Google has named the contenders for the annual Play Awards 2017.

Google Play Games Service (GPGS) plans to abandon Gifts, Requests and Quests in Google Play games by March 31, 2018.

The Android operating system has outpaced Windows in terms of Internet usage, becoming the market leader.

Google has added a new feature to its app store. It’s called Free App of the Week.

Google has made available a test build of the Android O operating system. You can download it from the developer page.

Google has announced the release of a new version of the integrated application development environment (IDE) Android Studio.

On February 16, the results of the first European Google Play Indie Games Contest were summed up in London. A jury of experts from the mobile games industry awarded the victory to the Reigns project of the British studio Nerial.

Search giant Google and MMO game developer NetEase are in talks to launch Google Play on Android devices in China.

Live testing of applications that do not require downloading a distribution kit and installation to work has started on Android.

Subscriptions are the fastest growing type of monetization on Google Play. Over the past three years, user spending on subscriptions has increased 10-fold. Google has decided to accelerate this pace with the help of new functionality.

Android apps that are in the open beta stage can now receive a feature on Google Play. The app store has launched a selection of Early Access specially for them.

Google has introduced new features for searching and working with user reviews on Google Play, A/B testing and updating APK games.

Developers in the Developer Console on Google Play have a new toolkit that will help with the choice of language for a mobile application.

As part of the I/O conference, Google held its own “Oscar” – the award ceremony for the best Android apps Google Play Award 2016.

A feature section with applications that have not yet been officially released will appear in the Android app store. It will be called Google Play Early Access.

Which games were the most downloaded and the most profitable for the entire existence of Google Play, – the analytical company App Annie told in its latest research.

Notes about the content of advertising in programs and games began to appear in the Google Play mobile app store.

The search giant has decided to take up the practice of awarding the best Android applications – Google Play Awards. The first ceremony will take place on May 19 as part of Google I/O.

The Internet giant Google has also decided to “be on trend”. He launched a new collection of indie gaming applications in the official Android market.