Almost everyone today owns a phone or tablet that provides unlimited possibilities. In addition to receiving calls and sending messages, you can read books, chat with friends via the Internet, and also download various data. In their free time, everyone wants some kind of entertainment, so many are interested in the question: "How to download games to the tablet?" Anyone who thinks this procedure is very difficult will be offered several ways from which everyone can choose the one that suits him best.
Create a Google Account
In order to use the two methods that will be discussed later, you will need a Google account. If you have one, then half of the problems are resolved, and you can download games on your Android tablet without any difficulties. If not, you should go to your device via the link “Settings” - “Accounts and Sync” and select “Add Account”. The system will ask you if you want to add an existing account or a new one. When creating an entry, you will need to enter your first and last name, the desired username, which will be the address of your email inbox on Google services. Immediately, it is worth noting that if the selected login is busy, and also if it is less than 6 or more than 30 characters, options for the name similar to those indicated above will be offered. After that, a strong password is entered with confirmation, and the system itself will determine its complexity and reflect it on the scale with the appropriate color and comment. The last point of registration is the indication of information for recovering a forgotten password: the selection of one of the secret questions and the answer to it, as well as the indication of an additional e-mail address. After that, click the "Create" button.
Downloading games from the Google Play Store
Now that the account is created, it's time to talk about how and, most importantly, where to download games to the tablet. For owners of Android devices, such a wonderful system as the Google Play Store has been created. In order to enter there, you should find on your tablet an icon with this name (usually it is in the "Applications" section or on one of the device’s screens). When you first log in, you agree to the terms of use of the service by clicking the appropriate button and you get to the main page.
At the top of the screen there are links, clicking on which you can get to a certain section where the programs of interest are collected. Also at the top there is a search bar where you can enter the exact name of what interests you. Having selected what you need, from the list or through the search, go to the page with information about the application and reviews about it and click the "Install" button, after which the download process will automatically start, and after its completion the corresponding notification will be displayed. Now you know how to download games to your tablet when you have only an Android device connected to the Internet at hand. It should be noted that in this case, it is recommended to connect to a network via Wi-Fi or an unlimited tariff for mobile Internet.
How to download games using the Google Play Web Store?
If for some reason you are uncomfortable looking, sitting on your tablet, the necessary applications in the Play Store, this method will come to the rescue. A computer with internet access is required. To install the necessary programs, you must go to the Google Play website under an account authorized on the device. After you have found the application you need to download, you should click the “Install” button and wait until the devices on which the account is logged in are determined. After that, you need to select the one on which to install the program, and click the “Install” button. If you did everything correctly, on the device, if it is connected to the network, the application will automatically download. Just as in the case of downloading from the mobile version, Wi-Fi connection and unlimited mobile Internet are recommended here. Thus, you can download free games to your tablet without any effort.
Many owners of Android devices are active users of torrent trackers, where you can find guaranteed safe applications for both the tablet and smartphone. And for such people, it’s not the issue of the download process that matters, but the problems associated with installing the application on your gadget. After all, everything will have to be done manually. But how?
Install applications from .apk files
Despite the fears of beginners and dummies, this method is not complicated: a file of this format is copied to the device’s memory card and opened either using the installed file manager, like EStrongs, or special applications like AppInstaller.
You can install applications through a computer by connecting an Android device to it. For this, InstallAPK is installed on the computer, a smartphone or tablet is connected via the USB cable. Through the launched program, the desired file is selected and launched, after which the process of installing it on the device begins. Now you know not only how to download games to your tablet, but also how to install them correctly if they are downloaded in .apk format, and not automatically through the Google Play service.
Installing games with a cache
The independent installation process of such games seems aerobatics to many. If you download the game from the Play Store, the system automatically downloads and sets the cache itself - additional files that did not fit in the .apk file. After reading this description, you will understand not only how to download games to the tablet from your computer, but also how to install them if, along with the main installer, additional materials are also offered.
To do this, you need to do the following: download the file itself and the cache, packed in a .rar or .zip archive, connect the device to the computer, open the archive and move the folder in it to the address: sdcard / Android / data or sdcard / Android / obb. The cache path is usually indicated at the place where you downloaded the game. If the specified folder does not exist, then you need to create it. Then the .apk file is downloaded to the memory card, and after disconnecting the device, it is launched to install the game.
How to remove unnecessary games?
Despite the fact that earlier we considered various ways of how to download games to a tablet for free, we will also tell you about options for removing already unnecessary applications:
- through the application manager along the path "Menu" - "Settings" - "Applications" - "Application Management", where you can delete an unnecessary application by going to its control screen;
- using the programs AppInstaller or Uninstaller, where you can remove all unnecessary programs with one touch;
- through file managers, where similar functions are available in the menu;
- via the Google Play Store, if they were downloaded from there. The tab “My Applications” displays a list of installed programs, from where you can easily remove them.