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Google Play lists games ‘optimized for Pixel 6’ with Android 12’s Game Dashboard/Modes

Android 12 introduces a Game Dashboard that’s currently exclusive to the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. Besides providing useful tools, Google is encouraging developers to take advantage of Game Mode API. Google Play is now listing games that are “optimized for Pixel 6.”

At the top of the Play Store’s Games tab, some users are seeing an “Optimized for Pixel 6” carousel with a “Boost performance or save power” section. This is in reference to the Game Mode API that developers can support to let users set whether they want a title to prioritize gameplay for longer battery life or peak frame rates.


Update: As people in our comments have observed, Game Mode support is the only optimization needed to be listed in the Play Store list. In our testing, we spotted the Modes on Scrabble Go (casual game) and FIFA Soccer (more intensive title).


End-users can enable the “Game Dashboard” from system Settings > Apps > (under General) Game settings. When opening a compatible title, you’ll get a floating bubble that opens the overlay. In compatible games, the “Optimization” tile – which is underneath the row of screen capture, record, FPS counter, and DND shortcuts and next to YouTube Live streaming – presents three modes:

  • Performance: Maximizes frame rate
  • Standard: Uses the game’s defaults
  • Battery Saver: Extends battery life

At the moment, the Game Dashboard is only live on the Pixel 6 and 6 Pro. It does not appear on other Pixel phones running Android 12. Back in July, Google said that the Game Mode API would be available on “select” Android 12 devices later this year and that Samsung is already a partner for the effort, “with more OEMs on the way.”

The full Google Play list of Game Mode-optimized titles for the Pixel 6 is below: 

Minecraft Happy Color® – Color by Number Roblox Hearthstone
8 Ball Pool Standoff 2 Temple Run 2 Idle Hereos
Clash of Clans Parchisi STAR Online Carrom Pool: Disc Game Car Parking Multiplayer 
Asphalt 9: Legends Real Cricket 2020 Words With Friends 2 Word Game FIFA Soccer
League of Legends: Wild Rift Marvel Contest of Champions Saint Seiya Awakening: Nights of the Zodiac
World of Tanks Blitz Magic Tiles 3 Mobile Legends: Bang Bang
Ludo Club – Fun Dice Game Shadow Flight 2 Talking Tom Hero Dash
Score! Hero 2022 Scrabble GO-Classic Word Game RAID: Shadow Legends
Gardenscapes NBA 2K20 Summoners War

More on Pixel 6:

Updated with clarified headline


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Author: Abner Li
Source: 9TO5Google

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