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Finding your opt-in link

One URL tells the Play Store that a tester wants your closed beta. It's the single most important thing you give us.

Where it lives

  1. Play Console → Test and release → Testing → Closed testing.
  2. Select your track.
  3. Scroll to "How testers join your test".
  4. Copy the web link. It looks like:

https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.example.yourapp

Web link, not the Play Store link

That section offers two links: a web opt-in page and an Android deep link into the Play Store app. We need the web one — it's the page that carries the "Become a tester" button, and it's what each of our device accounts visits to opt in.

The link only appears once your closed-testing release has actually rolled out and finished review. If you can't see it yet, your release is probably still a draft or in review.

Checking it works

Open the link in a browser signed in to a Google account that's on your tester list. You should see your app's name and a "Become a tester" button. If you see "This testing programme is not currently available", that account isn't on the list yet — or Google hasn't finished propagating the change, which can take a while.

Submitting to App Test Bench

In the dashboard, choose Submit an app and paste in your app name, package name and this opt-in link, then pick a tier. After payment we'll show you the tester accounts to add to your track — and once you confirm, the devices start work.