Take Full Advantage of Your Google Account With These Useful Apps

For some, they believe that their Google account is only for accessing Gmail. Although that is correct, you should be aware that your Google account also offers lots of Google services for free. If you have a Google account, here are some not very familiar services and apps that you can enjoy to use for free. You may want to check them out and see if there's one that will suit your needs.

Google Fit

Google Fit is a free fitness app that you can use on your Android device including Android wear. This app lets you track your activities like walking, running, or biking using your Android device's built-in sensors. You can set fitness goals and track them as well as how many calories you have burned. It can also be personalized to get more accurate illustration of your activity.

Google Web & App History

Google monitors and tracks all the searches you have made in its search engine, and it can be accessed via the Google Web & App History. With the help of this app, you can check which websites you visit the most, see an Internet activity graph, and check search history. It is also separated from your browser history, which means anything that us deleted from your browser history can still be seen and accessed from here.

Google also tracks these searches to provide custom search results and relevant ads, which makes it a good way to find what Google actually know about you.

Google Photos

Need an app that you can singlehandedly use for syncing all your photos? Google Photos is the app you're looking for. This app lets you upload all your photos to Google servers, which can be accessed from any device including Android, iOS, and PC. It help you sort photos according to time, faces (face detection), and place, and even creates collages for you -- that's all done automatically. Google Photos provides unlimited storage for photos below 16 megapixels, and photos higher than that are saved in your Google Drive account.

Google Keep

Described as a note-taking app, Google Keep will surely please many people who just want a quick note-taking app with reliable features. It works well on Web. Android, and iOS devices, and you can save notes to Google Drive to be easily accessed from your PC and phone. You can take written notes, photo notes, voice notes (that will be transcribed), location-based notes and checklists. The notes are color-coded for easy categorization, and search its option is very reliable with universal search.

Google Cloud Print

The Google Cloud Print app lets you attach your printer to the web so you can print from anywhere and from any device using an internet connection. It connects to both old and new printers, including Wi-Fi enabled and dial-up printers. Aside from printing from anywhere, you can also share your printer with other users in order for them to print through it as well.