Is there a way to be notified when a release is approved in the Google Play Store?

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I did not find a way to be notified when a release in the Google Play console is approved by Google team (and then I manually publish it the store) like "google has reviewed the app and it is now ready to publish".

It's annoying to visit the console every hour to know if the review process of my update is approved.

I already searched a solution with CI/CD like Bitrise or even tried to scrape the Google Play Console but no success.

The manual release process seems like an after thought and most of the Play console integrates it terribly. — O'Rooney, Aug 16 '21 at 04:16
Totally agree with that. When you publish (both with manual release process) two updates on two different channels (Release and Beta for example), if those two releases are approved, you CAN'T publish them one by one. You are forced to publish them together in store. Not very flexible.. — Cyril, Aug 16 '21 at 11:34
@Tokke the Google Dev Console app mobile is now pushing notifications when the review is done :) — Cyril, Jan 16 '22 at 18:54
@CyrilNiobé, does that mean Android only? I can't find it on the iOS AppStore — Tokke, Jan 17 '22 at 06:59

score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 14 '21 at 14:55

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Update: as of October 2021, the "Play console" app is now sending notification when your pending release is approved by Google and ready to be published in the store (even when manual publishing is enabled)

answered Oct 14 '21 at 14:55

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Hi, is it activated by default or have I to activate it somewhere? – Saul Clavijo Oct 18 '21 at 12:23
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I do not remember activating it but suddenly receive notifications so I guess it's just by default. – Cyril Oct 19 '21 at 13:06
Notification is hard to catch programmatically, email or api would be a better fit – Dimitri Kopriwa Aug 28 '23 at 09:55

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 27 '23 at 15:28

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Notification management

Go to Play Console https://play.google.com/console/u/0/developers
Choose your developer account
From the left menu choose: Setup > Notifications
In section App updates check Email

answered Jan 27 '23 at 15:28

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This is not relevant to the question – Cyril Feb 03 '23 at 16:34
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I believe this is relevant to the question. I was also looking for a way to get notified when the app moves from reviewed to live. – Jesús Vera Apr 13 '23 at 13:30

Vadim · Answer 3 · 2023-06-26T21:47:57.160

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As of June 2023, the screenshot from another answer is no longer current.

Here's the updated screenshot:

edited Jun 26 '23 at 21:47

answered Jun 13 '23 at 13:20

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score -2 · Answer 4 · answered Jan 31 '21 at 01:42

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Yup. If you grab the Google Play Console app you can configure notifications in-app.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.apps.playconsole

answered Jan 31 '21 at 01:42

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Are you sure there is a notification for "google has reviewed the app and it is now ready to publish"? When using managed publishing? – O'Rooney Aug 05 '21 at 02:53
@O'Rooney no there is not unfortunately. This was exactly my question. – Cyril Aug 12 '21 at 14:39
I downvoted this because it literally doesn't answer the question. Sorry @ljdawson. – O'Rooney Aug 12 '21 at 22:49
Then I changed my mind and decided although it doesn't answer the question, it does provide some peripheral information that could be useful. – O'Rooney Aug 12 '21 at 22:50

Is there a way to be notified when a release is approved in the Google Play Store?

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Notification management