Google Play Instant lets you try Android games immediately, no installation required

At the Game Developers Conference 2018 in San Francisco today, Google introduced Google Play Instant, the new name for Android apps and games that can be launched immediately without having to install them first. Major game titles that are participating in the launch include Clash Royale, Words with Friends 2, Bubble Witch 3 Saga, and Panda Pop, plus other titles from Playtika, Jam City, MZ, and Hothead.

Google unveiled Android Instant Apps in May 2016, started letting Android users test a select few of these apps in January 2017, and opened the Android Instant Apps SDK to all developers in May 2017. Now the company is calling the effort Google Play Instant, and is expanding it to include games as well.