Starting next week, Android users will no longer need a Google+ social network account to play on their mobile device.

The “Promotions” tab has appeared in the Google Play developer console. Android developers will now be able to provide users with free access to applications or IAP using promo codes.

Google Play sums up the results of the year. A selection of the best games of 2015 appeared in the store.

BlueStacks has released a new version of the platform of the same name for launching Android applications via Windows and Mac OS X.

Search and mobile giant Google has demanded Android developers to declare the presence of advertising in their own projects.

Google has lowered the minimum price for IAP and applications in 17 countries, including Russia.

With the help of the Amazon Underground store, Rovio has tripled revenue from versions of its own games for the Amazon ecosystem.

Google has launched a new version of Google Play Games, which allows you to record gameplay videos from an Android mobile device.

Among Android games in China, match-3 Anipop turned out to be the leader in downloads and checkout in September. Information about this was shared by the analytical firm Newzoo.

From now on, Android users receive a warning about the large size of the application only if the APK file weighs more than 100 MB.

Owners of Android devices will soon have the opportunity to stream game videos directly from a smartphone or tablet. This was announced by the head of the new YouTube Gaming service Ryan Wyatt at the Tokyo Game Show 2015.

Google is adding two new metrics to the analytics service for Player Analytics games. A message about this appeared in the official blog of developers on Android OS.

The authors of Battlestation: Harbinger, a Finnish Bugbyte studio, spoke about their experience in combating piracy on Android using game notifications.

Google may be preparing to launch an affiliate program for its Google Play store. This is reported by the resource 9to5Google with reference to information from an informed source.

On the eve of the release of Windows 10 Mobile, Microsoft has released a beta version of its own graphical shell for smartphones based on the Google operating system.

Halfbrick is promoting its new educational game for kids Fruit Ninja: Math Master with the help of the recently launched “family” section of Google Play. They told the resource about their experience Pocketgamer.biz .

The information that the new Nintendo console will function on the basis of Android OS has not been confirmed.

The Google I/O 2015 conference was recently held. With a little delay, we are telling you about the interesting new features of the AdMob advertising network. They are designed to help developers optimize in-game advertising.

The console from Nintendo under the working name NX will probably function on the basis of the Android OS. This is with reference to a source close to the company’s management, the Japanese newspaper Nikkei writes.