{"id":9318,"date":"2022-04-25T00:37:32","date_gmt":"2022-04-25T05:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techoverall.com\/?p=9318"},"modified":"2022-04-20T00:46:03","modified_gmt":"2022-04-20T05:46:03","slug":"android-13-brings-new-features-to-mobile-gamers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techoverall.com\/android-13-brings-new-features-to-mobile-gamers\/","title":{"rendered":"Android 13 brings new features to mobile gamers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"88a30ff88c4c4b78b6b0374d5af2354d\" data-index=\"1\" style=\"float: none; margin:0px 0 0px 0; text-align:center;\">\n<script async src=\u201c\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\u201d><\/script>\r\n<!-- apk -->\r\n<ins class=\u201cadsbygoogle\u201d\r\n     style=\u201cdisplay:block\u201d\r\n     data-ad-client=\u201cca-pub-6165556333902650\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\u201c8686941058\u201d\r\n     data-ad-format=\u201cauto\u201d><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p><span>Android 13<\/span><span>\u00a0is still getting ready to be released, but gradually we will learn more and more new things about it.\u00a0It should be officially presented only on May 10 at the Google I \/ O conference, but the developers are already working with it to the fullest and sharing new features that they find in the operating system code.\u00a0Now they have announced a new feature for mobile gamers.\u00a0It will allow you to take a fresh look at games within Android &#8230; Or maybe not.\u00a0This has yet to be figured out after the release of Android 13 itself, but for now, we can find out what exactly the developers found and what they said about it.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"_android_13\"><span>New Android 13 feature<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>According to newly discovered code in the\u00a0<\/span><span>Android 13 Developer Preview<\/span><span>, Android gamers may be pleasantly surprised by Android 13.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>According to Mishaal Rahman, the latest preview includes a new method in the\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>GameManager API<\/span><\/strong><span>.\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>The new setGameState<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0method\u00a0will allow the game to communicate its state to the platform and whether it is currently loading.\u00a0This, in turn, can help speed up game loading by prioritizing CPU usage and improving overall performance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"___android_13\"><span>How games will work in Android 13<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Using the new method, games can\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>tell the system whether they should be interrupted<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0or not.\u00a0This feature can directly affect boot times, allowing developers to tell the system to boost CPU performance and\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>keep it from cluttering up resources<\/span><\/strong><span>, assets, and more.\u00a0Since resource loading is often what slows the game down the most, this update can greatly improve the overall experience by making transitions from one scene or sequence to another much smoother.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Many gamers, even with\u00a0<\/span><span>powerful smartphones<\/span><span>, often find themselves dissatisfied with the way games work.\u00a0They don&#8217;t load fast enough, they don&#8217;t run smoothly enough, and they crash from time to time.\u00a0And all due to the fact that Android is not focused on games.\u00a0She has her own priorities, which seem to her more important.\u00a0Resources are allocated to them.\u00a0Even when they are needed to load the game or process scenes inside it after loading.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"i\"><span>Improving performance in games<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>Now the system will understand that if a person has downloaded the game, then he wants to play, and other background processes that do not affect the operation of the smartphone as a whole and its security are indifferent to the gamer.\u00a0This means that it will be possible\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>to distribute resources more correctly<\/span><\/strong><span>.\u00a0This will primarily be useful for those who play on inexpensive phones, the power of which is not enough to ensure the execution of all tasks in a row at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In addition to tweaking game states, Android 13 is also poised to add programmable shaders to games, giving <\/span><strong><span>developers more options<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0than the current RuntimeShaders.\u00a0This will allow them to create better graphics and give them finer control over how their games look.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"__android\"><span>How soon will new features come to Android?<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span>If these features arrive in the production version of Android 13, which will help to\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>significantly improve the performance<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0of games and give developers the opportunity to make their games even better.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>But, as usual,\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>there is one problem<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0that can prevent the implementation of such a good idea.\u00a0It is\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>laziness or lack of competence<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0of developers.\u00a0They may simply be unwilling (or unable) to implement support for such a feature.\u00a0Especially for older games that have not received updates for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-body\" data-post-id=\"263624\">\n<p><span>In addition, such a change will be most relevant for demanding games, which are not so many.\u00a0In the end, it turns out that not lazy developers will make the necessary changes to their products, but\u00a0<\/span><strong><span>we may not immediately notice a big difference<\/span><\/strong><span>\u00a0.\u00a0There will be a transitional period for the feature to become mainstream.\u00a0However, the duration of this period depends on Google and how it will push developers to implement this feature.\u00a0Maybe it won&#8217;t make sense to them, or maybe Google will keep a close eye on it.\u00a0Time will tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<div style=\"font-size: 0px; 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