It feels like reviewers are paid by the amount of hours of app developers they can waste. And/or it's a horribly AI."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Can we crowdsource Google Play review nonsense to shame them into caring?"}},"_tags":["story","author_juliushuijnk","story_33785865","ask_hn"],"author":"juliushuijnk","children":[33785914],"created_at":"2022-11-29T10:35:04Z","created_at_i":1669718104,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"33785865","points":4,"story_id":33785865,"story_text":"The madness of Google Review process is such a time sink. Perhaps if we collect stories and can present those to Google somehow to create some PR shaming, they'll make improvements.
It feels like reviewers are paid by the amount of hours of app developers they can waste. And/or it's a horribly AI.","title":"Can we crowdsource Google Play review nonsense to shame them into caring?","updated_at":"2024-09-20T12:41:42Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"neha_t"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"I am a new developer to google play. i had uploaded and published my game app - Word Hookup - to google play for "internal testing" a week back. The status still shows "pending publication". Why does google play need app review for internal testing, and that too over a week. My game app submission on iOS went live within 2 days [shameless plug - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/word-hookup/id1467012830]. I had the impression that it was apple that took too long for app reviews. Not being able to even internal test has been very frustrating. Google play support has not responded to my emails. A chat rep I spoke to told me that he would escalate the issue, but no further response yet. Anyone else experience anything similar, or is something wrong with my submission as this would be my first submission to Google Play."},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Whats wrong with Google play app review?Internal testing pending for over a week"}},"_tags":["story","author_neha_t","story_20821188","ask_hn"],"author":"neha_t","children":[20822131,20826770],"created_at":"2019-08-28T16:17:57Z","created_at_i":1567009077,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"20821188","points":3,"story_id":20821188,"story_text":"I am a new developer to google play. i had uploaded and published my game app - Word Hookup - to google play for "internal testing" a week back. The status still shows "pending publication". Why does google play need app review for internal testing, and that too over a week. My game app submission on iOS went live within 2 days [shameless plug - https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/word-hookup/id1467012830]. I had the impression that it was apple that took too long for app reviews. Not being able to even internal test has been very frustrating. Google play support has not responded to my emails. A chat rep I spoke to told me that he would escalate the issue, but no further response yet. Anyone else experience anything similar, or is something wrong with my submission as this would be my first submission to Google Play.","title":"Whats wrong with Google play app review?Internal testing pending for over a week","updated_at":"2024-09-20T04:46:01Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"msravi"},"story_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Google Play reviews to be posted with real name and picture"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/26/google-play-gets-real-reviews-will-now-be-posted-with-your-google-name-and-picture/"}},"_tags":["story","author_msravi","story_4836825"],"author":"msravi","created_at":"2012-11-27T12:26:26Z","created_at_i":1354019186,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"4836825","points":3,"story_id":4836825,"story_text":"","title":"Google Play reviews to be posted with real name and picture","updated_at":"2024-09-19T19:05:19Z","url":"http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/26/google-play-gets-real-reviews-will-now-be-posted-with-your-google-name-and-picture/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"zsedbal"},"story_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Google Play reviews delivered into Slack and your inbox"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://reviewcatz.com/"}},"_tags":["story","author_zsedbal","story_9587646"],"author":"zsedbal","children":[9587664],"created_at":"2015-05-22T11:17:42Z","created_at_i":1432293462,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"9587646","points":2,"story_id":9587646,"story_text":"","title":"Google Play reviews delivered into Slack and your inbox","updated_at":"2023-09-07T02:48:33Z","url":"http://reviewcatz.com/"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"samat"},"story_text":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Show HN: Interstellar: Your Google Play Reviews in the Slack Channel"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://medium.com/meduza-dev/interstellar-a23178a3106f"}},"_tags":["story","author_samat","story_9057046","show_hn"],"author":"samat","children":[9057057],"created_at":"2015-02-16T14:36:32Z","created_at_i":1424097392,"num_comments":1,"objectID":"9057046","points":2,"story_id":9057046,"story_text":"","title":"Show HN: Interstellar: Your Google Play Reviews in the Slack Channel","updated_at":"2023-09-07T02:06:49Z","url":"https://medium.com/meduza-dev/interstellar-a23178a3106f"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"srathi"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition Review - Nearly Nexus"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"http://www.anandtech.com/show/7107/htc-one-and-samsung-galaxy-s-4-google-play-edition-review-nearly-nexus"}},"_tags":["story","author_srathi","story_5950239"],"author":"srathi","created_at":"2013-06-27T01:48:56Z","created_at_i":1372297736,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"5950239","points":2,"story_id":5950239,"title":"HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 Google Play edition Review - Nearly Nexus","updated_at":"2023-09-06T21:50:30Z","url":"http://www.anandtech.com/show/7107/htc-one-and-samsung-galaxy-s-4-google-play-edition-review-nearly-nexus"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"risquer"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"How to Automate Bringing Google Play Store Reviews to Google Sheets"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"https://medium.com/better-programming/play-store-review-to-google-sheets-automation-c372115ff661"}},"_tags":["story","author_risquer","story_21858673"],"author":"risquer","created_at":"2019-12-22T18:15:31Z","created_at_i":1577038531,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"21858673","points":2,"story_id":21858673,"title":"How to Automate Bringing Google Play Store Reviews to Google Sheets","updated_at":"2024-09-20T05:21:50Z","url":"https://medium.com/better-programming/play-store-review-to-google-sheets-automation-c372115ff661"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"dreeves"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Pure Android: Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One 'Google Play editions' review"},"url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4466600/samsung-galaxy-s4-htc-one-google-play-edition-stock-android-review"}},"_tags":["story","author_dreeves","story_5948220"],"author":"dreeves","created_at":"2013-06-26T19:02:40Z","created_at_i":1372273360,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"5948220","points":1,"story_id":5948220,"title":"Pure Android: Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One 'Google Play editions' review","updated_at":"2023-09-06T21:50:21Z","url":"http://www.theverge.com/2013/6/26/4466600/samsung-galaxy-s4-htc-one-google-play-edition-stock-android-review"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"orangepush"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Hi all,
We\u2019ve hit a limitation with the Google Play Developer API during automation and wondered if anyone has found a workaround.
Short background:\nUsing the Google Play Developer API, we can upload artifacts and move releases between tracks (internal/alpha/beta/production).\nHowever, once a release is submitted for review, there\u2019s no API to read the review status (e.g., \u201cin review,\u201d \u201capproved,\u201d \u201crejected\u201d), and you cannot remotely trigger the final publish after review completes.
Reference issue:\n https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/179708468
This is blocking our end-to-end automation: we can push builds and submit for review, but we can\u2019t reliably detect when review finishes or automatically finalize the rollout.
Questions for the community:
Has anyone found a direct API (official or undocumented) that provides review status?
Any reliable workarounds? (examples: polling track/release timestamps, scraping Play Console UI, email/webhook notifications, or manual gates)
If you had to design a robust release pipeline around this limitation, what approach did you take?
Thanks \u2014 any pointers, scripts, or experiences would be hugely helpful!"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Ask HN: How to detect Google Play review completion via API?"}},"_tags":["story","author_orangepush","story_45808419","ask_hn"],"author":"orangepush","created_at":"2025-11-04T07:44:43Z","created_at_i":1762242283,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"45808419","points":1,"story_id":45808419,"story_text":"Hi all,
We\u2019ve hit a limitation with the Google Play Developer API during automation and wondered if anyone has found a workaround.
Short background:\nUsing the Google Play Developer API, we can upload artifacts and move releases between tracks (internal/alpha/beta/production).\nHowever, once a release is submitted for review, there\u2019s no API to read the review status (e.g., \u201cin review,\u201d \u201capproved,\u201d \u201crejected\u201d), and you cannot remotely trigger the final publish after review completes.
Reference issue:\n https://issuetracker.google.com/issues/179708468
This is blocking our end-to-end automation: we can push builds and submit for review, but we can\u2019t reliably detect when review finishes or automatically finalize the rollout.
Questions for the community:
Has anyone found a direct API (official or undocumented) that provides review status?
Any reliable workarounds? (examples: polling track/release timestamps, scraping Play Console UI, email/webhook notifications, or manual gates)
If you had to design a robust release pipeline around this limitation, what approach did you take?
Thanks \u2014 any pointers, scripts, or experiences would be hugely helpful!","title":"Ask HN: How to detect Google Play review completion via API?","updated_at":"2026-03-05T22:56:29Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"makuchaku"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"I use the Google Image Search API to power up content in my app(s). Google Play review team says its Intellectual Property (copyright) violation - while they show the same content on Google Image Search.
