Google Play Games for PC arrives in France: a hundred Android games for Windows

With Google Play Games for PC, you will therefore have access to a few dozen Android games. Among the titles available, we find 1945 Air Force, Blade Idle, Cookie Run: Kingdom And Evony: The King’s Return. The application even offers the possibility of synchronizing the progression between the PC and the mobile, thus allowing players to resume their game where they had left it, whatever the device they use. To date, a hundred titles are available.

Google Playstore

With the Google Play Store application (ex Android Market) and its online service, download applications and games for your Android phone or tablet. The Playstore also serves as an entertainment center, allowing you to buy or rent movies, television shows, books and music, which you can watch or listen to your Android device, on a connected TV in Chromecast, Through the Chrome browser on your Mac or your Windows PC (or Linux) or on your Android TV.

Google Playstore, how it works ?

Of course, you need a free Google account to use the Google Playstore services (you already have an account if you have an Android device). The interface is translated into many languages ​​including French and allows you to quickly access all the content and applications available.

On the online service, the latter are divided into 3 categories: applications, films & TV, and books. A particular insert is reserved for the management of devices connected to your Google account (you must connect to access it). On the mobile application, a game category is available in addition to the other 3 (on the online service The games are in applications).

On your smartphone, you will also notice other tabs under the search engine: for you, best rankings, children, events, premium, categories and choice of the team. This last tab is not found on online service and contains articles and app selections that can help you find new games or new applications, less known to the general public, but which could please you.

In terms of the presentation of games and applications, you have a description of the subject or features, images, its PEGI regulations for each one to indicate whether the game is prohibited for under 18, 16, 12 years old , etc. You then have the installation button which automatically detects if one of your devices is compatible. If none is, the button will be grayed out in the online service and the application will not even be visible on your smartphone.

Other very important mentions: notes and user comments. When you install an application or a game, you must be asked at some point to give it a note and possibly leave a comment. It is on this presentation page that you find them. Indeed, by giving a note and leaving a comment, you can on the one hand orient future users and on the other hand, indicate to developers what does not work, what you do not like, or on the contrary, What you appreciate in this game or this application. They can then correct bugs and improve certain features according to user experience feedback.

For books, you can read an extract before you get into the purchase and download of a book. Note that some ebooks and audio books are free and others are paid. Also note that recommendations are suggested to you according to your previous readings, and that you can browse the different categories according to your desires. If there are several volumes belonging to the same collection or to the same series, they will be automatically offered to you.

For movies and TV shows, no free content, but very distinct categories for films, series and content for children. Among the films, you can also watch documentaries and the family category spreads its videos according to different age groups for children.

In any case, the store will systematically offer you applications, games, books or similar films to help you make your choice.

What are the advantages of Google Playstore ?

• Protection of devices by verification of applications: Google uses store surveillance and devices to protect against harmful applications. Google claims that only 0.05 % of Android devices that download applications only from its Play Store have a potentially dangerous application.

• The application also includes the Google Play Protect service, which periodically analyzes your device looking for potentially dangerous applications and checks applications before you download them from the Google Play store.

• Watch movies and television shows: again, in direct competition with Apple and Amazon video stores, the Google Play Movies & TV store allows you to buy or rent movies and shows that you can watch Your Android phone, your computer or your TV connected to Chromecast. You can choose between SD or HD formats (price depending on the type of film).

• Share with your family: thanks to the family library of the Google Play Store store, you can share applications, movies, television shows, games and eligible electronic books with five family members maximum.

• Make your purchases in Google PlayStore via your browser: of course, you can make purchases in the Play Store but you can also travel and buy applications and media and manage your account via a browser. The browser version is practical, because it allows you to quickly manage your account, consult the history of your commands and find and install new applications. Unfortunately, to check and install updates, you must use the application.

What are the drawbacks of Google Playstore ?

• Google’s non -interventionist approach in terms of applications: while Google talks about security, it seems less concerned about the quality of the applications he leaves in his shop. Popular applications attract imitators, with deceived names and icons, and it can be difficult to choose the original from the false.

• Google Play Protect is not up to it: the independent company of AV-Test safety tests noted that Play Protect was far behind the best Android antivirus in terms of detection of malware and noted that those who only trust Play Protect to protect their phone take on unnecessary risk.
• Google Play Music no longer exists and was replaced by YouTube Music Definitely in May 2021. The service is free but requires advertising between each song.
• The point system implemented for games, Google Play Points is not very explicit and above all allows you to earn points only on condition of buying. Each 1 € purchase tranche saves you 1 point and certain events make you earn more. You can then exchange them for rewards in other games. In short, the system is not very clear and should be extended to the time spent on the games or the progression of the player in certain games.

What are the new features of Google Play Store ?

Google Play, the official application store, also serves as a showcase for music, movies, television shows, electronic books and magazines. Google Play is full of applications and new content come to enrich it daily.

In July 2020, Google set up the Google Play Pass, accessible only from your smartphone or tablet. With a subscription system of a few euros per month or per year, you have more entertainment and less advertising. Hundreds of games and applications are available without advertising and without integrated purchase, but you do not accede to the entire Google Play catalog. Besides, users do not have the list of games and applications included before having subscribed. On the other hand, you have 30 days of testing to see if the system is really interesting. We regret not having access to privileged books and prices for video content.

How to download the Google Playstore ?

By default, the Google Playstore is installed on all Android devices. This is no more or less than an application that allows you to install other applications and other multimedia content. But if you must reinstall this application in the event of formatting or malfunction, or if your device is not equipped with it, you have the possibility to download the APK file and install it manually on your smartphone or tablet.

Note that other application stores are available. Of course, there is the Apple products AppStore, but Samsung devices also benefit from a galaxy store. Amazon also offers its shop, the Amazon AppStore and the Huawei brand aircraft also have their application store: Huawei Appgallery.

Google Play Games for PC arrives in France: a hundred Android games for Windows

Google Play Games for PC, an application allowing access to Android games via emulation, is now available in France. It offers a selection of more than a hundred games and the possibility of synchronizing the progression between the PC and the mobile.

Google Play Games for PC is now available in France. Google initially launched this program in 2022 and, since then, it has been accessible in more than 50 countries around the world.

As its name suggests, it is a Windows application that allows access to Android games thanks to emulation. Google Play Games is a product separate from the work done by Microsoft to natively support Android applications on Windows 11. As a reminder, Microsoft has chosen a different route and has teamed up with Amazon to offer games and applications of the Amazon AppStore in its latest operating system.

With Google Play Games for PC, you will therefore have access to a few dozen Android games. Among the titles available, we find 1945 Air Force, Blade Idle, Cookie Run: Kingdom And Evony: The King’s Return. The application even offers the possibility of synchronizing the progression between the PC and the mobile, thus allowing players to resume their game where they had left it, whatever the device they use. To date, a hundred titles are available.

Where to download Google Play Games ?

To start taking advantage of this application, just download the application here: Google Play Games. However, please note that your PC must have at least 10 GB of storage space and 8 GB of RAM.

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