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Play Store testing downloads games on Windows

By ANI | Updated: January 27, 2022 15:00 IST

American tech giant Google has started the beta testing period for Google Play games running on Windows.

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American tech giant Google has started the beta testing period for Google Play games running on Windows.

As per GSM Arena, only users from select regions can for now, try out running Android apps right on their PCs.

The outlet informed that a 'Download on Windows' button appeared on the desktop version of Google Play for the Lineage2M game in most regions and clicking on it downloads an executable file for Windows.

The filename reveals that it's using the Purple emulator, but it's unclear if Microsoft plans on using that for the entire project or if it's testing different things in different regions.

Users can click the source link to see if they also got the option to download the Lineage game for Windows.

( With inputs from ANI )

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