Google Play Games services no longer supported on iOS, some features cut from Android
Google is often praised for its openness in
cross-platform compatibility, most notably with iOS, Android’s largest and most
direct competitor. Unfortunately, this open-mindedness doesn’t always benefit
Google like in the case of Android’s Google Play Games service.
Given that iOS already has Game Center, the
OS is not in need of another gaming service to clutter the default experience.
As a result, Google has found very low usage of the service among iOS users. At
the same time, it also found that Gifting, Requests, and Quests on the
service were also quite low across both iOS and Android.
GPGS (Google Play Games Services) will not
support iOS in the latest Native DSK (2.3). Lastly, as a courtesy to game
developers, Google has given a grace period of 12 months for those still using
any of the (bold-marked above) aforementioned features of GPGS.
Google says this is so that it can continue
to focus its efforts to its other more popular features in gaming, including:
Sign-in, Achievements, Leaderboards, and Multiplayer.
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