Where am I going wrong?\nHow can I fix this?"},"title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["google","play"],"value":"Ask HN: Google Play keeps rejecting my App on Copyright violation. What to do?"},"url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":""}},"_tags":["story","author_makuchaku","story_9897569","ask_hn"],"author":"makuchaku","children":[9898165],"created_at":"2015-07-16T14:53:52Z","created_at_i":1437058432,"num_comments":2,"objectID":"9897569","points":3,"story_id":9897569,"story_text":"I use the Google Image Search API to power up content in my app(s). Google Play review team says its Intellectual Property (copyright) violation - while they show the same content on Google Image Search.
Where am I going wrong?\nHow can I fix this?","title":"Ask HN: Google Play keeps rejecting my App on Copyright violation. What to do?","updated_at":"2024-09-19T22:05:22Z","url":""},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"apocryphal"},"story_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"Two months ago, I had zero mobile development or publishing experience. I wanted to see if I could build and ship a complete game using only a browser-based workflow and AI assistance.
The process:
Built entirely in GitHub Codespaces using an AI Copilot.
Wrote the core game for the web, then wrapped it into an Android APK/AAB.
Pushed through 100+ versions to fix edge cases.
Passed Google Play review with no policy violations.
The game is a tough 2D platformer called Bionic Biome. To make the "impossible mode" bearable, I integrated a rewarded AdMob ad as a Continue/Revive mechanic. It\u2019s an opt-in lifeline, not a forced pop-up.
Here is the weird hurdle I\u2019ve hit:\nTest ads worked perfectly. But in production, the AdMob dashboard just says "No data" and returns "Ad not ready." My core revive mechanic is effectively disabled because Google's algorithm won't serve real ads until it sees enough "organic" traffic to trust the account.
It's a strange psychological shift. For weeks it was "build, fix, upload." Now, the AI code works, the wrapper works, the integration works, but the core mechanic is held hostage by a silent third-party algorithm waiting for strangers to play it.
Has anyone else here launched a first app and hit this AdMob cold-start wall? How long did it take for your first live ad to actually fill?
If you are curious to see what an AI-coded, web-wrapped game built entirely in a browser actually plays like on Android, the link is below. (No pressure to play, just sharing the technical journey).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pollitopro..."},"title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Show HN: Made First Android game using Codespaces and AI, now in AdMob purgatory"}},"_tags":["story","author_apocryphal","story_47171901","show_hn"],"author":"apocryphal","created_at":"2026-02-26T20:56:03Z","created_at_i":1772139363,"num_comments":0,"objectID":"47171901","points":2,"story_id":47171901,"story_text":"Two months ago, I had zero mobile development or publishing experience. I wanted to see if I could build and ship a complete game using only a browser-based workflow and AI assistance.
The process:
Built entirely in GitHub Codespaces using an AI Copilot.
Wrote the core game for the web, then wrapped it into an Android APK/AAB.
Pushed through 100+ versions to fix edge cases.
Passed Google Play review with no policy violations.
The game is a tough 2D platformer called Bionic Biome. To make the "impossible mode" bearable, I integrated a rewarded AdMob ad as a Continue/Revive mechanic. It\u2019s an opt-in lifeline, not a forced pop-up.
Here is the weird hurdle I\u2019ve hit:\nTest ads worked perfectly. But in production, the AdMob dashboard just says "No data" and returns "Ad not ready." My core revive mechanic is effectively disabled because Google's algorithm won't serve real ads until it sees enough "organic" traffic to trust the account.
It's a strange psychological shift. For weeks it was "build, fix, upload." Now, the AI code works, the wrapper works, the integration works, but the core mechanic is held hostage by a silent third-party algorithm waiting for strangers to play it.
Has anyone else here launched a first app and hit this AdMob cold-start wall? How long did it take for your first live ad to actually fill?
If you are curious to see what an AI-coded, web-wrapped game built entirely in a browser actually plays like on Android, the link is below. (No pressure to play, just sharing the technical journey).
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pollitopro...","title":"Show HN: Made First Android game using Codespaces and AI, now in AdMob purgatory","updated_at":"2026-03-07T11:50:47Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"balladeer"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"I think Google has some ego issues entangled with its web services and social networks (well, whatever now remains of it). It tries to do it right, but not when everyone (including almost all its users) ask/request them to, but when most probably it's too late.
