The invention is developing much more slowly than originally thought, but it is developing, and almost a year after its announcement, Google Play Games for PC it represents a new step in the expected direction by making it available sooner rather than later to anyone who wants to access it, which will surely be many users.

If you don’t remember, a refresher: Google Play Games for PC is a project of the Internet giant, whose name says it all, although it is worth giving a brief description and nuance: yes, it is bring a huge catalog of Android games to PCalthough PC means, at least for now, just Windows.

Perhaps the most specific element of these Google Play games for PC is the underlying technology, as the invention is not trying to take advantage of the Android subsystem for Windows, which is exclusive to Windows 11, as it will also launch on Windows 10. It is not clear how Google is trying to bring Android games to Windows, but the truth is that it does.

In fact, it wouldn’t be a problem if Google Play Games for PC later expanded its support to macOS and Linux, where in the absence of APIs and drivers, all Android games should be able to run natively. In other words, this future path might cost less than the current one, but a system that pays off reigns supreme on Windows PCs.

Google Play Games for PC

Be that as it may, while the first beta of Google Play Games for PC was launched just a month after the official announcement, but closed beta and with limited and limited access to some users in some Asian markets, it wasn’t until last August that the service was expanded to new territories and so far it has not happened where international expansion seems to be taking place, albeit to a limited extent.

If you are reading this message because you are interested in this topic, know that Google Play Games for PC It can already be tested in the United States and Mexico, as well as in Australia, Brazil, Canada, South Korea, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Taiwan. These are all the countries where the service is present and no, there are no news or approximate dates for Europe.

After all, those who were able to test it say that Google Play Games for PC is still very green: syncing game progress between devices would work more or less well, but it barely has support for running about 40 games. As for the requirements for running the application, they would not change from the first information

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Are you intrigued by the design of Google Play Games for PC? If you’re not in one of the countries listed, you’ll have to wait… And no, you won’t be able to fool Google with a VPN, because you will need to use your Google account to download the client and it will catch you. But you can indicate that it will notify you when it’s ready, who knows when that will be. Certainly not for this year 2022.

These Google Play Games for PC a priori do not seem like anything out of the world if we compare the games that exist on one (Android) and another (PC) platform, although there are many on both. But there are also many who don’t, the Android gaming ecosystem has evolved dramatically in recent years, leaving us with exclusive experiences that attract millions of people.

On the other hand, Google Play Games for PC, not for Chromebooks or Chrome OS, where support for running Android apps and games will be the standard in the medium term, can help the Internet giant get rid of the thorn that must have been left by the failure of Google Stadia. The stone gives less.