Release management: Successful launches and updates on Google Play

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Google Play Console adds an internal test track (100 testers) for near-instant uploads (seconds instead of hours) and full Play policy checks; multiple new closed testing tracks let teams create per-feature or event channels; per-track country targeting and open testing scale coverage; Android App Bundle and Bundle Explorer show real size savings; pre-launch reports run automated device crawls; staged rollouts now support percentage and country-targeted rollouts; Publishing API and Gradle Play Publisher support draft releases, halting rollouts, and CI-driven automation for controlled, incremental launches.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 11:30Setting up internal testers
3. 19:14New gated release flow
4. 24:41Welcome
5. 25:11App diversity
6. 26:43Key points on releases
7. 28:04Testing
8. 32:57Waiting until features are ready
9. 35:03Flag guarded feature development
10. 37:16How long releases take
11. 38:33Recap

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