I am wary of Facebook like it's plague and I honestly believe it is, but truth to be told, I am more wary of Google services and its recent Google+ integration madness. At times I see I've an account there and I don't see how it got created and how to delete it. I recently deleted a YouTube account which was created "automatically" from my Gmail account (which "already" had a Google+ account) and it was publicly sharing all my YouTube likes, after exchanging few emails from Google staff, now I've told Disconnect/Ghostery to not let YoutTube portal any of my Google accounts, but I guess that's not possible on Android.
It's been years since I have written a Google Play (apps) review, or wrote an YouTube comment. I've been trying to move my chat to a jabber based service (I've an sdf.org account) but for some reason my GTalk friends find difficulty to connect to me. So, I'll definitely not be interested in any new Google services because I don't think when they will "integrate" it with something else or when they will shut it down "to focus on more focussed products".
Besides, I would rather put my money into a services which does, more or less, only that business and charges appropriate amount of money for that.
rant ends and tl;dr:
Google just pushed me away with their G+ craziness and saying that its web services are social networks are a mess is an understatement."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["google"],"value":"Google Said to Plan Separating Photo Service From Google+"},"story_url":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"partial","matchedWords":["google"],"value":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-01/google-said-to-plan-separating-photo-service-from-google-.html"}},"_tags":["comment","author_balladeer","story_8122979"],"author":"balladeer","comment_text":"I think Google has some ego issues entangled with its web services and social networks (well, whatever now remains of it). It tries to do it right, but not when everyone (including almost all its users) ask/request them to, but when most probably it's too late.
I am wary of Facebook like it's plague and I honestly believe it is, but truth to be told, I am more wary of Google services and its recent Google+ integration madness. At times I see I've an account there and I don't see how it got created and how to delete it. I recently deleted a YouTube account which was created "automatically" from my Gmail account (which "already" had a Google+ account) and it was publicly sharing all my YouTube likes, after exchanging few emails from Google staff, now I've told Disconnect/Ghostery to not let YoutTube portal any of my Google accounts, but I guess that's not possible on Android.
It's been years since I have written a Google Play (apps) review, or wrote an YouTube comment. I've been trying to move my chat to a jabber based service (I've an sdf.org account) but for some reason my GTalk friends find difficulty to connect to me. So, I'll definitely not be interested in any new Google services because I don't think when they will "integrate" it with something else or when they will shut it down "to focus on more focussed products".
Besides, I would rather put my money into a services which does, more or less, only that business and charges appropriate amount of money for that.
rant ends and tl;dr:
Google just pushed me away with their G+ craziness and saying that its web services are social networks are a mess is an understatement.","created_at":"2014-08-02T06:44:07Z","created_at_i":1406961847,"objectID":"8124230","parent_id":8122979,"story_id":8122979,"story_title":"Google Said to Plan Separating Photo Service From Google+","story_url":"http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-01/google-said-to-plan-separating-photo-service-from-google-.html","updated_at":"2024-09-19T21:03:44Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"AlexDanger"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"I strongly disagree with the assertion that gaming is a lemon market. The information asymmetry doesn't exist and I think the analogy is flawed in this case.
The key part of Akerlof's used-car market is the information asymmetry that exists for every instance of a car. Two caryards may have the exact same year/model/colour of Toyota camry. One has no serious flaws and is priced at $1000. The other is priced at $500 but has lots of hidden problems and is a real lemon. To the consumer they look the same, and the logical choice is the $500 car. The $1000 car never gets sold. This is the lemon market in action.
Software is different because when you sell 100k units of software, its a reasonable assumption to believe that all of these 100k units are the same piece of software[1]. A game being reviewed, or upvoted on reddit, or aggregated on metacritic - this is the same software I will recieve if I choose to purchase it. Thus there is no information asymmetry.
If anything, the market has become better in this regard. It is easier now to choose a high quality game. When I was a kid, and lucky enough to have enough dollars in my hand to purchase a video game - I had to make my decision based on the cover art of the SEGA cartridge. Perhaps if I was lucky I would have some entirely objective (cough) information from the Official SEGA Magazine.
[1] Yes, some people will experience the game differently because of device compatibility issues, but that information is also shared (ie Google Play filters reviews by people with the same device as you)."},"story_title":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/"}},"_tags":["comment","author_AlexDanger","story_7161901"],"author":"AlexDanger","children":[7167956],"comment_text":"I strongly disagree with the assertion that gaming is a lemon market. The information asymmetry doesn't exist and I think the analogy is flawed in this case.
