Chinese citizens imprisoned in homes are resorting to mobile apps to engage themselves due to the coronavirus havoc. This claim has been made in a report by tech company App Annie.
Factories in China have been closed due to the spread of coronavirus infection. People have no work. People are imprisoned in homes due to fear. The report of App Annie states that Chinese citizens are resorting to mobile games and various types of apps to get out of fear and keep themselves busy.
According to the report of this company analyzing the app, between February 2 to 8 in China, more than 22.2 million records have been downloaded from the Apple Store alone. This is 40 percent more than the downloaded app any week of 2019. Among them, the number of games related apps is the highest.
Apart from this, apps related to education, entertainment, video and business are also included. The report said that due to the Coronavirus crisis, the situation in China's neighboring countries South Korea and Japan is similar.

Experts associated with this field say that it is not surprising to have such a large number of app downloads in China in a week. The more free time people have, the more they want entertainment. People are more active on mobile during the holidays, which also increases the number of app downloads. This is a great earning opportunity for app developers.

They say that today's mobile games are more attractive. It also has the facility to play multiple people simultaneously and voice chat.