Reviews update
April 2023 reviews update
Rolled out 12 Apr – 25 Apr 2023, 13 days, 2 hours. Google’s page for it
What Google posted
Newest first. Times are UTC, with the Pacific time Google shows.
· 25 Apr 2023, 11:24 PDT
The rollout was complete as of April 25, 2023.
· 12 Apr 2023, 09:08 PDT
Released the April 2023 reviews update (developers.google.com), which now covers reviews about products, services, and things. Learn more about how to write high quality reviews (developers.google.com).
Next to other reviews updates
Google’s 6th reviews update on its status dashboard, which lists them from December 2021.
It took 13 days, 2 hours. Of the 5 reviews updates before it, 3 took longer and 2 were shorter; they averaged 12 days.
- Before it: February 2023 product reviews update, 21 Feb 2023
- After it: November 2023 reviews update, 8 Nov 2023
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