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

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  1. basisword · · focus · HN ↗
    For all the complaining about Apple's store, the Play Store has always been worse imo. You can't even release an app without first doing a beta test with at least a dozen people.
    1. joshstrange · · focus · HN ↗
      > You can't even release an app without first doing a beta test with at least a dozen people.

      Perhaps I'm misunderstanding what you are saying here but less than a month ago I released a brand new app with no beta period, direct to production (white labeled app, which is why I didn't need a beta)

      1. bpx51 · · focus · HN ↗
        Same happened to me yesterday, I published a new app and it was reviewed and published within a few hours without any beta testing. but I think this is why I see people ready to buy old playstore accounts for real money, maybe this only affects new accounts
      2. brewtide · · focus · HN ↗
        I'm just working on my first app (thanks to AI...) and if you have a new dev account created sometime after 2023 they are making you do a 12 person, 14 day beta run before anything else occurs, apparently.
        1. joshcartme · · focus · HN ↗
          It gets worse! If Google decides the people in your test don't engage enough and/or you didn't respond to their feedback, they may not give you production access. I've got a game that's available on iOS, I released there first and did lots of testing to deal with the low-hanging bugs. After doing the 14 day test Google emailed me:

          Possible reasons why your production access could not be granted include:

              - Testers were not engaged with your app during your closed test
    - You didn't follow testing best practices, which may include gathering and acting on user feedback through updates to your app
      3. sync · · focus · HN ↗
        As an individual that 'dozen people beta test' is required. It's not required if you're a business. Also depends on when your account was created.

        <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;googleplay&#x2F;android-developer&#x2F;answer&#x2F;14151465?hl=en" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;support.google.com&#x2F;googleplay&#x2F;android-developer&#x2F;answ...

      4. basisword · · focus · HN ↗
        I think it only applies to newer accounts and individual rather than company accounts. To make things worse, Google doesn&#x27;t allow you to switch an account from individual &gt; company. You need to create a whole new account.
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