Google is bringing Android games to Windows in 2022

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Next year, Windows PCs will be able to play games from the Android platform. The games app will allow games from the Play store to run on Windows laptops, tablets, and PCs.

The product director of games on Android and Google Play says in a statement that players will be able to experience their favorite games on more devices in the future. We are thrilled to expand our platform for players to enjoy their favorite Android games even more, because this product builds on the best of the Play Games.

The company has built its own app, which means that it hasn't collaborated with Microsoft, BlueStacks or others. The upcoming app will allow players to resume games on a desktop PC after playing them on a phone, tablet, or Chromebook.

During The Game Awards tonight, the app will be teased, with a promised release window of sometime next year. It is not clear what technology is being used to emulate Android apps on Windows, but games will run locally instead of streaming from the cloud.

Hartrell says that the native Windows app will support Windows 10 and up. It won't involve game streaming. The company will distribute the app itself and not rely on any special integration with Windows 11.

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The Windows 11 will include apps from the Android platform.

Microsoft began testing Windows 11 PCs with Android apps. Microsoft has built an underlying Windows Subsystem that is capable of running a variety of apps. Windows users will be able to install games and apps from the Amazon Appstore, but they won't be able to use native Google Play support.

Since Microsoft is only officially partnering with Amazon for that feature, there are far fewer games and apps for Windows 11 users to easily install. The door is open for others to fill that hole.

While Microsoft and now Google are working on bringing games from the Android platform to Windows, BlueStacks has gone a step further and is now bringing games from the platform to web browsers. BlueStacks X is a free way to play games from the BlueStacks app store in your browser, and BlueStacks has been focused on gaming on Windows since it became the main use case for its main app in 2016

The document from the Apple trial showed details on the plans for a Windows version of the Android operating system. The document was written in October 2020 and described an ambitious effort to get games for Macs and Windows PCs. At least part of the effort to bring games to Windows will begin in 2022.