android: How Android 13 can offer better mobile gaming experiences – Times of India

Google is likely to boost the mobile gaming experience with Android 13. A newly discovered code in the Developer Preview of Android 13 hints that users will have to stare less at the initial game loading screen. According to a report by XDA Developers, a new method has been added to the GameManager API in the latest preview of the upcoming OS. The new method, named setGameState, will allow a game to inform the platform about its current state and whether it is presently loading something else. This will help the game to load up faster by prioritising its CPU usage and is also supposed to offer better overall performance.
Games on Android 13 will be able to convey to the system whether they should be interrupted or not by using this method. This feature will allow developers to tell the device to boost CPU performance and check interferences while the game is loading resources, assets and more. This upgrade can directly impact the loading time of a game and can notably improve the overall experience as in most cases, loading resources slow down a game. This feature is also likely to make transitions between scenes or sequences even easier.
The new feature in Android 13 will offer developers the ability to create more advanced graphics and will also allow them precise control over how their games look. Google’s upcoming platform may even offer considerable boosts to gaming performance and will allow developers to make their games look even better.
Meanwhile, several Android manufacturers have already implemented various optimisations like allocating more CPU and GPU resources to improve game loading. The report also suggests that Google is considering adding a test to Vendor Test Suite (VTS) that will make the game loading mode mandatory for all devices launching with Android 13 and later. However, the tech giant has not made any official announcement about making this feature mandatory for all manufacturers.