There is no doubt that one of the great advantages that the Google operating system has since its inception is its options for personalization. And it is that in Android it is possible to configure the mobile to our liking Changing the icons, the topics and even the launcher.
The wallpaper is, without a doubt, one of the elements that helps us most to customize the phone and, although layers of customization from various manufacturers include specific sections with different images (for both the home screen and the lock screen), in Google Play we can find applications with countless illustrations and photos for it. Next, we review a few that meet two premises: they are free and have an average rating higher than 4 out of 5.
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The official Google app to personalize the phone allows you to select your own photos or an image from the collection from Google Earth, Google+ and other partners. With it, it is possible to set a background on the lock screen and another on the home screen, or choose a category so that the image automatically changes every day (only for Android 7.0 Nougat or later). It has an average rating of 4.1 out of 5 and has more than 100 million downloads.
It is one of the most popular apps to personalize your mobile or tablet not only with wallpapers, but also with ringtones and sounds for alarms and notifications. It includes images by categories and custom size to fit your phone’s home or lock screen, although it can also be cropped. It boasts a 4.5 out of 5 rating and over 100 million downloads.
Here we have another of the most famous apps for this task. Walli includes a wide variety of wallpapers made to measure to fit every mobile or tablet. Every day, artists from all over the world create new collections of themes and screensavers so that you can change them manually or through the “Playlist” function, which automatically switches them. For something it has more than 10 million downloads and a note of 4.7.
This app allows you to enjoy a new wallpaper from unsplash.com every so often, but it offers the possibility to configure restrictions to change the image, for example, while your device is charging, while it is connected to a WiFi network or while it is idle. You can also adjust each background to your liking. It has a note of 4.4 and accumulates more than 500,000 downloads.
As its name suggests, it is centered on dark wallpapers with light touches of color to save battery on AMOLED displays. It has a wide base of images divided by categories and is especially interesting to hide the notch on devices with notch. It has a rating of 4.2 and has more than 1 million downloads.
In addition to giving you the option to choose photos from your own gallery or from other applications to use on the home screen, Muzei allows you to switch between famous works of art in the period that you establish. It also offers you the ability to blur or dim them so that the icons and widgets look better. More than 1 million downloaded and a 4.2 average rating endorse it.
The good thing about this app is that it puts at your disposal hundreds of original and exclusive wallpapers made by the Backdrops team and filtered by categories. It also allows you to share your own works or photos, create collections of favorites and synchronize them with your Google account. There is a paid Pro version without ads and with more funds, but the free app has exceeded one million downloads and has a 4.1.
For lovers of minimalism, this app has 2,500+ minimalist wallpapers organized by categories and constantly updated with new options. In addition, it offers the possibility to adjust the size of each background and save your favorites in a collection. It includes ads and in-app purchases, but boasts an average rating of 4.2 and has more than 500,000 downloads.
Contains more than 1,200,000 photos in High Definition coming from Unsplash.com and is constantly updated with new snapshots. Among your options is to set a random background on the home screen so that it changes automatically from time to time. It also allows you to download raw photos and check the profile of the photographer and the EXIF data of the image. Although it offers shopping, it is ad-free and has a 4.4 rating and over a million downloads.
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