What is the recommended Google Play screenshot size?

1080 × 1920 pixels (portrait) is the safe default for phone screenshots. Google Play accepts a range — each side must be between 320 px and 3840 px, with an aspect ratio between 0.5 and 2.0 — but 1080 × 1920 (9:16) renders crisply on modern devices and passes every validation.

What size is the Google Play feature graphic?

The feature graphic is exactly 1024 × 500 pixels, supplied as a JPEG or 24-bit PNG with no alpha transparency. It is required for every listing and appears at the top of your store page and in promotional placements.

How many screenshots do I need on Google Play?

You must upload at least 2 phone screenshots and may upload up to 8 per device type. Tablet screenshots are optional, but providing 7" and 10" tablet shots is required to qualify for the tablet quality badge and ranking on tablet devices.

What file formats does Google Play accept for screenshots?

JPEG or 24-bit PNG with no alpha transparency. Each image can be up to 8 MB. The app icon is the exception: it must be a 512 × 512, 32-bit PNG that does include an alpha channel.

What are the tablet screenshot sizes for Google Play?

Use 1200 × 1920 for 7" tablets and 1600 × 2560 for 10" tablets (both portrait). They are optional, but uploading them unlocks the tablet quality badge and better placement on large-screen devices and Chromebooks.

Why was my Google Play screenshot rejected?

The most common causes are: an image side smaller than 320 px or larger than 3840 px, an aspect ratio outside 0.5–2.0, a PNG that contains alpha transparency, a file over 8 MB, fewer than 2 phone screenshots, or a feature graphic that is not exactly 1024 × 500.

Guide · No. 02 · Updated June 2026

Google Play screenshot sizes & requirements, settled.

Every image Google Play asks for in 2026 — phone and tablet screenshots, the feature graphic everyone forgets, and the app icon — with exact pixel dimensions and the rules that get a listing approved on the first try. Or skip the bookkeeping and let ShotCanvas render every size for you.

The complete Google Play image requirements

Google Play is more forgiving than the App Store — it accepts a range of dimensions rather than fixed slots — but each asset still has hard limits. Here is every graphic a Play Store listing needs, with the dimensions that look sharp on modern devices and pass review every time:

Asset	Pixels	Status	Notes
Phone screenshot	1080 × 1920	Required (2–8)	9:16 portrait — the safe default
7" tablet screenshot	1200 × 1920	Optional	Needed for the tablet badge
10" tablet screenshot	1600 × 2560	Optional	Needed for the tablet badge
Feature graphic	1024 × 500	Required	JPEG / 24-bit PNG, no alpha
App icon	512 × 512	Required	32-bit PNG with alpha

The universal screenshot rules: JPEG or 24-bit PNG (no alpha transparency), each side between 320 px and 3840 px, the longer side no more than twice the shorter (aspect ratio 0.5–2.0), and a maximum of 8 MB per image. Upload at least 2 and at most 8 per device type.

Phone screenshots: the only ones that are mandatory

Phone screenshots are the only screenshot set Google requires, and they carry your listing. Stick to 1080 × 1920 portrait. You can go landscape (1920 × 1080) for games or media apps, but most categories convert better in portrait because that is how people hold the device while browsing the store.

You need a minimum of two phone screenshots before you can publish, and you can supply up to eight. Design at the full 1080 × 1920 resolution and export down if a device needs something smaller — never upscale a low-resolution capture, because Play's review tooling and real users both notice soft, blocky images.

Tablet screenshots: optional, but they unlock placement

Tablet shots are optional, yet skipping them is a quiet mistake. Provide 1200 × 1920 for 7" tablets and 1600 × 2560 for 10" tablets and you become eligible for the tablet quality badge, plus better ranking on large-screen Android devices and Chromebooks. If your app has a meaningful tablet layout, these are worth producing — Google increasingly surfaces large-screen-ready apps on those devices.

The feature graphic: the asset everyone forgets

The 1024 × 500 feature graphic is required for every listing, and it is the single most commonly overlooked asset. It sits at the very top of your store page, drives the promotional video thumbnail if you have one, and appears in featured placements across Google Play. It must be a JPEG or 24-bit PNG with no alpha transparency — a PNG with an alpha channel is rejected outright.

Design it as a billboard, not a screenshot. The feature graphic gets cropped differently across surfaces, so keep your logo and key text well inside the center. Don't bury anything important near the edges, and don't simply stretch a phone screenshot to fill it — it will look distorted and amateur.

Common rejection reasons

Most Google Play image rejections come down to a handful of mechanical rules. Check these before you upload:

Wrong dimensions. A side under 320 px or over 3840 px, or an aspect ratio outside 0.5–2.0, fails validation immediately.
Alpha transparency in a screenshot or feature graphic. Use JPEG or a flat 24-bit PNG — only the 512 × 512 icon is allowed an alpha channel.
A feature graphic that isn't exactly 1024 × 500. This one is a fixed size, not a range.
Fewer than two phone screenshots. The store won't let you publish without them.
Files over 8 MB. Compress oversized PNGs or export as JPEG.
Misleading or device-frame-faking imagery. Screenshots that imply features the app doesn't have, or fake notification bars, can trigger a policy strike, not just a format rejection.

How Google Play differs from the App Store

If you've already prepared an iOS listing, don't reuse the files verbatim. Apple uses fixed device slots — the 6.9" iPhone slot is 1320 × 2868, the 13" iPad is 2048 × 2732 — and allows up to ten screenshots per slot. Google Play accepts a dimension range, caps you at eight per device type, and adds two assets Apple doesn't have: the 1024 × 500 feature graphic and a separately-uploaded 512 × 512 icon. The aspect ratios differ too, so a screenshot designed for the App Store usually needs a re-render for Play. The full Apple breakdown is in our App Store screenshot sizes guide.

Design tips that move Play installs

The first two screenshots do all the work. Most visitors never swipe — lead with your single strongest benefit, not a sign-in screen.
Put a headline on every shot. A raw UI capture says nothing; a short benefit headline above the device frame is what actually sells.
Keep one visual system across the set. Shared palette, typography, and device angle make a listing look art-directed — and art-directed sets convert better.
Treat the feature graphic as the hero. It's the first thing above your screenshots; make it earn the scroll.
Localize the captions, not just the description. Play shows screenshots per-locale, so translated headlines are an easy conversion edge.

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