{"id":77020,"date":"2025-08-12T11:22:07","date_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/77020\/"},"modified":"2025-08-12T11:22:07","modified_gmt":"2025-08-12T11:22:07","slug":"google-play-store-could-get-its-own-games-community-forum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/77020\/","title":{"rendered":"Google Play Store could get its own Games Community Forum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img class=\"e_4g\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"eager\"  title=\"Google Play Store logo on smartphone stock photo (5)\"  alt=\"Google Play Store logo on smartphone stock photo (5)\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Google-Play-Store-logo-on-smartphone-stock-photo-5.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Edgar Cervantes \/ Android Authority<\/p>\n<p>TL;DR<\/p>\n<p>Google is working on a\u00a0new, in-app community forum for gamers within the Play Store.<br \/>\nThe feature will allow users to create posts, share tips, ask questions, and start discussions around games.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been tracking a new forum-like feature within the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/how-to-install-download-google-play-store-312812\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Google Play Store<\/a> for many months. Initially, the clues weren\u2019t sufficient to reach a conclusion, so we refrained from sharing them. But now we\u2019ve seen enough of them to preliminarily conclude that Google is working to build a gaming-related community forum within the Play Store where users can share gaming tips, ask questions, and start discussions. Here\u2019s what we know about the feature, which we are speculatively referring to as Google Play Games Community Forum.<\/p>\n<p>Starting off, back in April, we spotted some strings related to posting in a community within the Google Play Store:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy TextYou\u2019re posting publicly across Google Play. Please follow our community guidelines.&#13;<br \/>\nTo remove a reaction, tap the reaction icon again.&#13;<br \/>\nReactions are used across Google, including Google Play&#13;<br \/>\nParticipate in this community with a different account&#13;<br \/>\nAdd a comment&#13;<br \/>\nDiscard your post?&#13;<br \/>\nAdd an optional note&#13;<br \/>\nAvoid personal details&#13;<br \/>\nYour post was deleted&#13;<br \/>\nYour reply was deleted&#13;<br \/>\nThe post was flagged as inappropriate&#13;<br \/>\nThe post was flagged as spam&#13;<br \/>\nThe reply was flagged as inappropriate&#13;<br \/>\nThe reply was flagged as spam&#13;<br \/>\nYour post is too short. Try to be more descriptive.&#13;<br \/>\nPosting\u2026<\/p>\n<p>The above strings indicate that the upcoming feature would allow users to create and delete posts and add comments and reactions within a \u201ccommunity\u201d present within the Google Play Store.<\/p>\n<p>Later in June, we spotted the following new strings:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy TextPosts may appear publicly with your Google Account name and photo. Posts must follow Google policies.&#13;<br \/>\nYou can delete your post anytime and view all your posts in %1$s.&#13;<br \/>\nRemember to keep your posts and comments respectful and to follow our %2$s.&#13;<br \/>\nHow your posts appear&#13;<br \/>\nYour Contributions&#13;<br \/>\nYour Community<\/p>\n<p>These strings add to the above, painting out a forum-like picture since users will be able to see their community and their contributions.<\/p>\n<p>Along with these strings, Google also added these three URLs:<\/p>\n<p>The URLs aren\u2019t live, but from their structure, we can conclude that the feature is aimed at Google Play Games users and intended to be similar to a community forum.<\/p>\n<p>Now, with Google Play Store v47.4.31-31, we managed to enable the UI for this Google Play Games Community Forum feature to give you an early look:<\/p>\n<p>Google appears to be adding a new \u201cYour contribution\u201d option within the Play Store\u2019s My apps and devices section. Since the feature is still a work in progress, we see some placeholder text, but the accompanying icons give us an idea of what each option means on this page. Namely, we have options related to Likes, Comments, and Posts. Their text description is what makes the purpose of this upcoming feature abundantly clear:<\/p>\n<p>Code<\/p>\n<p>Copy TextShare gaming tips, ask questions, and get discussions going&#13;<br \/>\nShow your appreciation to help posts and comments get noticed<\/p>\n<p>Based on all these clues, it\u2019s fair to conclude that Google is working on a community forum-like feature within the Play Store, where users can share gaming tips, ask questions, and discuss. The My contribution section will give users their own profile page, where they can see what they have posted, liked, and commented on other people\u2019s posts.<\/p>\n<p>We know that Google has been trying to push Google Play Games on PC and is working to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.androidauthority.com\/google-play-games-avatar-generator-demo-3528686\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">integrate features from the original Google Play Games app into the Play Store<\/a>. There\u2019s a good chance this Games Community Forum could be part of the plan to make the Play Store a central hub for gamers. If Google brings the Games Community Forum to Play Games for PC, it could give users a very convenient forum to talk about games across Android and PC, effectively covering a big chunk of gaming and forum platforms.<\/p>\n<p>Google has yet to announce this Games Community Forum feature within the Play Store. Since it\u2019s admittedly too bland to market to users, there\u2019s a very good chance that the feature will be released under a different branding than what we have tentatively given it. We\u2019ll keep you updated when we learn more.<\/p>\n<p>\u26a0\ufe0f An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for being part of our community. 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