Since Google launched in the Play Store a way to test betas and thus help developers with entering or participating in a beta Google+ community, we have been able to access development phases that otherwise would have been quite difficult. As well It has helped us to test the news of the apps that would arrive in the final version to the months since it was put out for all the participants of a beta community. The only handicap is the process to participate in that beta that goes through entering the beta community of Google+, then confirming that one wants to be a beta tester and finally going to the link to download the beta update of the application.
Google now wants to streamline everything a bit with the inclusion of two new options so developers can use the beta channel but not work under Google+. The objective is that with one click you can become a beta tester of any application or video game on Android without having to go through the somewhat tedious process mentioned above. This way even developers can organize small test groups that focus more on certain features, a benefit for app creators.
Be a beta tester with one click
The open beta system will still use those test links that we are used to from Google+, but you will not need to become part of any Google+ community.
Any user with that link can participate in the beta phase development, although developers can put a limit if they want.
The second and new system are closed betas using email addresses. Developers may be able to add users individually or by uploading a CSV file. This comes in handy for small groups of testers, apart from the fact that it can save the step of having to create a community for the same. If a study were in the case that it wants a huge group of beta testers it would have to relegate in the first one, since this second one focuses on small groups.
Closed betas with Google+
Now we could ask ourselves where is the standard method that we have been used to until now. Y for the moment they will continue to be active as they have been up to now, since for certain developers it can be very useful to take a quick look and see the images or comments that the testers share through a channel such as Google+.
We also do not believe that Google is very interested in closing this route, since it has found in these beta channels the way to create communities around a launcher like Nova, where a good number of users help the development of an application with all that this same entails.
Ultimately, more options for developers They now have three ways to find testers, one through email to test the app directly, another with a link to do the same without also having to enter a Google+ community, and the standard one where you enter a Google+ community.