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 production page in the Google Play Console.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.
Click here if you see the error message "Version code x has already been used. Try another version code."

First, please reload the Google Play Console page and instead of uploading the app bundle again, click "Add from library" and select it there.

If you can't select the app bundle there either, click here to generate a new app bundle with a new version code. Building a new version will take a couple of minutes and afterwards you need to download the app bundle again using the download button from earlier in this guide.

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.

Go to the publishing overview in the Google Play Console.

Submit the changes for review using the button at the top right.

Don't click the "Turn on managed publishing" button, otherwise the app publishing process will be delayed.
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.

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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.