With the excellent Game Dashboard add-on for Android, you can record your gameplay, go live on YouTube, and more. Keep scrolling below to discover everything there is to know about the Android 12 Game Dashboard, including how to use it while gaming.

What is Game Dashboard in Android?

With the Game Dashboard on Android 12, you can easily monitor gameplay videos and images, stream gameplay on YouTube, access your achievements quickly, and display an FPS counter. You can visit Game Dashboard by touching the controller symbol on the screen, though you might need to enable it first (which we will cover below). Although the Game Dashboard feature is a great one, not all games are supported, and tragically there isn’t a list of all of the ones that do! As a result, only a select few games will feature the Game Dashboard symbol, and you will have to find that out yourself. While Game Dashboard was only accessible on Google Pixel smartphones when it was first introduced, it is slowly making its way into Samsung Galaxy and Xiaomi smartphones. Now that you know what the Gaming dashboard has to offer, let’s see how to enable this marvelous feature. 

How to Enable Game Dashboard in Android?

It’s a straightforward task to enable the Android Gaming Dashboard in Android 12. Here are the steps for it: 

  1. Head to the Settings app on your Smartphone.
  2. Tap the Notifications option in the Settings app. 
  3. Scroll down until you reach the General settings option. Here, tap the Do Not Disturb option. 
  4. On the next page, tap Schedules listed under the Schedules section. 
  5. Tick the checkbox for the Gaming option. 
  6. Now, tap the Cog icon next to Gaming to access the Game settings. Here, turn on the toggle for Game Dashboard floating icon so that it automatically appears on the screen when any game is launched.  If you wish, you can also enable the toggle for Do Not Disturb for games option to enjoy uninterrupted gaming sessions. As explained by Google, you will only receive notifications from the individuals and applications marked important.  Now that the Gaming Dashboard option is enabled, you will notice the Gaming dashboard icon on the middle right of the screen while playing your favorite games on Android. 

Manage the Icon Of The Game Dashboard

The game dashboard icon appearing on the screen comes in handy when you need to quickly access the dashboard. But many people may find it annoying or distracting when the game dashboard floating icon appears on the screen while they are playing, and accessing the dashboard isn’t necessary. No worries, you can manage this in three different ways.

  1. To start, place your finger on the icon and drag it to a location on the screen where it will irritate you.
  2. It will turn into a tiny arrow and will bother you if you push it to the edge of the screen. The Game Dashboard icon only appears when you launch the game so that you can use it during the gameplay and disappears automatically after you exit the game. So you don’t have to worry about it disrupting your day-to-day activities. 

How to Use Game Dashboard in Android

A floating game controller symbol should emerge when you start playing a game after turning on the Game Dashboard on your device. To view the Game Dashboard, tap the floating game controller symbol. Let’s look at some of its features and how to use them.

Screen Recordings And Screenshots

You’ll have exciting moments while playing your favorite games that you cannot resist while playing games with your pals. There are several options for taking screenshots on an Android smartphone, and the Game Dashboard offers the simplest one amidst the gameplay.  The screen recording option allows you to record your gaming sessions without interfering with your gameplay. Additionally, you can decide whether to include your screen touches in the video and whether to record the sounds from your smartphone or microphone. Here is a tutorial for using Game Dashboard to screen record.

  1. Activate the game dashboard by clicking on the floating icon.
  2. On the Game dashboard menu, tap the shortcut option and the screen recorder option, whichever options are necessary. 
  3. Now the floating screen capture and screen recorder shortcut will appear on the screen near the gaming dashboard icon. 
  4. Whenever you need to capture the screen, tap the screenshot icon on the screen to close the game dashboard to start screen recording.
  5. To record the screen, click on the screen recording icon on the floating menu.  A popup will appear on the screen. Enable the toggle for recording audio if required and press the Start button. 

FPS Counter

Frames per second, or FPS, is one of the measures used to assess a device’s performance, particularly when gaming. A smoother visual experience is achieved with more frames. There are several tools for measuring FPS count on a desktop, but not many are available on an Android device. However, one is offered by Game Dashboard. The FPS counter can be activated by opening the Game Dashboard and tapping the FPS button. You can adjust the settings to improve the visual performance of a game if the frame rate is too low for your tastes.

Do Not Disturb

While playing your favorite games, you could be interrupted by calls or notifications and lose your progress. Utilizing Do Not Disturb mode is the greatest technique to block all of your pointless alerts for a while. Before activating Do Not Disturb mode on Android, configure it such that only certain apps are permitted to send you notifications. You may access Do Not Disturb conveniently from the game dashboard. Launch Game Dashboard and tap the symbol to activate Do Not Disturb mode. When enabled, only notifications from vital apps and users will be received while you are playing a game.

Adaptive Gameplay

The quality of games on a lower-spec mobile can suffer because not all Android devices are made equally. This issue is addressed by a useful function in Game Dashboard called Game Optimization. But remember that not every game can use this function; in that case, it will be marked as incompatible and greyed out. The Game Dashboard must be opened, the Optimization option must be selected, and choose one of the three modes if available. Three modes—Performance, Battery Saver, and Standard—are available when using Game Optimization. By boosting the CPU and GPU for a smoother experience, the performance mode offers a greater frame rate and accelerates battery consumption. On the other hand, the Battery Saver option will reduce the frame rate but use the battery more slowly. Last, Standard mode will maintain a constant frame rate and battery drain without overclocking your device.

Live on YouTube

You can communicate with your fans while sharing your gameplay by streaming it on YouTube. Using Game Dashboard, you can live-stream your gaming:

  1. Go to Game Dashboard.
  2. Select to use YouTube Live. Examine the live stream settings to begin your live stream on YouTube, click Next, and follow the on-screen directions.

Final Words

Even though Android Game Dashboard isn’t as feature-rich as the game dashboards you’d get on phones from companies like ROG, it’s still a great addition to Android. As time passes, Google may add new capabilities to the Game Dashboard. Unfortunately, you cannot utilize Game Dashboard if your smartphone is not running on Android 12 or above. However, third-party apps allow you to use Android 12 features on any device, such as privacy features and scrolling screenshots.

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