{"id":206049,"date":"2022-11-03T11:30:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-03T10:30:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sftarticles.wpenginepowered.com\/en\/?p=206049"},"modified":"2025-07-01T20:21:40","modified_gmt":"2025-07-02T03:21:40","slug":"google-play-pc-beta-is-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-play-pc-beta-is-live\/","title":{"rendered":"The Google Play PC beta is live in the US, but will it threaten emulators?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As I\u2019m sure many of you PC gamers do, much like me, you probably have an Android emulator to play mobile games on your computer. It seems like that may become a thing of the past. The <strong>Google Play Games PC beta<\/strong> is now officially live in the United States and a few other locations.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"sc-card-program\">\r\n  <div class=\"sc-card-program__body\">\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row clearfix\">\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-logo\">\r\n        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__img\" alt=\"Google Play Games\" src=\"https:\/\/images.sftcdn.net\/images\/t_app-logo-xl,f_auto\/p\/7e5dc758-b4a0-4a84-b621-a912e8ab8076\/2927280141\/google-play-games-Google%20Play%20Games-icon.png\" width=\"100px\" height=\"100px\">\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-title\">\r\n        <span class=\"sc-card-program__title\">Google Play Games<\/span>\r\n        <a class=\"sc-card-program__button sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-play-games.en.softonic.com\/windows\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">DOWNLOAD<\/a>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n      <div class=\"sc-card-program__col-rating\">\r\n        <svg class=\"rating-score__content\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" version=\"1.1\" x=\"0\" y=\"0\" viewbox=\"0 0 50 50\" enable-background=\"new 0 0 50 50\" xml:space=\"preserve\"><path class=\"rating-score__background rating-score--good\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><path class=\"rating-score__value rating-score__value--0\" fill=\"none\" stroke-width=\"6\" stroke-dashoffset=\"0\" stroke-miterlimit=\"10\" d=\"M40 40c8.3-8.3 8.3-21.7 0-30s-21.7-8.3-30 0 -8.3 21.7 0 30\"><\/path><text class=\"rating-score__number\" content=\"\" text-anchor=\"middle\" transform=\"matrix(1 0 0 1 25 31.0837)\" data-auto=\"app-user-score\"><\/text><\/svg>\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <span class=\"sc-card-program__description\"><\/span>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"sc-card-program__row\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sc-card-program__bigpic\" src=\"\" onerror=\"this.style.display='none'\">\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <a class=\"sc-card-program__link track-link sc-card-program-internal\" href=\"https:\/\/google-play-games.en.softonic.com\/windows\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><\/a>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/android-developers.googleblog.com\/2022\/10\/google-play-games-beta-on-pc-continues-global-expansion.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">open beta<\/a> for the PC Google Play app is available on the official store. However, you won\u2019t be able to download or use it if you live in a region where it\u2019s not available as yet. For those of you in the United States, you can <strong>officially use it today<\/strong>. Those of you in Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, and Singapore can also join in on the fun.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed aligncenter is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Google Play Games Beta: Download Now\" width=\"840\" height=\"473\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vOHp_od79lM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While we\u2019re excited about the news, I want to look at the potential effect of the Google Play PC app on the gaming market. Specifically, I want to <strong>address Android emulators<\/strong> like Bluestacks. We\u2019ve spent years enjoying mobile gaming on this platform, building our apps and increasing our rankings. With Google now moving to make the apps directly available, how many of us will still use these emulators?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"542\" src=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/sft\/articles\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-1024x542.jpg\" alt=\"The Google Play PC beta is live in the US\" class=\"wp-image-206052\" srcset=\"https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-1024x542.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-300x159.jpg 300w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-768x406.jpg 768w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-18x10.jpg 18w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2-150x79.jpg 150w, https:\/\/articles-img.sftcdn.net\/auto-mapping-folder\/sites\/3\/2022\/11\/The-Google-Play-PC-beta-is-live-in-the-US-2.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The same can be said for the Windows 11 Android emulator that Microsoft promised us earlier this year when the operating system launched. As a matter of fact, <a href=\"https:\/\/windows-11.en.softonic.com\/articles\/windows-11-android-13-treatment\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">support for Android 13 in Windows 11<\/a> was added last month. Will this become redundant once the Google Play PC app goes live? Or will Microsoft have apps for us from other providers, such as Amazon?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are so many questions, but I have no doubt it will have a massive impact on the Android emulator market. After all, we will be able to download and play our favourite mobile games directly on Google Play.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As I\u2019m sure many of you PC gamers do, much like me, you probably have an Android emulator to play mobile games on your computer. It seems like that may become a thing of the past. The Google Play Games PC beta is now officially live in the United States and a few other locations. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/google-play-pc-beta-is-live\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Google Play PC beta is live in the US, but will it threaten emulators?&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9205,"featured_media":206051,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wpcf-pageviews":1},"categories":[1015],"tags":[3712],"usertag":[],"vertical":[],"content-category":[],"class_list":["post-206049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-app-subdomain-redirectiongoogle-play-games"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206049","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9205"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206049"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":322959,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206049\/revisions\/322959"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/206051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206049"},{"taxonomy":"usertag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/usertag?post=206049"},{"taxonomy":"vertical","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vertical?post=206049"},{"taxonomy":"content-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms-articles.softonic.io\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/content-category?post=206049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}