Make a tester page
A page to send to friends and family so they can join your test. No sign-up.
Your page is ready
Send this URL to at least 16 people, mostly Android users. Starting with exactly 12 means one or two dropouts leave you short.
A message you can send
Add their name and send it to one person at a time. Personal messages get more replies than a group post.
Next, use the notebook to track the 14 days. Recording the tester count each day gives you an estimate of when you can apply.
Before you start
- Create a closed testing track and add a Google Group as its testers.
- Set the Google Group so that anyone can join.
- Release a closed testing build and wait until it has passed review and is available to testers.
- Make sure your friends are not in the internal test of the same app (people in the internal test cannot join the closed test).
- If you ask friends in other countries, check that their country is included in the closed test's "Countries / regions" (developers report that people in excluded countries can't join; we found no official statement).