Android 12's New Gaming Features Are Finally Catching Up You'll be able to play games as they're downloading and see a new game dashboard. Photo: Florence Ion/Gizmodo As the launch day for Android 12 rapidly approaches, so does Google’s announcements about upcoming features to get people excited about the update. The company today teased some new gaming features that sound pretty cool, namely that the next version of Android will let you start to play a game as you’re downloading it. Advertisement The news comes via the Google for Games Developer Summit 2021, a conference the company hosts for developers interested in publishing to its platforms. The keynote noted the new service will allow you to “get into gameplay in seconds while game assets are downloaded intelligently in the background.”