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Google Play Games app for Android updated, shows 'who's playing a game'

Google Play Games app for Android updated, shows 'who's playing a game'

By Ketan Pratap | Updated: 6 March 2014 18:14 IST

Google has quietly released an update for its Google Play Games app for Android.

The new update for Google Play Games brings three major additions to the app that has been a gaming hub for users to discover games, track high scores and join multiplayer games within the app.

The three new changes are namely- invitations for multiplayer games; spot who's playing a game (in your circle), and Find Games. The Play Store (India) notes that the new update for Google Play Games brings some stability improvements and bug fixes, along with fixes for no-touch accessibility.

The new update reportedly pushes the Google Play Games from version 1.1 to 1.5; however, noticeably, the Play Store (India) lists the app with 1.1.04 version only.

Android Police notes that there are few aesthetic changes in the Google Play Games app, which include the action bar being replaced with the sidebar, much like Google Music; a new Matches listing, which will show invitations from friends, and the new Find Games section, which has replaced the Recommended Games.

The update to the Google Play Games app also adds the pull-to-refresh feature for the app's leaderboard, according to Android Police.

Earlier in March, a bug was spotted on the Google Play store under many applications' review sections. The bug allowed users post their reviews on the corresponding apps' Google Play store pages, but failed to show the names linked with the users' Google+ accounts, instead just displayed "A Google User."

The bug was first spotted in the review section of the 10000000 app, was later seen to be affecting a variety of popular apps, such as WhatsApp, Facebook, UC Browser and more.

In February, Google released the Google Now Launcher, seen originally on the Google Nexus 5, as a standalone app available via the Play Store. However, the new launcher was not a universal release and was compatible only with the Nexus and Google Play Edition (GPE) devices running Android 4.4 KitKat.

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