Local multiplayer is coming to Android games

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http://o.aolcdn.com/hss/storage/adam/143f18edd15bdf6204e1aafe7c379419/google-play-services-update.jpg (http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/17/local-multiplayer-is-coming-to-android-games/)Ever wish that you could just whip out your Android device and harass a passer-by to play games with you? It's the sort of thing that Nintendo 3DS (http://www.engadget.com/2012/07/10/nintendo-3ds-xl-review/) users, for example, have been using thanks to that company's StreetPass (http://www.engadget.com/2013/07/18/streetpass-by-proxy-nintendo-zone-locations-to-act-as-3ds-data/) feature, but, until now, hasn't been available on Google's smartphones. Now, however, the company has an added an update to its games infrastructure that enables "ambient, real-time" games with more than one user - so long that the game relies upon Google's home-grown multiplayer backend (http://www.engadget.com/2014/01/10/google-play-services-update/). Still, maybe don't sprint into the street and start challenging people to a duel, because they might get the wrong idea.

http://www.engadget.com/2014/10/17/local-multiplayer-is-coming-to-android-games/