The (useless?) Pixel game dashboard coming to other devices

With Android 12 Google had introduced a function for games (reserved for Pixel) call Game Dashboarda control panel that provides quick access to some tools such as screen recorderscreenshots and FPS monitoringas well as – in theory – allowing you to disable the notifications and set up a profile of performance while gaming, to improve battery life or performance according to user needs.

In theory, why how A lot of things in the Android world, optimization is not implemented for i best known gameswhere it is only needed to record videos, take screenshots and show the FPS number.

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Now Google has “moved” Game Dashboard on Play Servicesas announced in the news related to system updates:

The Game Dashboard allows you to choose longer battery life or higher performance, block calls and notifications while playing, access Play Games achievements, and more. Available on select devices with Android T.

where it also shows that it should arrive on more phones in the future. Later however a company representative said the function it requires Android 13, will arrive on Pixel 6a (where it is currently not present and will be part of the update to Android 13, in fact). So far nothing new, since it is a Pixel, but it is not clear whether that too other smartphones they will receive it or not. In theory, yes, since the Game Dashboard it should have come on Play Services and on other Android devices, where manufacturers add similar functionality anyway.

According to the known Mishaal Rahman of Esper.io, implementing Game Dashboard via Play Services requires a number of API changes and new APIs that were not part of Android 12 and if while in the Pixel had been added a specific system app on Android 12, moving it to Play Services means modifying the way things work at the system level slightly, making the function dependent on Android 13.

But this brings us back to the original question: will also arrive on other non-Pixel smartphones? In theory, yes, since it has been moved to the Play Servicesbut only a further confirmation of the company (or an upcoming update) will be able to unravel the matter. In the meantime, there probably won’t be very many users waiting with the breathless.