, Spotify, which reached the eighth place, or also, the popular game "Trivia Crack", which reached the fourth place.
5. Curious apps that have arrived in 2016
Finally, we are talking about an application that once again shows us the speed at which progress is being made in this area. We introduce you IFTTT, a platform that houses other minor apps and that among its functions, we find some such as warnings when we leave home to deactivate our WiFi connections, notifications that warn us of sudden changes in time or also, the possibility of sending automatic messages to our contacts in case our tablet or smartphone is going to turn off.
As you have seen, there are a large number of anecdotes and very striking elements that surround the applications that we use daily and that in many cases, were unknown to us. Day after day, we not only see how more and more of them appear, but we also witness an integration not only with our devices but also in the daily activities of many, which increasingly goes unnoticed. The future of these tools is not only in improving the functionality of our tablets and smartphones but also through interconnecting other objects as disparate as household appliances or cars. You have more related information available, such as some curiosities about Android and the history of the green robot software so that you can learn more about the most used operating system in the world.