12 game mode APIs
summary
Android 12 adds Game Mode APIs that let a game read a per-title user preference for getGameMode and switch between Performance (lowest latency, sustained max frame rate), Battery Saver (reduced CPU/GPU load), or Standard. Tools include Android GPU Inspector (some titles see >30% frame rate gains after tuning), Frame Pacing library, and Android Performance Tuner. OS-level game mode interventions can alter behavior without APK changes using ANGLE or window manager back buffer resizing (50–90% scale yielded a measured 13% battery drop at 70% and halved frame time variance).
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Intro
- 0:58Game Dashboard : Taking a screenshot
- 3:51Accessing Game Mode
- 5:05Game optimization with Android System Profilers
- 5:30Game optimization with Android GPU Inspector
- 6:24Game optimization with Android Performance Tuner
- 8:01ANGLE as a Game Mode intervention
- 10:24Android 12 Developer options
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