Try new things with your mobile home: podcasts, audiobooks, anime …

In recent days, due to the increase in coronavirus, special emphasis has been placed on keeping the home as much as possible, even if you are in the disease, being in a dangerous group even if you are healthy. Work from home and online courses for kids in schools, colleges and universities. Want to use your mobile phone at home?

If you like to go out, you've definitely seen that you have more free time at home than you like. There are many popular hobbies, such as reading, watching movies and series, playing video games, watching others play video games, or doing homework with greater or less success.

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Are there any other entertainment programs on our smartphone? Yes, yes yes. The emergence of digital media has encouraged new or less popular sectors. You may have heard of them, that in some of them you have been interested and have never had a first time.

Now is the time.

Podcasts

Podcast is one of the fastest growing digital media in recent years. This type of content appears Anger on demand, and how to explain it quickly "Like a radio, but online" (And of course, most radios broadcast their programs this way too.) Choose your favorite programs and listen to them when they are needed.

How do I start listening to podcasts? From Android you can download the app: Google Podcasts, Pocket Casts and iVoox are our favorites. Open and search for any topic you like, you will find the most interesting programs: science, technology, comics, and very special topics.

Audiobooks

The Audiobook is one that in recent years has gained popularity in recent years. The name also makes it clear that videos are audio formats, often narrated by people with very good voice.

Most audiobook platforms are usually prepaid, either through book purchases or through a subscription service. Storytel for example offers us up to 14 days of app testing, while Amazon Audible gives us the first month for free. You can take advantage of the amount of solitary confinement to check while you're on the phone at home: if you want it to stay, and if not, cancel it.

Anime

The "Japanese Cartoons" They are the kind of culture that gets popular every year, in part by the number and quality of content that comes up every year. I saw as much anime as the original, setting it aside for a decade and a half and this past year I came back, amazed at the quality of what I found. And because of mobile home applications you have no excuse.

Inside the anime there are all kinds of genres of music, and inside each one has more or less recommended content. Out of all my experiences, if there were a few anime I would recommend it to someone who has never seen anime.

And where do I see them? There are a couple of ways to watch anime, but we will focus on what provides the official content in Spain. Of all the available ones we have Crunchyroll, a special anime streaming app that lets you watch all the episodes for free (except for last edition) even if you want to see them in high quality you can pay 4,99 euros a month.

On the other hand, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video also have anime (and of excellent quality) in their lists.

• The Complete Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood (Netflix): One of the best anime to get into the genre. They are two brothers, who practiced the art of alchemy, performed an act of hijacking, one lost body weight (and left him holding a military vest) and the other in an arm and a leg. The Elric brothers traveled the world to recover what they lost.
• Dr. Stone (Crunchyroll): Suddenly humanity is transformed into stone and the young scientist regenerates 3,700 years later. With his knowledge of science, he will try to regenerate all humanity.
• The Vinland Saga (Amazon Prime Video): Viking anime. History and animation are amazing.