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Hi. I'm Matt, the UX designer at Google Play Console.
Today, I'm going to take you through the new release management experience
in the new Play Console.
The original Play Console launched with just a single release track.
But as your release management needs have grown,
the Play Console has grown with you.
These latest updates will help us
to continue to scale with your needs
and let you manage your releases with confidence.
In this talk, I'm going to walk you through those changes
so you can hit the ground running with the new Play Console.
First, I'll talk about the new release navigation
and how it can help with your daily workflow.
And then I'm going to take you through some of the updates we've made
to the features you use for your day-to-day release management.
And then finally, I'll show you the new experience
when setting up your app for go-to-market in the Play Console.
Helping you confidently release your app or game on Google Play
is our top priority.
So we want to make sure you understand
how things will change in the new console
and that you're aware of all the great new features at your disposal.
So let's get started.
The first thing you'll notice is that we've reorganized
The new Play Console groups features by category
to make them easier to find.
Your releases are the central element of Google Play Console,
so we want you to be able to easily check their status.
The new
of the
It makes it easier to get a complete picture
of your release and go-to-market activities,
as well as the countries and regions your app is published in.
At the top of the page, you'll find the release
which gives you a bird's-eye-view of all your activity.
It's a great way to help you quickly understand
the activities shown in the
At a glance, I can already see that all my tracks are currently active,
that my open testing track's countries and regions are synced with production,
and I can also see that I'm currently running four closed testing tracks
in a total of 134 countries and regions.
We've also added more detail to help you manage your releases
with more flexibility.
For example, you can now see the status
of every release you roll out here in the
This is incredibly useful to see when a release is still in review
or when it's being served to your users.
New filters and search in the
will help you quickly find a particular release
or just view certain sets of tracks, such as closed testing.
Let's say I want to check what closed tests I'm running in Japan.
I'd select
which instantly shows me just the closed testing tracks.
I can then search for Japan.
And as we can see, there's only one testing track showing.
From there, I can quickly jump straight to the release details.
Your releases contain a lot of important information.
That's why we gave release details its own page,
which also gives us room for future improvements.
As you look at the release details page,
you can immediately see the status of my staged rollout release.
And it's currently available to my testers.
I can also see the percentage of users
it's currently rolled out to.
From here, I can also increase that percentage
and update my release details.
Now, I want to check some of the details of my app bundle,
so I'm going to visit the
It gives a clear and readable view
of all the key information about the app bundle.
Now that you can view all your release details in one place,
we think that the
to your release management process.
Let's talk about release tracks
and how you manage them in the new Play Console.
In addition to separating out your release details,
we've also separated your release tracks
into their own pages.
You'll find pages for
which allows you to create and manage releases for up to 100 testers;
Closed testing,
from trusted testers outside of your company;
and
before your full release;
and
when your release is made available to all users on Google Play.
We've also made some enhancements
on how you use key features on your tracks
to help improve your experience.
When you're managing a track,
it's important to focus on one step at a time.
That's why we've separated your tracks' configuration tools
into their own tabs.
For most tracks, your configuration tabs
are divided into three key sections:
Releases, Countries and regions,
To provide a clear overview and status of the track
as you configure and manage it,
the
from each part of your configuration
into one quick, readable view.
Find out at a glance if your track is active
and serving your release
or if it's stopped and no longer serving to your users.
Each time you make a change in any section of your track,
the
In the
And just the same as in your
I can see the status of the release,
showing me that it's currently available to my testers.
With each release, you'll see a set of controls.
In this case, I see tools to help me promote my release.
And in the new Play Console,
promoting your release is even more flexible.
Not only can you promote upwards,
from closed to open through to production,
but you can now also promote to other closed testing tracks.
This flexibility allows for further testing options,
such as setting up your own scaled testing methods
before you promote to larger audiences in open and production.
This allows you to use whatever process suits you.
We've also improved how you manage
in your
you won't accidentally add or remove countries or regions.
For example, in this closed test,
let's say my team and I decide to open up testing availability
in a new country.
I simply select
And now I can see all countries
that are currently not available in this track.
This eliminates any risk of accidentally removing countries
that are already available in my track.
Now I'll just find the country I want,
select it, and hit
Managing your
You'll still use an email list or Google Groups
to select your
Once you no longer want to continue serving builds in a track,
or if you want to pause testing,
select the
If you want to start using it again,
just hit
Now that each track has its own dedicated space,
we've added a number of enhancements and familiar features
to your
When you're ready to make your app available on Google Play,
we recommend doing a staged rollout
so you can catch any last minute issues
before they affect more users.
And if you're ready to launch to everyone at once,
you can now publish your app exactly when you want to.
After your app submission is approved,
you can decide when to publish your app with Managed publishing,
instead of it going live immediately after approval.
And once your app is live, you can get the most up-to-date metrics
about your releases for
in the release
We've moved this
to make it easier to manage the rollout
and check the performance of your release.
We've also added the ability to manage your
right from the
Mastering and memorizing all these features takes time.
That's why we've also added a new guided setup experience
to lead you through the process when you create a new app or game.
We want you to feel confident
that you're taking the right steps in the right order,
and to know you're releasing safely
by following best practices.
That's why now when you create an app,
we'll ask you what type of app it is.
This lets us provide you with customized goals
and a list of tasks to achieve them,
so you can track what you've completed
and what's left to do.
You can find these goals on the
And as you can see, my release goal is currently locked.
That's because I still need to complete my setup.
As you progress through setup, testing, and eventually publishing,
sections of the
to help you monitor your testing tracks
and eventually your performance in Google Play.
Let's take a closer look at those tasks.
Clicking on a task will take you to the Play Console page,
where you can complete that task.
And hovering over a locked task will reveal a tooltip
explaining how to unlock it.
Once you've completed a task,
you'll see a check and a strikethrough to indicate it's complete,
along with a task count to help you keep track of your progress.
The new release management experience
is now available for everyone in the Play Console beta.
We can't wait for you to start enjoying
the new way to manage your releases
and go-to-market strategies.
Give the new Play Console a try.
And if you have any questions or feedback, please let us know.
Thank you for being a part of the Google Play community.
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