Posted by Lidia Gaymond – Product Supervisor, Google Play
For years, Google Play has helped customers benefit from the newest variations of your app by way of auto-updates or in-app updates. Whereas most customers replace their apps this manner, some should still be caught on outdated, unsupported or damaged variations of your app.
As we speak, we’re introducing a brand new device that can immediate these customers to replace, bringing them nearer to the app expertise you supposed to ship.
Play restoration instruments will let you immediate customers operating particular variations of your app to replace each time they restart the app.
To make use of this new function, log into Google Play Console and head to your Releases or to the App Bundle Explorer web page, the place you may choose the app variations the place you need to ship the prompts. Alternatively, the function can also be out there by way of the Play Developer API, and can quickly be prolonged to will let you goal a number of app variations without delay. Please word that the model you need to deploy the immediate to must be constructed as an app bundle.
You may then slim your concentrating on standards by nation or Android model (if required), with no prior integration needed.
At the moment, over 50% of customers are responding to the prompts, enabling extra customers to get the most effective expertise of your apps.
After prompting customers to replace, you should utilize Play Console’s restoration instruments to edit your replace configuration, view its progress, or cancel the restoration motion altogether. Study extra in regards to the function right here and begin utilizing it at present!
