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Exclusive: Google is working on a Game Device Certification program for Android gaming smartphones

With the recent success of mobile games like Call of Duty Mobile, it’s easy to see why AAA game publishers, Google/Apple, and smartphone OEMs are pushing mobile gaming so hard. In the smartphone space, we’ve seen gaming-centric, flagship product launches from brands like ASUS, Black Shark, Razer, Nubia, and others. The competition is only going to intensify as gaming smartphones move to the mid-range, backed by chipset vendors Qualcomm and MediaTek. To ensure that future gaming smartphones are powerful enough and behave predictably enough for Android game developers, Google is working on a Game Device Certification program.

We first learned about Google’s intentions from a trusted source back in July, but we didn’t have any concrete details or evidence we could share at the time. Now, 3 months later, we obtained a copy of the most recent version of Google’s GMS Requirements for OEMs/ODMs. This document enumerates the technical requirements that smartphone OEMs/ODMs must meet in order to be allowed to pre-install GMS, or Google Mobile Services, as per a commercial agreement between Google and the OEM/ODM. This document is analogous to the Android Compatibility Definition Document (CDD), but while that document is published online, this document is not public.

We obtained a copy of version 7.0 of the document, which was last updated on September 3rd, the same day Google released Android 10 to the public. Section 13 of the document details the additional Android “Platform Requirements” that devices must meet in order to receive approval to use GMS. Subsection 13.14 covers the new “Gaming Device Certification” technical requirements. These requirements must be met if the OEM/ODM wants to declare that the device has received game device certification.

In summary, these requirements ensure that certified gaming devices behave predictably “so game developers don’t face unexpected throttling, lost CPU cores, or other odd system behaviors.” The document goes into some detail to explain how OEMs/ODMs are expected to build gaming devices with predictable behavior. For high-performance and predictable GPU behavior, Google says certified devices must “provide a modern, up-to-date high-performance GPU and display APIs, and enable reasonable frame introspection.” Specifically, certified gaming devices must support version 1.1 of the Vulkan Graphics API, pass the latest OpenGL ES/Vulkan graphics conformance tests provided by Khronos, and meet other requirements related to Choreographer and SurfaceFlinger. Lastly, for reasonable memory behavior, Google wants OEMs/ODMs to ensure that gaming devices allow apps to allocate at least 2.3GB of memory before they’re killed by the system.

Since we don’t have older copies of the GMS Requirements document, we weren’t 100% sure about how new the Game Device Certification program actually is. However, we spotted a job application on LinkedIn that called for a Developer Relations Program Manager for “Android Game Device Certification.” Since the listing is closed, we can’t see when it was published, though a rehosting of the page on another job search website was published on June 28th. We don’t know when this rehosted page scraped the original, however, we did notice that Peter Cardwell, a former Microsoft employee, seems to have taken this job in May, so the program is definitely new.

The job listing confirms the big picture of this new program. Google is building a team to engage with OEMs and SoC makers to educate them on the upcoming requirements that I listed above. The team is tasked with creating test suites and workloads to demonstrate compliance with the new program, as mentioned previously.

Google has not yet publicly announced this new Game Device Certification program, and there are no devices currently on the market that have received game certification. Google says that devices that opt-in to the program must declare support for the com.google.android.feature.GAMECERT_PREVIEW feature flag. I checked for this feature flag on the Black Shark 2 (Android 9 Pie), ASUS ROG Phone II (Android 9 Pie), OnePlus 7 Pro (Android 10), and Google Pixel 2 XL (Android 10) and all reported it wasn’t present. I suspect that Google won’t keep this program a secret and that they will publish a list of compatible devices like with Android Enterprise Recommended, so you won’t need to check for this flag yourself.

A few days before the publication of this article, I reached out to Google to ask them to confirm the legitimacy of the document we received. While I haven’t heard back yet, we have corroborated enough details from the document to make me fairly certain it’s the real thing. The document is about 57 pages long, and we have a lot more to share about what we learned from it.

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SmokeyTheAggie

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I think the iPega would be better, with a very nice gamepad, and more portable. I think it would need a quad core processor to beat the IbenX and the upcoming Wikipad. Thoughts?

abdel12345

Senior Member

I like the ibenx better though id never buy either. The Ipega looks like it has a smaller screen and I don’t like the awkward shape of it. But I wouldn’t replace my play with either of those. Though I would if they made a phone like the party but with analog sticks like the vita instead of touch pads. It seems like these gaming tablets are popping up all over the place noire we just need to find the best one

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)

iFlasher

Senior Member

I like the ibenx better though id never buy either. The Ipega looks like it has a smaller screen and I don’t like the awkward shape of it. But I wouldn’t replace my play with either of those. Though I would if they made a phone like the party but with analog sticks like the vita instead of touch pads. It seems like these gaming tablets are popping up all over the place noire we just need to find the best one

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)

Lefteris Fragiadakis (Frago)

Senior Member

Nothing like xplay.

Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

Spatinator

Senior Member

SteelDragonX

Senior Member

rafik1234

New member

ultima.omega

Member

gamerdell

Member

Erikwithafro

Senior Member

swebosdev

Senior Member

mehdi.moha

Senior Member

unfortinatlly , they arn’t a phone ! just tablet !

if i want to carry a gaming handy console, i prefer ps vita or 3DS .

i’ looking for gaming-phone device , like xperia play.

just » much i5 » remain . a gaming phone , but you know , that is chinese . and .

gamerdell

Member

ozzmanj1

Senior Member

Sony announced a new slim PS Vita with some hardware changes to a new screen.

Be funny if no one buys it.

Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

mehdi.moha

Senior Member

Sony announced a new slim PS Vita with some hardware changes to a new screen.

Be funny if no one buys it.

Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

that could be so nice if has call option

Erikwithafro

Senior Member

ozzmanj1

Senior Member

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. I will be taking a look at it.

Mert-K

Member

The thing about the Xperia Play, is that it could switch from phone to PSP in a matter of seconds. These «Alternatives» are just android devices that were made for gaming, but do you really see yourself having a conversation with one of these things?

Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jcarbox

Senior Member

Yeah. The killer feature in the XP for me is that, when you hide the gamepad it’s a smartphone like any other.
I don’t see myself with a gamepad or handheld console style device as smartphone.

Some company should make something similar to the XP. I can’t understand why there’s nothing similar with so many Android devices released around the world and even an increasing number of Android gaming devices.

|SavageD|

Senior Member

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Nothing like xplay.

Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

So earlier this week I bought a Xiaomi Mi-1s on eBay. Xiaomi is the company that created the Miui from android. So I have been playing with this phone. It is way more powerful then the Play. I loaded up the same game and thebacreen on the mew phone is so much brighter and sharper. High and bright colors. Never mind the CPU/gpu. Bit anyways tried to play the game on the touchacreen and instantly remembered how much I hate touchscreen. So I loaded up. A moga game. MC4 to be exact. But then I realize how horrible and a pita it is to use android carry the moga controller. Also the moga kept disconnecting and them would not reconnect. So just to setup to play a game with touchsreen is terrible. The Play. Load the game slide out the controls and play. Easy as that. No additional steps or seperate device require. Needless to say I will be selling the Xiaomi phone. Or perhaps. I will sell my wife’s phone and give her this phone as it is a Chinese phone imported here.

So again. Of you game and don’t want to deal with Bluetooth devices that wont work. The Play is still the best option 2+ years later.

Sent from my R800at using xda premium

Okay so I’m getting my Much i5s tomorrow!
Anybody who’s got this phone give me any tips of what I should do first to set it up? is it gonna be already in english or do i need to go into settings etc.

I’ll record both my PLAY and MUCHi5s playing games and that later tomorrow and upload them then for comparisons for people, any games you want me to play for you say now so I can sort that out asap ^^

I’m agree with you %100

i put my post before ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440381&page=2 post #19 ) reading your comments here and found out how much your opinion is same as me :highfive:

xperia play is still the one ! me , same as you , can’t use MOGA or any other external gamepad (( specially on my office . ))
the best phone for game is a phone with a hidden dedicated gamepad

i hope someday sony or samsung or any other famous brand produce that

edit :
I NEVER TRUST CHINESE COMPANIES

90+% of the worlds products are made in China, the PLAY was made in China. And just becuase its not a Sony or Samsung doesnt mean its automatically garbage. In fact this phone is extremely well built, the Xiaomi Mi-1S. I am very impressed with it. And I wasnt saying it was junk, just saying that if I want to play games the PLAY is the way to go.

So again, not saying everything made in CH is good but very few items now a days are not made in China.

All major manufactures use China to build their products.

Edit — My wife was born in China. They made her pretty good. lol.

