The beauty of Android - 10 gorgeous Android apps with bold colors and sleek presentation

Ahh, the beauty of Android! For the longest time, the world's most popular operating system was maligned for its dark cybernetic looks which resonated more with Tron-loving technological enthusiasts than those preferring the cozy, colorful iOS, or Windows Phone's neatness. However, Android looked progressively nicer, ran more fluidly with each successive version, and reached its design apex in version 5.0 Lollipop. Finally, Google introduced a sleek, distinct and highly conceptual vision of how Android must look as to appease the vast majority of today's smartphone users across all ages.

With an increasing number of developers adopting the Material Design codex, not only have Android apps never looked better, they look uniform too. These days you rarely open one app after another, only to be greeted by wildly different user interfaces in each. With Material Design en vogue, each app keeps its identity, but conforms to the same basic principles. The result is a prettier operating system that's also easier to use, because apps feel familiar in just the right way.

To show you how nice Android has become, we picked 10 apps from the wonderful tumblr "Android Niceties", where enthusiastic users publish screenshots of their favorite apps. Feel free to try any of them out while appreciating their eye-pleasing visuals.