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Android Auto users can install games from Google Play's Android Auto category or a curated collection, then access them via the dashboard launcher when connected by USB or wirelessly. Titles confirmed to work include Angry Birds 2, Candy Crush Soda Saga, My Talking Tom Friends, BB Racing 2, and the built-in GameSnacks service. Games are meant to be played only while the car is parked.
A technical write-up on ayoships.com says the mobile game Block Blast loads most of its logic from the server after install, not from the app package itself, using modular components called traits and arms that can be swapped remotely. The author says one install received 254 of roughly 700 available traits, with names suggesting they control difficulty, 'revive' prompts and ad timing, and cites Sensor Tower estimates that the game earned about $127 million in ad revenue between January and May 2026, versus $81.1 million for Candy Crush Saga.
Microsoft-owned King has agreed to a collective bargaining agreement covering its Swedish staff, signed with Unionen and Engineers of Sweden just a day before a planned strike. The deal, effective April 1, 2027, follows negotiations that began in May 2025 after King removed a private doctor benefit in 2024, prompting employees to unionize.
Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer have issued a strike notice against King, the Microsoft-owned studio behind Candy Crush Saga, after leadership rejected a proposed collective bargaining agreement in August. Unless a mediator helps the two sides reach a deal, the strike is set to begin September 25. King has argued its current global benefits already exceed what the CBA would offer Swedish staff.