Xbox SmartGlass and Skype remain the most popular free Windows 8 Modern apps

Apr 2, 2013 05:31 GMT  ·  By

The highly anticipated debut of Twitter for Windows 8 has led to an important change in the overall top free apps ranking on Microsoft’s new operating system, as the official client of the social networking platform managed to climb on the third position.

While Xbox SmartGlass and Skype remain the two most popular Modern apps available on Windows 8 right now, Twitter has finally overtaken Google Search and, thus, stepped on the podium for the first time.

Facebook Touch, an unofficial client that allows users to access Facebook directly from the Modern UI, is the fifth top free Windows 8 app.

Gmail Touch, Yahoo Mail and Microsoft Solitaire Collection are also improving their overall ratings pretty fast, so more changes in the rankings are very likely to happen in the coming months.