Google Play screenshot requirements (2026)

Google Play screenshot requirements at a glance

These rules apply to every screenshot you upload in Play Console, whatever device type it is for:

Google Play screenshot sizes and counts by device type

Each device type has its own slot in the store listing, and the screenshots best suited to the shopper’s device are the ones Google Play shows. For phones, Google asks for at least four screenshots with a minimum resolution of 1080 px if you want the app to be eligible for recommendations: 1080 × 1920 px for portrait or 1920 × 1080 px for landscape.

Tablets and Chromebooks follow the same 16:9 or 9:16 ratios. Google’s help page gives them a range of 1,080 to 7,680 px per side, while the general rule above caps any side at 3,840 px, so a file between 1,080 and 3,840 px satisfies both.

Rules for Wear OS, TV, Automotive and XR

The other form factors have stricter content rules than phones. They only apply if your app supports that form factor:

• Wear OS: show only the app interface. Google rules out device frames, text, extra graphics and transparent backgrounds. Watch faces follow the same 1:1 rule and should show more than one variant if the face is customizable.
• Android TV: at least one screenshot before you publish, plus a 1280 × 720 px TV banner as a JPEG or 24-bit PNG.
• Android Automotive OS: screenshots are required for non-parked apps and optional but recommended for parked apps. They must depict the app accurately and can’t show specific vehicle models or a car maker’s own interface.
• Android XR: four to eight PNG or JPEG files at 8:5, which is a different shape from every phone and tablet slot, so plan a separate set.

What Google’s screenshot content guidelines ask for

Beyond file specs, Google’s guidance for preview assets says screenshots should demonstrate the actual in-app or in-game experience. The practical rules:

• Add taglines only when they are needed to explain what the app does, and keep them to no more than 20% of the image.
• Leave out rankings, awards and user testimonials, price or promotional words such as “Sale” or “Free”, and calls to action such as “Download now”.
• Avoid Google Play or other store badges, and third-party trademarked characters or logos you don’t have permission to use.
• Clean up the notification bar before capturing: no carrier names and no notifications.
• Write alt text for each screenshot, 140 characters or less, describing the important part of the image.
• Localize the text in your graphics for each market and language you list in.

The Metadata policy: what gets a listing rejected

Separate from these guidelines is Google Play’s Metadata policy. It bans text or images in the app title, icon or developer name that indicate store performance or ranking, price or promotional information, or a relation to Google Play programs. Google’s examples include “#1”, “Best of Play”, “10% off” and “Editor’s choice”. The icon itself has its own size rules, covered in our App Store and Google Play icon requirements guide.

The policy’s examples also show misleading symbols, excessive special characters, and inappropriate imagery such as sexually suggestive content or graphic violence in promotional images.

Device frames in Google Play screenshots

Google lists device imagery among the elements to avoid in screenshots, because it can become obsolete quickly or alienate some users. For Wear OS screenshots, device frames are ruled out entirely.

Ecranify builds screenshots around 3D device mockups, so this matters for how you use it. If you follow Google’s guidance to the letter, upload full-screen UI captures with a short tagline. If you decide that a device scene sells your app better, use a current Android device rather than a dated one, keep the app’s screen as the largest element, and build the Play set on Android devices.

Exporting Google Play screenshots in Ecranify

The free Ecranify editor includes a Pixel 10 Pro XL and Google Play export presets: Phone (1080 × 1920), Tablet 10″ (1920 × 3413) and the 1024 × 500 feature graphic, which our Google Play feature graphic guide covers in detail. The full editor adds the Pixel 10 Pro, Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra, Xiaomi 17 and Galaxy Tab S11 Ultra.

Every preset exports at exactly the store resolution, and all of them fall inside Google’s size limits. The editor is free to use; you pay only when you export.

Ecranify exports PNG files. If Play Console reports an alpha channel, converting the file to JPEG with the free image converter flattens any transparency onto white and keeps the pixel size.

Google Play screenshot checklist

Run through this list before you upload a new set:

• Every file is a JPEG or 24-bit PNG with no alpha channel, with sides between 320 and 3,840 px and a ratio no longer than 2:1.
• At least four phone screenshots at 1080 × 1920 or 1920 × 1080 px, and no more than eight per device type.
• Tablet and Chromebook sets at 16:9 or 9:16 if the app supports large screens.
• Wear OS screenshots are 1:1, at least 384 × 384 px, with no frame, text or transparency.
• No rankings, awards, prices, promotions, calls to action or store badges, and taglines under 20% of the image.
• A clean notification bar, alt text for each image and localized text for each market.

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