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Games: December 2025

Play Games Sidekick beta is now ready for testing: Sidekick helps players stay in your game by delivering relevant content and offers through an in-game overlay.

Play: November 2025

Raising the bar on battery performance: improve technical performance and address excessive battery drain with the excessive partial wake locks metric, now a core metric in Android vitals.

Play: October 2025

New tools to accelerate your success on Google Play: we're rolling out new tools to supercharge your workflow and accelerate your growth. Streamline app links validation and much more today!

Play: September 2025

Introducing the Google Play Games Level Up program that connects great gaming experiences to greater business success. Drive discovery, boost engagement, and increase revenue with powerful tools and more.