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<h1 itemprop="name" style="margin-bottom:0;">Google Play Games Platform Services</h1>

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  Google Play Games Platform Services lets you integrate popular gaming features such as achievements, leaderboards, and real-time multiplayer gameplay in your apps. Players can sign in using their Google+ identities and share their gaming experience with friends.

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  <p>Visit <a class="external-link"

    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a> for more information about integrating game services into your app.

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    <h3 style="clear:left">Key Developer Features</h3>

    <h4>Drive engagement with leaderboards</h4>

    <p>Let players compare scores with friends using leaderboards or see how they rank against other players worldwide. Games Platform Services  automatically maintains daily, weekly, and all-time high scores. <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/leaderboards">Build leaderboards</a>.</p>

    <h4>Reward players with achievements</h4>

    <p>Add hidden and incremental achievements to encourage users to explore your game in new and interesting ways. You can use the built-in UI for Android to display achievement progress.

    <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/achievements">Add achievements to your game</a>.</p>

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    <h4>Create real-time multiplayer games</h4>

    <p>Make your game more dynamic by letting multiple players compete or cooperate simultaneously. You can use the Games Platform Services API to invite game participants or auto-match players anonymously, and exchange data between game clients. <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/multiplayer">Develop real-time multiplayer games</a>.</p>

    <h4>Save game progress to the cloud</h4>

    <p>Store game data on Google servers using Cloud Save. Synchronize game progress seamlessly across all your users' devices. <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/cloudsave">Save games in the cloud</a>.</p>

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    <h3 style="clear:left">Getting Started</h3>

    <h4>1. Get the Google Play services SDK</h4>

    <p>The Games Platform Services API for Android is part of the Google Play services platform.</p>

    <p>To use game services, <a href="{@docRoot}google/play-services/setup.html">set up</a>

      the Google Play services SDK. Then, see the <a class="external-link"

      href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/android/quickstart">

      Getting Started guide</a> to set up your app.

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    <h4>2. Run the sample</h4>

    <p>Once you've installed the Google Play services package, <a class="external-link"

      href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/downloads/">download the game services samples</a> to learn how to use the major components of the Games Platform Services APIs.

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    <h4>3. Read the documentation</h4>

    <p>Read the <a class="external-link" href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/terms">

    API Terms of Service</a>.</p> 

    <p>Detailed documentation for the Games Platform Services is available at <a class="external-link"

    href="https://developers.google.com/games/services/">developers.google.com/games/services</a>.

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    <p>For quick access while developing your Android apps, the

      <a href="{@docRoot}reference/com/google/android/gms/games/package-summary.html">Games Platform Services API for Android reference</a> is available here on developer.android.com.</p>

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