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The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week

374 points · 352 comments · inputmice

  1. Pr0Ger · · focus · HN ↗
    Longer than an average App Store review (which is heavily criticized for being too long)? Hilarious
    1. gyomu · · focus · HN ↗
      I believe the App Store has switched to automated reviews, at least for updates. I've had my app updates approved in <1h on a regular basis starting this summer.
      1. hobofan · · focus · HN ↗
        From what I was able to see from the outside, App Store has had semi-automated reviews for updates in basically forever (+ some random spot checks), presumably based on some introspection that only triggers a human review if a new system API was used.
      2. hikashop-nicola · · focus · HN ↗
        Yes. And the Play Store now takes several days for approval for updates of existing apps.
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