Since 2018, Samsung has been celebrating and rewarding developers and designers who have excelled in innovations across the Galaxy Store apps each year. In 2020, the Galaxy Store Awards had 22 winners, divided into five groups: games, Galaxy Watch, themes, apps, and Bixby.
Check out the winners in each category below.
Mobile Games
O Forza Street, from Turn 10 Studios, was awarded for best graphics, while State of survival received the award for best simulation game. This game also featured beautiful visuals, and stood out in this category of the Galaxy Store Awards.
Another one that couldn't be left out among the winners is Free Fire. The real-time battles in Garena's game have delighted players.
Bringing the possibility of playing Uno In a very fun way, Mattel163 was the winner with the best casual game. And as best indie game, Gigantic won with the Clawee and its mobile arcade machine.
RPG games are a delight on mobile phones. Gameloft was the winner in this category for Lego Legacy: Heroes Unboxed. Already among the games arcade, beat Topgolf Media, with its World Golf Tour for desktop.
The Game of the Year, finishing this section of the Galaxy Store Awards winners, was Fortnite. Epic Games really managed to achieve very significant success with players in 2020.
Galaxy Watch
Samsung has awarded five developers for their creativity in designing on the platform. Uruguayan designer Rainer Orellana received the award for best new watch face designer. Ayla Gökmen, designer from Türkiye, was the winner with best innovation between watch faces, with Persona-Smart.
Russian Tatyana Galkina won the award for best watch face design for his Golden Floral Watch and Croatian designer Uraty won with the best collection of watch faces. O best app for galaxy watch in 2020 it was developed by American Brian Mouton. This innovation allows communication between a Samsung smartwatch and Amazon's virtual assistant Alexa, and closes this section of the winners of this year's Galaxy Store Awards.
Galaxy Themes
The themes for the Galaxy smartphones in 2020 had five winners. And Samsung awarded the South Korean Marigold for its best new themes, connected to nature. Olga Gabay, with Dark Warrior, was the best innovation. The Canadian company from Zeru Studio brought a truly different look to its themes.
O best theme design goes to Chinese company Hangzhou Lane Bear Technology Co. with the [Bear] Pink Clouds of Stars and its soft colors and emotional tone. The best collection of themes was left with GmbH, from Germany, which partnered with several famous brands and brought many beloved characters from around the world to the themes, such as the Minions and SpongeBob.
Russian designer Alex Pie, and his Fantasy-Icons, won as best icon pack and closes the list of winners of the themes section of the Galaxy Store Awards 2020.
Apps
BetterHelp is a wellness app that provides online counseling and therapy, making this type of professional care more accessible and convenient. It was the best app in this criterion. The NBA Top Shot, from Dapper Labs, is the Galaxy Store Awards’ Best Innovative App. It is among the 2020 winners for its success with basketball fans.
Bixby
A special section for Samsung's virtual assistant had two winners at the Galaxy Store Awards. The Spotify won with its innovation in playing music and content through voice command and the American Steven Arkonovich, from Big Sky, was the developer of the year, with local and long-range weather forecasts, reports and dynamic maps being accessed by voice command.
You can watch the awards ceremony and check out more details about the Galaxy Store Awards 2020 winners by here. Samsung Developers also makes it easy to search for what the winners from 2018 onwards.
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