How to Send Your App Update to Google for Review

Updated on 14. February 2024 by Jan Bunk

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In this guide we'll go over every step needed to upload a new version of your app to the Play Store.

Open the Google Play Console.

Select your app.

Click "Production" on the left

Click 'Production'

Click "Create new release" at the top right.

Click "Create new release" at the top right.Download your app as an .aab file

Upload the .aab file you just downloaded in the Google Play Console.

Upload the .aab file you just downloaded in the Google Play Console.

After uploading the file you should see it listed below the upload field.

After uploading the file you should see something like this screenshot.
If you see the error message "Version code x has already been used. Try another version code.", please reload the page and instead of uploading the app bundle again, click "Add from library" and select it there.

Enter a description for the app release, for example "Small bug fixes and design improvements.".

Enter a description for the app release, for example

Click "Next" or "Save" at the bottom right.

Click "Review release" at the bottom right.

Click "Review release" at the bottom right.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and set the rollout percentage to 100.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and set the rollout percentage to 100.

Click "Save" at the bottom right.

You should now be able to send your update for review. Go to the publishing overview, for example by clicking the link in the side menu.

A screenshot of the side menu button to go to the publishing overview.

In the publishing overview you can submit the changes for review.

A screenshot of the button to send the app for review.

When you go to the dashboard now, you should see that your app is under review.

A screenshot of the dashboard showing the app being in review.

That's it! Your app update will be reviewed by Google now. The update should become available for download after at most a couple of days, but usually it takes just a few hours.

Author Jan Bunk
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Hi, I'm Jan! I created webtoapp.design in 2019 while studying computer science in university. A lot has changed since then - not only have I graduated, but it's also no longer just me running webtoapp.design. We've grown to a global, fully remote team and have gathered lots of experience around app development and app publishing. We've created and published hundreds of apps in the app stores, where they've been downloaded millions of times.