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SmokeyTheAggie

Member

I think the iPega would be better, with a very nice gamepad, and more portable. I think it would need a quad core processor to beat the IbenX and the upcoming Wikipad. Thoughts?

abdel12345

Senior Member

I like the ibenx better though id never buy either. The Ipega looks like it has a smaller screen and I don’t like the awkward shape of it. But I wouldn’t replace my play with either of those. Though I would if they made a phone like the party but with analog sticks like the vita instead of touch pads. It seems like these gaming tablets are popping up all over the place noire we just need to find the best one

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)

iFlasher

Senior Member

I like the ibenx better though id never buy either. The Ipega looks like it has a smaller screen and I don’t like the awkward shape of it. But I wouldn’t replace my play with either of those. Though I would if they made a phone like the party but with analog sticks like the vita instead of touch pads. It seems like these gaming tablets are popping up all over the place noire we just need to find the best one

Sent from my Xperia Play (r800x)

Lefteris Fragiadakis (Frago)

Senior Member

Nothing like xplay.

Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

Spatinator

Senior Member

SteelDragonX

Senior Member

rafik1234

New member

ultima.omega

Member

gamerdell

Member

Erikwithafro

Senior Member

swebosdev

Senior Member

mehdi.moha

Senior Member

unfortinatlly , they arn’t a phone ! just tablet !

if i want to carry a gaming handy console, i prefer ps vita or 3DS .

i’ looking for gaming-phone device , like xperia play.

just » much i5 » remain . a gaming phone , but you know , that is chinese . and .

gamerdell

Member

ozzmanj1

Senior Member

Sony announced a new slim PS Vita with some hardware changes to a new screen.

Be funny if no one buys it.

Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

mehdi.moha

Senior Member

Sony announced a new slim PS Vita with some hardware changes to a new screen.

Be funny if no one buys it.

Sent from my GT-P7510 using xda premium

that could be so nice if has call option

Erikwithafro

Senior Member

ozzmanj1

Senior Member

Awesome! Thank you for sharing. I will be taking a look at it.

Mert-K

Member

The thing about the Xperia Play, is that it could switch from phone to PSP in a matter of seconds. These «Alternatives» are just android devices that were made for gaming, but do you really see yourself having a conversation with one of these things?

Sent from my R800i using XDA Premium 4 mobile app

jcarbox

Senior Member

Yeah. The killer feature in the XP for me is that, when you hide the gamepad it’s a smartphone like any other.
I don’t see myself with a gamepad or handheld console style device as smartphone.

Some company should make something similar to the XP. I can’t understand why there’s nothing similar with so many Android devices released around the world and even an increasing number of Android gaming devices.

|SavageD|

Senior Member

Similar threads

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Top Liked Posts

Nothing like xplay.

Sent from my R800i using xda app-developers app

So earlier this week I bought a Xiaomi Mi-1s on eBay. Xiaomi is the company that created the Miui from android. So I have been playing with this phone. It is way more powerful then the Play. I loaded up the same game and thebacreen on the mew phone is so much brighter and sharper. High and bright colors. Never mind the CPU/gpu. Bit anyways tried to play the game on the touchacreen and instantly remembered how much I hate touchscreen. So I loaded up. A moga game. MC4 to be exact. But then I realize how horrible and a pita it is to use android carry the moga controller. Also the moga kept disconnecting and them would not reconnect. So just to setup to play a game with touchsreen is terrible. The Play. Load the game slide out the controls and play. Easy as that. No additional steps or seperate device require. Needless to say I will be selling the Xiaomi phone. Or perhaps. I will sell my wife’s phone and give her this phone as it is a Chinese phone imported here.

So again. Of you game and don’t want to deal with Bluetooth devices that wont work. The Play is still the best option 2+ years later.

Sent from my R800at using xda premium

Okay so I’m getting my Much i5s tomorrow!
Anybody who’s got this phone give me any tips of what I should do first to set it up? is it gonna be already in english or do i need to go into settings etc.

I’ll record both my PLAY and MUCHi5s playing games and that later tomorrow and upload them then for comparisons for people, any games you want me to play for you say now so I can sort that out asap ^^

I’m agree with you %100

i put my post before ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2440381&page=2 post #19 ) reading your comments here and found out how much your opinion is same as me :highfive:

xperia play is still the one ! me , same as you , can’t use MOGA or any other external gamepad (( specially on my office . ))
the best phone for game is a phone with a hidden dedicated gamepad

i hope someday sony or samsung or any other famous brand produce that

edit :
I NEVER TRUST CHINESE COMPANIES

90+% of the worlds products are made in China, the PLAY was made in China. And just becuase its not a Sony or Samsung doesnt mean its automatically garbage. In fact this phone is extremely well built, the Xiaomi Mi-1S. I am very impressed with it. And I wasnt saying it was junk, just saying that if I want to play games the PLAY is the way to go.

So again, not saying everything made in CH is good but very few items now a days are not made in China.

All major manufactures use China to build their products.

Edit — My wife was born in China. They made her pretty good. lol.

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