Upcoming Changes: Supported Appium Versions for Real Devices

Starting June 1st, 2024, only the following versions will be compatible with real device testing. Therefore, we recommend you check and update your test scripts accordingly.

Supported Appium Versions:

Updates:

Latest Version: We will update the latest version for both Android and iOS platforms. The latest version will be kept up-to-date with the latest stable releases of Appium Versions. 

Default Version: A new default version (2.2.1) will be supported when the user does not explicitly specify a version.

For more information, please check our guide, Supported Appium Versions.

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Boost Team Collaboration And Productivity With Team Management

With the all-new Team Management feature, enhance team collaboration across your organization's automation testing efforts. By enabling isolated testing environments, this functionality streamlines workflow and improves productivity within teams.


Here's why Team Management can be a game changer for your automation testing efforts:
  • Organized Test Management: Easily group users and their corresponding tests based on specific projects, teams, or departments to keep your testing environment structured and efficient.
  • Improved Visibility and Control: Administrators can now manage user access to specific test data, ensuring that sensitive or confidential tests are protected from unauthorized access.
  • Enhanced Team Collaboration: This feature fosters better communication and knowledge sharing within teams, enabling a more integrated and informed testing process.

📕 Refer to our comprehensive Team Management documentation to know more!

Important Updates 

For app automation: Starting April 15, 2024, all users within an organization will have the ability to view all test results run by any team member across the organization. To maintain confidentiality and control over test visibility, it is recommended to utilize the new Teams feature.

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Automate Apple Pay Testing on Private Cloud Devices

LambdaTest now offers Apple Pay testing on private real iOS device cloud. This empowers developers and testers to:

  • Ensure a seamless Apple Pay experience: Test Apple Pay functionality (card selection, prompts, authentication) on real devices in a controlled environment.
  • Catch device-specific issues: Identify issues caused by security settings or OS variations.
  • Verify smooth integration: Ensure a flawless Apple Pay experience within your private cloud infrastructure.

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Now Test on Latest Samsung Galaxy S24 Series

Are your mobile apps ready for the latest Samsung Galaxy S24 series? 

Test them now on LambdaTest real device cloud and ensure your web and native mobile apps are compatible with the latest Samsung Galaxy S24 series. 📱 🌐 

Get ahead of the game by testing on these Galaxy S24 models:

  • Galaxy S24
  • Galaxy S24+
  • Galaxy S24 Ultra

So, what are you waiting for? Head over to LambdaTest real device cloud and ensure your apps shine on the Samsung Galaxy S24 series. 📱 

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New in App Automation: Network Throttling, and Locale/Language Support for Espresso and XCUITest

Network Throttling Support for Web and App Automation on Real Devices 📶 

 Now streamline your Appium testing and validate your app performance on varied network conditions such as 2G, 3G, LTE, and offline scenarios. It offers the capability to simulate diverse network profiles, replicating real-world scenarios and ensuring a reliable testing experience for both web and app automation on real devices. 

Refer to the documentation to get started: Network Throttling for Appium Automation.

Locale/Language Support for Espresso and XCUITest Automation 🌏 

While executing tests with Espresso and XCUITest, you now have the ability to effortlessly set up both locale and language preferences. This functionality ensures detailed testing of your mobile native and web applications with respect to various linguistic and regional scenarios.

To get started, check the following documentation:


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Now Test Your Mobile Apps on iOS 17.2

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Hey folks 😀 

LambdaTest now supports real-time browser and app testing on iOS 17.2 simulators. You can now thoroughly test your web and native mobile applications across various simulators running iOS version 17.2 📱

INTEGRATIONS

We constantly update our integration bucket to ensure compatibility with your preferred tools. Here are the latest LambdaTest integrations:

  • Gradle Plugin: LambdaTest has integrated with Gradle that lets you Espresso test automation at scale. By managing the entire development life cycle, from compilation to testing and deployment, the LambdaTest Gradle Plugin enables efficient parallel testing on real devices.
  • New Relic: LambdaTest integration with New Relic allows you to access LambdaTest test results within a customized New Relic Dashboard that provides a comprehensive overview of system performance and potential issues. This integration allows you to accelerate product delivery without compromising quality and speed.

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Live With Intelligent UI Inspector for Real Devices

Hey folks 👋 

LambdaTest real device cloud is now live with an Intelligent UI Inspector to help developers, and testers overcome the challenges of inspecting app elements. 🔧 

The new Intelligent UI Inspector simplifies interacting with app elements and eliminates the need for repetitive inspector opening and closing. 

Additionally, it streamlines the creation of reliable custom XPath, addresses the complexity of hybrid app inspection, and saves time by facilitating effortless app relaunches. Moreover, it enhances the user experience by offering an intuitive interface catering to various user preferences.

For more details, please refer to our product update - Introducing Intelligent UI Inspector for Real Device Cloud

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Announcing LambdaTest's New Real Device Data Center

We are excited to announce the launch of our new real device data center in the North American West region. This expansion allows our customers to access a wider variety of devices for their testing requirements, with the added benefit of faster and more convenient service.

For those customers who whitelist IP addresses, please ensure you add our new data center's IP to your allowlist to maintain seamless service:

  • New Data Center IP: 209.58.137.41/32

New Features: Smart UI and Account Management

Smart UI

  • Perform Smart UI testing with Storybook 7 and get enhanced component visualization, testing, and collaboration capabilities.
  • Smart baseline strategy for SmartUI to streamline the process of updating baselines for approved screenshots, reducing manual intervention, and improving the overall efficiency of the testing workflow.
  • Now take multiple screenshots in a build and give them the same name. This is useful for comparing different stages or elements, as you're not limited to just one screenshot with the same name in a build. This overwrite screenshot feature in Smart UI will replace (overwrite) the latest screenshot with the previous ones in that build.

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

  • New security features in the LambdaTest Tunnel to configure security options for the tunnel to restrict tunnel creation to specific users, turn tunnel sharing on or off, and control which local domains are accessible (or inaccessible) through the tunnel. 
  • Audit logs in LambdaTest Tunnel for user and organization-level activities to monitor account activity, detect unauthorized access, investigate security incidents, track user-level and organization-level activity history, and audit compliance with security policies.
  • Password and access key expiry policy to let organization administrators set the duration of password and access key expiry. After that, users can create a new password and/or use the regenerated access key. Admins will also be able to exempt certain users from the application of this policy. 
  • LambdaTest integration with Zenkit for tracking and managing bugs and issues. With this integration, you can effortlessly log bugs directly from the LambdaTest platform to your Zenkit instance, eliminating the need to maintain tasks and issues manually. 

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