Google names Socratic as ‘App of the Year 2017’

The homework helper app comes highly recommended
Homework helper: Socratic has been named App of the Year 2017 by Google
Socratic
Ben Travis4 December 2017

Google has named its Best App of 2017 – and it’s a must-have for school pupils.

The prize went to Socratic, an app which helps with maths questions and homework queries.

The free software lets users take photos of questions and maths equations, and helps to derive an answer.

Google described Socractic as “the app that blew us away this year”, adding that the app is “cleverly conceived, beautifully designed, and wonderfully useful”.

“Socratic captivated us with its best-in-class artificial intelligence: ask a question, and it’ll curate the info you need — like step-by step maths solutions — to answer it. We can’t wait to see our App of the Year get even smarter.”

Google has also revealed the top five most popular apps – and it’s good news for ITV’s interactive gameshows.

In at #5 and #4 are Don’t Ask Me Ask Britain and 5 Gold Rings respectively, each allowing viewers to join in with quiz shows at home.

At #3 is Selfie Camera, a photo-editing app to airbrush selfie snaps, while marketplace app Mercari came in at #2.

The #1 most popular app is FaceApp, allowing users to add artificial smiles, age effects and facial feature-altering filters to photos.

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