diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4329e0f3..27975727 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 5.0.0
+
+### Added
+
+- **Remote Configs With JSON**: Remote Configs now support JSON values, allowing for more complex configurations.
+- **Playtime Metrics API**: Introduced new API to get total playtime and playtime in the current session.
+
 ## 4.1.0
 
 ### Added
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GACommon.h b/source/gameanalytics/GACommon.h
index e761edb8..37f533c6 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GACommon.h
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GACommon.h
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ namespace gameanalytics
         class GAState;
     }
 
-    constexpr const char* GA_VERSION_STR = "cpp 4.1.0";
+    constexpr const char* GA_VERSION_STR = "cpp 5.0.0";
 
     constexpr int MAX_CUSTOM_FIELDS_COUNT				 = 50;
     constexpr int MAX_CUSTOM_FIELDS_KEY_LENGTH			 = 64;
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
index 01a4c912..ae3ba089 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.cpp
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ namespace gameanalytics
                 out["user_id"] = getUserId();
                 
                 // remote configs configurations
-                if(getInstance()._configurations.is_object() && !getInstance()._configurations.empty())
+                if(getInstance()._trackingRemoteConfigsJson.is_array() && !getInstance()._trackingRemoteConfigsJson.empty())
                 {
                     out["configurations_v3"] = getInstance().getRemoteConfigAnnotations();
                 }
@@ -895,7 +895,7 @@ namespace gameanalytics
 
             json contents;
 
-            for(auto& obj : getInstance()._configurations)
+            for(auto& obj : getInstance()._gameRemoteConfigsJson)
             {
                 if(obj.contains("key") && obj.contains("value"))
                 {
@@ -910,10 +910,34 @@ namespace gameanalytics
             return contents.dump(JSON_PRINT_INDENT);
         }
 
+        void GAState::buildRemoteConfigsJsons(const json& remoteCfgs)
+        {
+            _gameRemoteConfigsJson = json::array();
+            _trackingRemoteConfigsJson = json::array();
+
+            for (const auto& configuration : remoteCfgs)
+            {
+                _gameRemoteConfigsJson.push_back({
+                        {"key", configuration["key"]},
+                        {"value", configuration["value"]}
+                });
+
+                _trackingRemoteConfigsJson.push_back({
+                    {"key", configuration["key"]},
+                    {"id", configuration["id"]},
+                    {"vsn", configuration["vsn"]}
+                });
+            }
+
+            logging::GALogger::d("Remote configs: %s", _gameRemoteConfigsJson.dump(JSON_PRINT_INDENT).c_str());
+            logging::GALogger::d("Remote configs for tracking: %s", _trackingRemoteConfigsJson.dump(JSON_PRINT_INDENT).c_str());
+            logging::GALogger::i("Remote configs ready with %zu configurations", _gameRemoteConfigsJson.size());
+        }
+
         void GAState::populateConfigurations(json& sdkConfig)
         {
-            std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> guard(_mtx);
-            _configurations = {};
+    
+            json _tempRemoteConfigsJson = {};
 
             try
             {
@@ -933,16 +957,18 @@ namespace gameanalytics
 
                             if (!key.empty() && configuration.contains("value") && client_ts_adjusted > start_ts && client_ts_adjusted < end_ts)
                             {
-                                _configurations[key] = configuration;
+                                _tempRemoteConfigsJson[key] = configuration;
                                 logging::GALogger::d("configuration added: %s", configuration.dump(JSON_PRINT_INDENT).c_str());
                             }
                         }
                     }
                 }
 
+                buildRemoteConfigsJsons(_tempRemoteConfigsJson);
+
                 _remoteConfigsIsReady = true;
                 
-                std::string const configStr = _configurations.dump();
+                std::string const configStr = _gameRemoteConfigsJson.dump();
                 for (auto& listener : _remoteConfigsListeners)
                 {
                     listener->onRemoteConfigsUpdated(configStr);
@@ -1160,18 +1186,7 @@ namespace gameanalytics
 
         json GAState::getRemoteConfigAnnotations()
         {
-            json configs;
-            for(json& obj : _configurations)
-            {
-                json cfg;
-                cfg["vsn"] = utilities::getOptionalValue<int>(obj, "vsn", 0);
-                cfg["key"] = utilities::getOptionalValue<std::string>(obj, "key", "");
-                cfg["id"] = utilities::getOptionalValue<std::string>(obj, "id", "");
-
-                configs.push_back(cfg);
-            }
-
-            return configs;
+            return _trackingRemoteConfigsJson;
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.h b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.h
index b2da9593..346a0b86 100644
--- a/source/gameanalytics/GAState.h
+++ b/source/gameanalytics/GAState.h
@@ -150,9 +150,9 @@ namespace gameanalytics
                 inline static T getRemoteConfigsValue(std::string const& key, T const& defaultValue)
                 {
                     std::lock_guard<std::recursive_mutex> lg(getInstance()._mtx);
-                    if(getInstance()._configurations.contains(key))
+                    if(getInstance()._gameRemoteConfigsJson.contains(key))
                     {
-                        json& config = getInstance()._configurations[key];
+                        json& config = getInstance()._gameRemoteConfigsJson[key];
                         T value = utilities::getOptionalValue<T>(config, "value", defaultValue);
                         return value;
                     }
@@ -210,6 +210,8 @@ namespace gameanalytics
 
             void addErrorEvent(EGAErrorSeverity severity, std::string const& message);
 
+            void buildRemoteConfigsJsons(const json& remoteCfgs);
+            
             threading::GAThreading  _gaThread;
             events::GAEvents        _gaEvents;
             device::GADevice        _gaDevice;
@@ -271,7 +273,9 @@ namespace gameanalytics
 
             bool _enableIdTracking = true;
             
-            json _configurations;
+            json _gameRemoteConfigsJson;
+            json _trackingRemoteConfigsJson;
+            
             bool _remoteConfigsIsReady;
             std::vector<std::shared_ptr<IRemoteConfigsListener>> _remoteConfigsListeners;
             std::recursive_mutex _mtx;