Prepare App Testers
With Live App Testing (LAT), app testers can download your test app on their devices and perform user tests.
Testers receive notifications to perform app testing through an email invitation and a push notification to their device. The following sections explain how your app testers can enable notifications to test your app, how they can download the app, and how they can install the app.
- Opt in a tester for LAT emails
- Test an app from an email invitation
- Test an app from a push notification
- Install the app on a Vega device
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Opt in a tester for LAT emails
When a tester first receives their email invitation, they have an option to unsubscribe from LAT communications. A tester who unsubscribes doesn't receive LAT invites through emails or push notifications. If after unsubscribing, a tester decides they would like to continue receiving LAT invitations, you can share the opt-in link with them. The opt-in link takes them to a web page where they can resubscribe to LAT emails.
To get the opt-in link to resubscribe a tester to LAT emails
- Go to the Developer Console Dashboard, sign in to your account, select Apps & Services > My Apps, and then select your app.
- Under Actions, select the menu icon, and then choose Live App Testing.
- Go to the Tester Management screen, select View all testers, and then click Copy opt-in link.
Test an app from an email invitation
When you add testers to a live app test, your testers receive an email invitation that contains a link to your app's test page. Have your testers complete the following steps to download your app to begin testing.
To test your app from an email notification
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In the LAT invitation email, click the link for the marketplace that you will test, as shown in the following image.
LAT invitation email The link opens the Amazon Appstore retail page for the app in the specified marketplace.
On the page, if you have signed in to the Amazon Appstore on a supported device, you will see a Send to Device button with a list of compatible devices.
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To download the app, sign in to a Vega device, and then click Send to Device.
Test an app from a push notification
In addition to the email notification, testers can receive a push notification on their Vega devices. Testers are eligible to receive push notifications for LAT if the device is registered to the account used for LAT test email notifications.
When you receive a push notification, tap or select the notification on the device. Testers are directed to the app's test page on the Amazon Appstore, where they can download the app and perform user tests.
Install the app on a Vega device
If testing from an email invitation, when the app downloads successfully, the tester receives the following message: "You are now a Tester for: Sample App." The tester is now entitled to use the LAT app.
To install the app on a Vega device
- If testing from an email invitation, on the device, open the downloaded Vega app.
- If you received a push notification, download the app from the Amazon Appstore.
Your tester can now test the LAT app.
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Last updated: Sep 30, 2025
