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page.title=Opt-In to Designed for Families
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meta.tags="families", "guidelines", "quality"
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page.tags="families", "addendum"
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page.metaDescription=Join Designed for Families in just a few simple steps.
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@jd:body
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<p>
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If you're building an app designed for kids and families, there are a few
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things you need to do <em>before</em> you’ll be ready to opt-in to the Designed for
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Families program:
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</p>
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<ul>
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<li>Complete the content rating questionnaire for your app and meet an ESRB
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rating of Everyone or Everyone 10+ rating
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</li>
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<li>Add a privacy policy link to your app’s <strong>Store Listing</strong>
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page.
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</li>
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<li>Make sure your app meets all the <a href=
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"https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-developer/answer/6184502">Designed
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for Families program requirements.</a>
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</li>
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</ul>
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<p>
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Now that your app is ready to publish, you can opt-in to Designed for
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Families directly from the <a href=
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"https://play.google.com/apps/publish/">Developer Console</a>. Opt-in means
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that you want your app to be made available on the family-friendly
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experience on Google Play in addition to the category you’ve selected on
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the Google Play Store.
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</p>
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<p>
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Opt-in also confirms that your app complies with <a href=
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"http://play.google.com/about/developer-content-policy.html">Google Play
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Developer Program Policies</a> and the <a href=
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"http://play.google.com/about/developer-distribution-agreement.html">Developer
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Distribution Agreement</a>, including the <a href=
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"https://play.google.com/intl/ALL_us/about/families/developer-distribution-agreement-addendum.html">
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Designed for Families DDA Addendum</a>. If you are not familiar with these
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policy documents or the Addendum, make sure to read them before opting-in.
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</p>
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<p>
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Once you're ready, here's how to opt-in to Designed for Families for a specific app:
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</p>
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<ol>
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<li>In the Developer Console <strong>All Applications</strong> page, click the app you want to
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opt-in. Under Pricing and Distribution, scroll down to find <strong>Designed for
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Families</strong> and the opt-in checkbox.<img src="/images/gp-dff-optin.png" style=
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"border:2px solid #ddd;margin:1em 0;">
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</li>
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<li>Start the opt-in flow and confirm that your app meets the eligibility
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requirements.</li>
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<li>If your app has ads, confirm that it meets the ads policy.
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<img src="/images/gp-dff-appinfo.png"
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style="border:2px solid #ddd;margin:1em 0;"></li>
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<li>Choose your target age groups from: Ages 5 & Under, Ages 6 to 8, Ages 9
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to 12, or General Audience (for apps which target children and older
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audiences). You can choose up to two adjacent age groups only if your app
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targets more than one age group. Apps with an ESRB 10+ rating can only choose an
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age target of 9-12 or General Audience. <!--Apps that are found to be inappropriate
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for the age groups selected will -->
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</li>
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<li>Choose a category for your app for the new family-focused experience on
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Google Play. Your app will also be discoverable in its existing category in
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Google Play.</li>
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<li>Review and agree to the linked documents and then click
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<strong>Opt-In</strong>. Finally, click <strong>Submit update</strong> on the
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Pricing & Distribution page to publish or update your app.
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</li>
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</ol>
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<p>
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Once you opt-in your app, it will be thoroughly reviewed before being
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accepted into the Designed for Families program.
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</p>
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<p class="note">
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<strong>Note</strong>: Published apps in the Designed for Families program
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are also available to all users on Google Play.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you opt-in an app that you're publishing for the first time and it doesn't
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meet the Designed for Families program requirements, it won't be made available
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on Google Play until <strong>either</strong> you update the app to meet the
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program requirements <strong>or</strong> you uncheck the opt-in box and pass
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Google Play's standard review process.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you opt-in an app that's already published on Google Play and it doesn't
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meet the program requirements, it will remain available to all users but won't
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be added to the family experience until you update the app to meet the
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program requirements.
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</p>
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<p>
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If you publish an update to an app that's opted-in to Designed for Families,
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the app update needs to pass the Designed for Families review before it will
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become available to all users on Google Play.</p>
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<div class="paging-links" style="padding-top:.75em;">
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<a href="{@docRoot}distribute/googleplay/families/faq.html" class=
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"next-class-link">Next: Frequently Asked Questions</a>
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</div>
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