How To Join Beta Program On Google Play Store

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The beta program is a Google Play Store program that allows you to experience new features in certain apps. This program lets you see features in those that have not yet been released to most users.

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In this article, we’re going to teach you how to sign up for this interesting program.

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Reasons for joining the Google Play Beta program

You can join beta programs if you’re a developer trying to develop. You might be developing software that is meant to integrate with a particular app, so you have to sign up for the beta to keep up with future updates.

To give the developer feedback. You can join the beta program if you want to help the developer understand how his/her future will affect visitors.

To experience cool features that might be scrapped without appearing in an official release. Some people just have curiosity and they don’t mind the bugs that come with beta versions of apps.

How to join an app’s beta program in Google Play Store

Not every app has a beta program and some do but are not accessible through the Google Play Store. Here is a step-by-step guide to joining the beta program of your favorite app.

Head over to the Google Play Store on your Android

Hit the search bar and type in Google or [the app name].

Now, punch the search button and choose Google [the app name] from the list.

Next, find a section labeled Join the beta.

Tap the green Join button.

In the popup that appears, confirm you want to join the beta by tapping Join again.

It will take a few minutes for your Google account to join the beta program.

After this, you will need to update the app through the play store.

How to leave the program

As we discussed earlier, you may experience some bugs. Here is how you leave the google play beta tester program.

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Open the Google Play Store on your Android device.

Locate the app which beta you want to leave.

On the app’s Play Store page, scroll down to the beta section.

Next, tap the Leave option

Confirm you want to leave by tapping Leave again.

Again, this may take a few minutes to process, and then you will have the option to update to the normal version of the app.