Updating my google play "What's new" section

Question

I am about to release an update for my companies android app. The previous guy who wrote the app has now left, and I was just wondering how I change what appears in the What's New section in google play.

I can't find any guides anywhere!? I read somewhere it's to do with a changelog?? But is that something I should've compiled within the apk? Is it something I should upload separately to the developer console?

Thanks

Answer 1

In your application store listing there's a section "Recent Changes". This is just a text box where you can put your text (up to 500 characters). You don't need to have anything built into your app.

If your listing is translated into different languages, you should update that section for each language separately.

Answer 2

As of early May 2017, the release process has been in constant flux. The current way of modifying release notes of an app that you've already released, is to:

• Choose your app
• click the Release Management dropdown from the left menu
• click App Releases
• click Manage Production

On the resulting page, tap the small (i) (info) icon next to your APK, as also shown in this screenshot, and you'll find the notes at the bottom of the dialog that pops up, along with an Edit button.

If you don't see the circled "ℹ", it might be pushed off too far right and clipped by the browser. It changed a couple of days after I took this screenshot.

Answer 3

In what's new section you must have to write text in between

What's New:

<en-US>
Write text here
</en-US>

Answer 4

You now need to go to the APK section and click on the relevant build. From there you can edit the "What's New in this version" text.

Answer 5

The current way of modifying release notes of an app that you've already released, is to:

Choose your app

Click the Release Management dropdown from the left menu

Click App Releases

Click Manage Production

Click 'Edit release notes'

Now you can modify your "WHAT'S NEW"

Answer 6

Steps for Google Play Console in 2021:

• Go to App
• In menu, there is Releases section, click on Production
• There will be tab bar, click on (2nd) tab Releases
• Find that latest Release (it will be on top) and click on on View release details button
• This will open new screen with title is your APK version - e.g. "11 (1.1.0)" and sections Release summary, Release performance and Release notes
• Scroll down, there is button Edit release details.

Answer 7

Just follow the steps as follows:

-> Dashboard

-> Release management

-> App releases

-> click on Manage for the channel(production,alpha,beta,internal)

-> in new page look for what's new in this release section click Add release notes it to add details.

Here are some assets added for the same: