Google Play Games for PC: Excited for Beta Testing Android Games on Windows for Early 2022?

The last month on The Game Awards 2021, Google has announced that they had plans to bring Google Play Games to PC. With this update, Android games will now be playable on PC as well, which means there will be a lot more room for the competitive mobile game industry to expand. While Windows seems to be the target OS to implement the idea and they are already doing a lot of collaborations and buy-ups in the market (Read: Microsoft Will Buy Activision Blizzard for $68.7 Billion In All-Cash After Allegations), the system starts its beta testing phase today on Hong Kong, South Korea, and Taiwan.

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What are the promises of Google Play Games on PC?

While mobile gaming continues to be the primary industry for gaming especially in Asia, the promise of playing your favorite game with a more comfortable controller and without thinking about phone hardware is a big promise in itself. Google also states that the users will be able to seamlessly transfer their progress and accounts between their mobile devices and PC. The Google Play Games PC platform will be available for both desktops and laptops, which makes it possible to play your favorite mobile game on your gaming PC. As the sync between devices seems to be a good feature, the beta version will only include a little more than 25 top games from Android.

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The progress of Google Play Games on PC

As fellow app designers or game developers might have the question of “Do we have to alter the code or optimize our apps for PC?” in mind, Google said that they will publish some details to improve compatibility and optimization between platforms. With the new platform change, Google wants to reach billions of active users totaled on both platforms. In the end, it is a good way to incentivize the users to play on multiple devices.

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If you are showing interest…

Well, Google just launched Google Play Games Beta Developer website, in the website, you can express interest, learn about input, display, CPU, and many more. Maybe you can even start to develop your own cross-platform game in the future. If that is your plan, good luck! On the website you can also get involved through various platforms, so, Google offers various ways to develop yourself if you want to learn. If you want to learn more about it, we can also share with you our favorite development learning channels in the future. Anyways, have fun with the cross-platform games!