The key part of Akerlof's used-car market is the information asymmetry that exists for every instance of a car. Two caryards may have the exact same year/model/colour of Toyota camry. One has no serious flaws and is priced at $1000. The other is priced at $500 but has lots of hidden problems and is a real lemon. To the consumer they look the same, and the logical choice is the $500 car. The $1000 car never gets sold. This is the lemon market in action.
Software is different because when you sell 100k units of software, its a reasonable assumption to believe that all of these 100k units are the same piece of software[1]. A game being reviewed, or upvoted on reddit, or aggregated on metacritic - this is the same software I will recieve if I choose to purchase it. Thus there is no information asymmetry.
If anything, the market has become better in this regard. It is easier now to choose a high quality game. When I was a kid, and lucky enough to have enough dollars in my hand to purchase a video game - I had to make my decision based on the cover art of the SEGA cartridge. Perhaps if I was lucky I would have some entirely objective (cough) information from the Official SEGA Magazine.
[1] Yes, some people will experience the game differently because of device compatibility issues, but that information is also shared (ie Google Play filters reviews by people with the same device as you).","created_at":"2014-02-02T11:33:51Z","created_at_i":1391340831,"objectID":"7165687","parent_id":7165343,"points":null,"story_id":7161901,"story_title":"How in-app purchases have destroyed the game industry","story_url":"http://www.baekdal.com/opinion/how-inapp-purchases-has-destroyed-the-industry/","updated_at":"2023-09-06T22:04:41Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"ryantgtg"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"We have about a 16 year old app, and our Google Play app review consistently takes between 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Apple consistently takes about 36 hours for us."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947"}},"_tags":["comment","author_ryantgtg","story_49724927"],"author":"ryantgtg","comment_text":"We have about a 16 year old app, and our Google Play app review consistently takes between 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Apple consistently takes about 36 hours for us.","created_at":"2026-09-16T17:38:05Z","created_at_i":1789580285,"objectID":"49730395","parent_id":49725564,"story_id":49724927,"story_title":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week","story_url":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947","updated_at":"2026-09-17T13:35:00Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"Shywim"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"I think that the app targeting Android Auto should be pointed out. Google Play reviews are mostly automated and it shouldn't take more than a few hours. Android Auto is heavily curated for good reasons."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947"}},"_tags":["comment","author_Shywim","story_49724927"],"author":"Shywim","comment_text":"I think that the app targeting Android Auto should be pointed out. Google Play reviews are mostly automated and it shouldn't take more than a few hours. Android Auto is heavily curated for good reasons.","created_at":"2026-09-16T15:27:18Z","created_at_i":1789572438,"objectID":"49728524","parent_id":49724927,"story_id":49724927,"story_title":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week","story_url":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947","updated_at":"2026-09-16T18:03:30Z"},{"_highlightResult":{"author":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"JimDabell"},"comment_text":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"The Google Play review process has been slower and more painful than the App Store review process for 5+ years at this point. At least you get to communicate with real people at Apple; it\u2019s all bot-driven with Google."},"story_title":{"fullyHighlighted":false,"matchLevel":"full","matchedWords":["google","play","review"],"value":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week"},"story_url":{"matchLevel":"none","matchedWords":[],"value":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947"}},"_tags":["comment","author_JimDabell","story_49724927"],"author":"JimDabell","children":[49727973],"comment_text":"The Google Play review process has been slower and more painful than the App Store review process for 5+ years at this point. At least you get to communicate with real people at Apple; it\u2019s all bot-driven with Google.","created_at":"2026-09-16T11:58:27Z","created_at_i":1789559907,"objectID":"49725503","parent_id":49724927,"story_id":49724927,"story_title":"The Google Play app review process now regularly takes longer than a week","story_url":"https://gultsch.social/@daniel/117280438824908947","updated_at":"2026-09-16T16:08:28Z"}],"hitsPerPage":20,"nbHits":1790,"nbPages":50,"page":0,"params":"query=Google+Play+review&advancedSyntax=true&analyticsTags=backend","processingTimeMS":33,"processingTimingsMS":{"_request":{"roundTrip":23},"afterFetch":{"format":{"total":1},"merge":{"mergeLoop":{"prepareNextHit":1,"total":1},"total":1},"total":1},"fetch":{"query":8,"scanning":21,"total":30},"total":33},"query":"Google Play review","serverTimeMS":34}