The rule in the Android world states that for any Android phone to be used, you must have a Gmail account. Only with this account can you have access to the Google Play Store and enjoy Google services in general. Google has come up with so many useful services like Gmail(Inevitable), Google Search, Chrome, Google Plus, Google Sheets and Docs, Google Maps, Drive, Earth, Quickoffice e.t.c
Google has just announced that it hit the one million download mark in the playstore which is probably the highest download so far with Facebook and Whatsapp trailing strongly behind. Gmail has enjoyed a two-year reign as the largest Web-based email service in the world. Now, we have a clear idea of how far ahead it is of the competition. the app’s download tally counts the total number of unique accounts, not the total number of downloads and devices using the app. However, that doesn’t mean that there are a billion active Gmail users. The number probably also includes some abandoned and duplicate accounts.
The most recent figure for Gmail’s monthly active users was pegged at 425 million. And that was in 2012, just when Android was making its move on iOS with the Galaxy S3 and Jelly Bean. By now, the figure is definitely higher because Gmail usually comes bundled with Android phones. To give you an idea how much of a boost that can be, first quarter figures from Canalys show that 81 percent of the 279.4 millions smartphones sold worldwide were of the Android variety.
It’s not clear when the app breached the one billion to five billion install range. There are a number of apps that are about to reach the one billion download mark. Most of them also come from Google. So far, some of the apps in the 500 million to one billion install range include Google Search, Facebook and Google Maps.
