Google has announced that the beta version of Google Play Games for Windows is available in a few other countries starting today. The service originally launched in March in South Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong, and is now also expanding to everyone in Thailand and Australia. The service is still in beta, but Google has also made some improvements to make Play Games more accessible on Windows.
Now, the app has lower system requirements, so more hardware configurations should support it. For one thing, you no longer need a dedicated GPU to run Google Play Games, so devices with built-in GPUs should be fine. Google recommends at least Intel UHD Graphics 630 (or equivalent), an integrated GPU that’s already a few years old, so most PCs should be fine.
Google has also changed the CPU requirements, so instead of eight logical cores, it now requires four physical cores. This will enable processors with only one thread per processor, which can include some low-end CPUs, and even some older mid-range processors like the AMD Ryzen 5 4500U, which have six physical cores but only one thread per core (Hence, only six logical cores).
Finally, Google has also lowered the storage requirements, so you should be able to use Google Play Games with only 10GB of free internal storage, instead of the 20GB that was previously required.
As Google continues to work towards a full version of Google Play Games on Windows, this will ensure that many people will be able to play these games on their PC, in addition to their phones. Since its initial launch, Google says it has more than doubled the catalog of Android games available on PC, with over 50 titles now supported. These games include some of the popular games like Summoners War, Cookie Run: Kingdom, and Last Fortress: Underground.
If you are in any of the supported regions, you can Subscribe to Google Play Games for Windows beta here. You can also register your interest when the service is launched in other markets in the future,
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