You can plug in your phone, download an emulator, or install the Google Play Store to access Android apps on your computer. Some tinkering may be required.

You can now add third-party games to the Xbox app on PC, a feature that feels tailor made for Microsoft's Project Helix console that plays PC games.

In the name of convenience, many apps these days are designed to be cross-platform. They can run on both mobile and desktop, so you can readily switch between devices without starting from scratch. It ...

Google Play Games on PC has offered access to a limited selection of Android titles for your Windows computer. Now Google is making all Android games available on PC by default, though developers will ...

Google Play is associated with Android, of course, but Google's app store also supports native games on Windows.

The Xbox app on PC now lets you manually add any game or app to your library. Learn how this new feature works and why it is a big deal for handheld gamers.

Microsoft wants to have the main PC gaming launcher app on Windows. Microsoft wants to have the main PC gaming launcher app on Windows. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering ...

Hundreds more games are now appearing in the Xbox app as Microsoft looks to bring even more PC games to its ecosystem. Hundreds more games are now appearing in the Xbox app as Microsoft looks to bring ...

Microsoft's plans for Xbox gaming on PC continue unabated, and now Xbox Insiders on the Windows 11 PC Gaming Preview can test Microsoft's new aggregated store system. My cynicism tells me that the ...