With Android 12, you can play while the game is downloading

Very useful for testing very heavy titles, especially in the case of a slow connection

One of the most interesting news that Google announced yesterday regarding the gaming part of Android 12 lies in the possibility Start playing a title while you’re still downloading it. Not a bad opportunity especially for video games with a lot of requirements, to test with minimal waiting.

In addition to this very practical function, the next generation of mobile operating systems will have one Renewable dashboard For faster and easier access to a variety of utilities such as Screen capture and video recording During the game for example intended for YouTube users. The platform will be available by the end of the year on some devices and then expand to the rest of the world audience.

But from a more specialized dashboard, novelty embracing a wider audience is exactly what matters to her Play games while downloading. In the above animation, created by Google, you can see how the novelty works. game like Touchgrind Bmx, which requires you to download a 127 MB package: Between downloading and installing, even with a very fast connection, you have to wait between 30 and 60 seconds.

However, with the new feature, When you are around 20% you can already unlock the game And test it right away, while the full download and installation continues in the background. According to Google, many games will open at twice the current speed. A very useful thing especially if you have an older model and/or you are in an area with a weak signal and you want to immediately understand whether it is worth continuing the download or not.

Here are all the previews on Android 12.