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AlishahNovin
AlishahNovin

Reputation: 1932

Google Play Private Channel - Releasing to specific external users

I've got my personal Google Play Developer account, but within the company I work for, I'd like to start distributing an app. We have a Google Apps account with a very limited number of users - (we only have 5 people on the account), while the company itself has a few thousand employees.

Ultimately, we'd want to distribute to a wider array of people (people who are not on the Google Apps account) and potentially even include users who are not employees.

I imagine setting up a "white-list" of external users who can see the app, download it, get updates - but I can't find out whether this exists or not for private channels. Before I request the company pay the $25 for a developer account so that I can see whether or not this is possible, I was wondering if anyone knows the answer?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 466

Answers (1)

Eric Woodruff
Eric Woodruff

Reputation: 6410

"Can I publish an app to a specific group of users?

No. But you can publish an app targeting a specific country or specific device models."

"Can I publish an app to both the public Google Play store and a Private Channel?

This functionality is not supported in the initial release. An app can either be published publicly or to a Private Channel, and not both."

https://support.google.com/a/answer/2494992?hl=en

Upvotes: 1

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