YouTube Playables Takes a New Spin with Multiplayer Mini-Games

YouTube has been experimenting with mini-games, also known as Playables, on its app and website for about a year now. After opening up access to more users earlier this year, the platform is now taking things to the next level by introducing multiplayer mini-games.

Multiplayer Mayhem

YouTube is testing multiplayer mini-games as part of its Playables collection – lightweight, free games you can play instantly right on the platform. For now, multiplayer mode is available for Ludo Club and Magic Tiles 3.

Getting Social

Ludo Club brings the classic board game Ludo to life online, letting you compete with friends or players from around the globe. You can tweak the game’s settings to match your style and even chat with other participants during gameplay. Magic Tiles 3 is a hit music game that challenges you to tap falling black tiles in sync with a song’s rhythm, creating the feel of playing a piano.

A Growing Library

Introduced last year, Playables offers fun mini-games. Over 130 games are now available across categories like Action, Arcade, Brain & Puzzle, Trivia & Word, Racing, Simulation, and Sports. Honestly, I think features like Playables are a great addition to popular apps like YouTube. The games are pretty fun, and I hope YouTube will expand this feature to all its billions of users.

More Updates from Google

But YouTube isn’t the only Google product getting updates. The Play Store is getting a trending searches section, Google Chat is about to introduce pinned messages and files, and – because we just can’t escape AI – Google Photos now offers an AI-driven yearly “Recap” feature to highlight your best moments from 2024.

[Image: YouTube tests multi-player mode for select mini-games]

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