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Google has quietly launched a new app called Instant Games on the Play Store. As spotted by Mobilegamer.biz, Instant Games offers a new location for gamers to browse a catalogue of HTML5 games, filter ...

Windows users will soon have a way of sampling new games without downloading them, a new feature called “Instant Games” that will be introduced as part of the upcoming Windows 11 update. The new ...

Google is discontinuing its Android Instant Apps feature in December 2025. The feature allowed users to try parts of an app without needing to perform a full installation from the Play Store. Low ...

Meta is making it easier for game developers to publish “Instant Games” -- immediate social video-games accessible in users’ News Feeds -- on Facebook without review. The company, which is introducing ...

Apps used to be the measure of a mobile platform’s worth, with Apple and Google dueling over who could list the most items in their respective stores. Today, the numbers don’t matter as much—there are ...