Closed testing
Get early feedback on new features from trusted users, without impacting your public ratings and reviews
Quickly distribute your builds to a small set of trusted testers without the need to wait for app reviews. Integrate with build qualification processes before promoting to more users.
Fast distribution
Builds are available to testers within seconds of being added to Play Console
Seamless international collaboration
Collaborate with remote QA teams without needing to work around country and license limitations
Enable continuous integration
Use the Publishing API to automatically deploy builds as they become available for internal testing
Conduct an initial quality assurance check by quickly distributing your app among up to 100 invited testers
We recommend running an internal test before releasing your app to the closed or open tracks. If needed, you can run internal tests concurrently with closed and open tests for different versions of your app.
Set up an open, closed, or internal test
Learn how to set up testing tracks in Play Console
Play Console release tools
In this talk from I/O '18, learn more about the release tools in Play Console
Pre-launch app testing
Take a free, on-demand course on Play Academy to learn more about testing your app
Pre-launch testing for mobile games
Release early versions of your app for internal testing, or to trusted users for closed and open testing
Make your app launch a success with tools and strategies to help you publish, manage, and distribute your app worldwide
Closed testing
Get early feedback on new features from trusted users, without impacting your public ratings and reviews
Open testing
Gather quantitative and qualitative feedback on your pre-release app or game from a large number of testers
Production
Make your app or game available to users on Google Play
Releases overview
Monitor your builds to manage your releases at every stage of the process