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Android playtest · open
You’re one of the first.
Chain for Android isn’t public yet. You get it before everyone else, and what you notice shapes the version they get.
Start here
Get in
Three links, about two minutes.
Use the Google account that’s on your phone, for every step.
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Opt in on Google Play
Tap Become a tester. Skip this and the Play Store acts like Chain doesn’t exist.
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Install Chain
It won’t turn up in Play Store search yet. This link is the way in.
Get it on Google Play“Item not found”, or no Install button? Google can take a few hours to let new testers in. Nothing’s wrong. Try this link again later.
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Then keep it for two weeks
Start a session whenever you sit down to work. That’s the whole test. Google wants a group of testers to stay for 14 days before Chain can go out to everyone, so your two weeks really count.
Tell me about
Bugs, of course. And the things I can’t see from here:
- Notifications Did they arrive on time with the app closed?
- Sessions Did one break when the screen went off, a call came in or you switched apps?
- Battery Did Chain drain it in a way you noticed?
- First five minutes What confused you before it clicked?
Rough notes beat polished bug reports. Replying to whoever sent you this link works too.
Stuck?
The two usual snags.
The Play Store says Chain isn’t available
Usually Google just hasn’t caught up yet. After you join, it can take a few hours before the Play Store shows Chain or lets you install it, so wait a while and try the install link again. If it still won’t work, check that the account in the group is the one signed into the Play Store on your phone, and that you tapped Become a tester.
I already have Chain from the website
The Play build is signed differently, so Android won’t install it over your current one. Open the old app first, sign in and check your chain has synced, because anything that hasn’t is lost with the uninstall. Then uninstall it and install from Play. Sign back in and your chain, wardrobe and stats come back.
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