In May 2013, it reached our devices Google Play Gamesan app that officially brought to Android our player profile with its achievements and rankingsamong other characteristics, but during these nine years, the installation of the application was mandatory to enjoy its benefits. Until now.
As Google had already announced last October, at the beginning of 2022 the installation of Play Games would no longer be mandatory to be able to connect to your compatible games, and this moment has arrived.
Google Play Games is integrated with Play Services, in part…
Currently Play Games Services no longer requires the Play Games app to be installed. without installing you will be logged in automatically with your gamer profile in their compatible games to enjoy the saved in the cloud and for unlock game achievements.
Without Play Games installed, you won’t be able to see achievements or leaderboards of the game, for this the game will invite us to install the Google Play Games app to fully enjoy the experience.
This change is because the Play Games Login API has been integrated with Google Play Services to avoid friction with some players due to the need to install the Google Play Games app.
This “Lite” version of Google Play Games has been integrated into the Android settings, in particular in Settings > Google > Google App Settings > Play Games. Here the player can configure your profile and change account in your games if you have more than one account. Now, without having to install the Google Play Games app, you can change your gamer ID, profile picture, manage privacy or your data.
If the player is downloading a compatible game for the first time, the Play Store will download additional components from Google Play Services
With this change, if we only want to enjoy the Play Games connection, save it in the cloud and unlock the achievements, it is no longer necessary to install the application, which saves us about 30 MB of storage. If instead we want to see the list of achievements, markers, play its built-in games, explore instant games and its game store, we will have to install its application.
