Google officially announced that in order to further strengthen the protection of user privacy and enhance the multi-platform gaming experience, Google Play Game Service will soon launch a new generation of player IDs.
Google says that after that, every time a user logs into a game for the first time, they will be assigned a unique Next Generation Gamer ID, which will remain consistent regardless of the device or platform they log into a game on, but will not be the same across games. The new generation ID will only be assigned to users who are logging into PGS for the first time in a game; existing users or accounts that are already logging into games using PGS will not be affected by this change.
Google said it will also introduce “developer player keys” that can identify users across games to allow developers with multiple games to provide users with a cross-game experience.
With the new generation of IDs, all accounts will have better support for Google Play Games services (including those under parental supervision).
Newly created game projects will be able to enable the New Generation ID in draft mode on April 15, 2023; in February 2024, the New Generation ID will be available for all game projects; and in March 2024, the New Generation ID will be mandatory for all game projects and cannot be deactivated.
