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Beta testing

Meaning in mobile app development, with examples

nounCore term

In mobile app development, beta testing means: Testing a nearly finished version of an app with a group of real users before the public release, to find bugs and collect feedback.

In Turkish: beta testi

How it is used

iOS teams run beta testing through TestFlight, and Android teams use Google Play's internal, closed and open testing tracks or tools such as Firebase App Distribution. People join a beta, become beta testers and send beta feedback.

Example sentences

  1. Beta testing with 200 users found three crashes we never saw in the office.

  2. Open beta testing starts on Monday for Android users.

Common collocations

  • join the beta
  • beta tester
  • open beta
  • closed beta
  • beta feedback
  • TestFlightApple's service for sending beta builds of iOS apps to testers, who install them with the TestFlight app before the version is released on the App Store.
  • buildA compiled, installable version of an app produced from the source code, for example an .ipa file for iOS or an .aab or .apk file for Android.
  • releaseA version of an app made available to users, or the act of making it available; as a verb, to publish a new version in the store.
  • staged rolloutReleasing an update to a small percentage of users first and increasing it step by step, so problems can be found before everyone gets the new version.

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