9 incredibly useful Google tools you didn't know about

Most of us have heard about the famous and favorite Google tools - Gmail, Google Earth, Google Maps, and many others. These products and services are used by millions of people around the world every day.

What many people don't know, however, is that Google actually has tons of other features and tools that are incredibly useful.

9 PHOTOS

1. Google Keep is a note-taking and reminder app that works on both desktops and smartphones.

2. Google Sky allows you to explore the long distances of the universe using images from NASA satellite, Sloan Digital Sky Survey, and the Hubble telescope.

3. Google Books nGram Viewer is a fun tool that allows you to search for words in 5.2 million books published between 1500 and 2008, so you can see how they were used and changed over time.

4. Google Translate has a handwriting function that allows you to draw characters.

5. Google offers tons of great fonts that you can use for free.

6. Google Scholar makes it incredibly easy to find information in magazines and newspapers.

7. Explore your culture using Google Arts & Culture.

8. Want to know what people care about at the moment? Google Trends shows the most viewed topics every day.

9. Google has a directory of animal sounds, which you can easily find by typing "animal sounds".