“Join the testers' group first”: the group step was skipped

Google only lets members of Peerbeta's testers' Google group into the tests. Join it once from your tester space, then open the test link again.

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Written By JordanLast updated 1 hour ago

What you see

The tester app says “Join the testers' group first”, or the test link fails and you never joined a Google group.

Why

Developers open their test to Peerbeta's testers' Google group, and Google only lets in members of that group. You join it once, and it then works for every test.

What to do

  1. On the web, open your tester space and find “Join the testers' Google group”.
  2. Tap “Open the group” and join with the Google account you use with Peerbeta. It must be the same account as in the Play Store on your phone.
  3. Back in your tester space, tap “I joined the group”.
  4. In the tester app, tap “Become a tester”, get the app from Google Play, then tap “Open the app”.

If the link still fails right after you joined, give Google a little time: see the group joined, but the link fails ("You joined the testers' group, but the test link still fails").

What Peerbeta does

The tester app shows the group step until it's done. When a tester who can't find an app hasn't joined the group, the diagnosis tells the developer, so they don't look for a problem in their setup.

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