At LambdaTest, we believe the future of software testing lies in harnessing the power of AI. With that vision in mind, today we are live with KaneAI on Product Hunt.

KaneAI is a GenAI-native testing agent designed to revolutionize the way teams approach test automation. By bridging the gap between natural language and executable test code, KaneAI empowers users to plan, author, and evolve end to end automation tests without requiring complex scripting or framework expertise.

Why AI in Testing Matters Now More Than Ever

The software development lifecycle is evolving at an unprecedented pace, and so are the demands on testing teams. With the increasing complexity of applications, manual testing is no longer sufficient to ensure quality at speed. GenAI-native testing solutions like KaneAI are crucial to speeding up the testing process while maintaining high-quality standards.

According to industry reports, over 80% of organizations are now adopting automation tools to handle their testing requirements. However, these tools often require deep technical knowledge and scripting skills, which is where KaneAI comes in. It lowers the barrier to automation by enabling non-technical team members to contribute to the testing process, making AI-driven testing accessible to all.

Introducing KaneAI: Revolutionizing Test Automation

KaneAI is now live on Product Hunt, ready to help you streamline your testing workflows and drive efficiency. Whether you’re testing web, mobile, or both, KaneAI can handle it all with ease. Here’s what makes KaneAI stand out:

• Natural Language Test Authoring: Simply converse in natural language, and KaneAI will generate test cases for you. No more manual scripting or writing complex code!
• Multi-modal Test Generation Approach: Transform diverse input formats like text, JIRA tickets, PRDs, images, audio, videos, spreadsheets, and more into structured test cases.
• Smart Test Versioning: Keep track of test versions intelligently and ensure your tests evolve alongside your project’s development.
• API Testing: Easily integrate API testing into your automation process for a more comprehensive test suite.
• Cross-Platform Testing: Test seamlessly across web and mobile platforms, ensuring complete coverage and more..

Give It a Spin!

Visit Product Hunt to try out KaneAI, explore its full potential, and share your thoughts with us. We look forward to hearing your feedback as we continue to evolve KaneAI to meet the needs of modern testing teams.

We’re back with another round of product updates to enhance your testing experience.

LambdaTest now lets you allocate and track credits for AI-native and premium features. With KaneAI, you can generate complete test plans and step-by-step test cases automatically from high-level objectives. HyperExecute provides visibility into retries, network traffic, muted tests, and local service access. Insights allows you to schedule reports directly to Email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams.

SmartUI CLI automatically resolves port conflicts during visual testing. AI-native smart heal detects broken locators in mobile tests and applies valid alternatives in real time. The iOS Manual App Scanner identifies accessibility issues and provides actionable fixes.

Live With Credit Management Systems

We have introduced a new Credits system for accessing AI-native features and premium capabilities across the LambdaTest platform. This system provides flexible usage options, ensuring that you can take full advantage of advanced features within your subscription limits. With credits, you gain a clear mechanism to manage resources efficiently while maintaining control over your testing workflows.

Admins have the ability to manage credit allocation across your organization and monitor usage through the Billing and Subscriptions Page. Organizations can also set soft limits for credit usage. You can continue using features even after reaching the limit, while receiving notifications to maintain visibility.

• Centralized management: Admins can allocate credits and track consumption across the organization through the Billing and Subscriptions Page.
• Credit limits and alerts: Soft limits can be configured, and notifications are sent to maintain visibility even when thresholds are reached.
• Flexible usage: Credits can be applied to AI-native features and premium capabilities according to your testing needs.
• Business continuity: The system ensures uninterrupted testing while supporting organizational budget management.

For more detailed instructions on managing credits, you can refer to the guide on credit management.

New KaneAI Features and Enhancements

With LambdaTest KaneAI, you can generate test cases effortlessly and validate them before execution, reducing manual effort and preventing false positives. The platform helps you manage test sessions in real time and optimize team workflows, ensuring tests run efficiently across applications and environments.

Revamped Test Authoring in KaneAI

KaneAI now makes test creation faster and more reliable with its revamped test authoring capabilities. You can generate a comprehensive test plan from your inputs before executing tests, ensuring accuracy and reducing errors. This allows you to review workflows in advance, streamline test preparation, and maintain consistent coverage across your automation suite.

Plan Tests Efficiently With Enhanced Test Authoring

With enhanced test authoring, you can have KaneAI analyze your inputs upfront and generate a comprehensive test plan before producing executable test cases. This allows you to review the AI-generated workflow early and make adjustments where necessary.

By validating the plan before execution, you can reduce the risk of misaligned coverage or false positives, ensuring your automated tests reflect the behavior you intend to test. You can also catch potential errors before running your tests, saving time and avoiding unnecessary debugging during execution.

This feature is particularly valuable if your tests are complex or cover multiple workflows. You can ensure that every step is logically aligned and consistent with your testing objectives without manually planning every detail.

Accelerate Test Creation With Generative Authoring

You can provide high-level objectives to KaneAI, and it will automatically generate the full set of steps required for your test cases. By leveraging historical execution patterns and best practices, KaneAI fills in gaps in your workflow, maintaining accuracy and consistency across your test suite.

This allows you to focus on higher-value activities such as reviewing results, refining test logic, or exploring edge cases instead of spending time manually creating each test step. You can accelerate test creation without compromising reliability, and your team can scale testing more effectively while ensuring consistent coverage across multiple applications or environments.

Maximize Resource Visibility With KaneAI Sessions Dashboard

With the KaneAI Sessions dashboard, you can track active, queued, and pending test sessions in real time. You can monitor session status, allocate resources effectively, and manage monthly quotas to maximize throughput. This visibility allows you to avoid conflicts when multiple team members are running tests concurrently and ensures that your team can prioritize critical sessions efficiently.

By using the dashboard, you can make informed decisions about scheduling, resource utilization, and workflow optimization. You can also identify bottlenecks early, balance workloads across your team, and maintain seamless test execution even in large-scale testing environments.

Optimize Team Workflow With Licensing and Concurrency in KaneAI

You can manage KaneAI licenses at the organization level, with concurrent agent support to run multiple sessions simultaneously. Each license includes a premium Test Manager entitlement, which your admin can allocate according to team priorities.

This allows you to streamline collaboration, ensure team members have access to the resources they need, and avoid delays caused by license constraints. You can plan testing schedules confidently, allocate tasks efficiently, and maintain full visibility into resource usage, ensuring that your testing operations scale smoothly as your team grows.

Additional KaneAI Enhancements to Boost Productivity

Here are some additional enhancements in KaneAI that can help you maximize automation throughput while ensuring accuracy and consistency across your test suite.

• AI Test Case Generator integration: Generate and automate multiple test cases directly within KaneAI, reducing manual setup, accelerating test execution cycles, and improving overall throughput.
• Network log assertions for web tests: Assert API request and response payloads during web tests, enabling more thorough verification of backend interactions and improving end-to-end test reliability.
  

Check out this guide on network log assertions in KaneAI.

Explore Generative AI Testing Effortlessly With KaneAI Freemium

You can now experience the power of Generative AI testing without any setup barriers through the KaneAI freemium plan. This free tier gives you hands-on access to KaneAI’s core capabilities, allowing you to explore intelligent test generation, automated session management, and workflow orchestration before committing to a full license.

With two AI Agent sessions, two Test Manager Seats, and 30 days of unrestricted access, you can evaluate how KaneAI fits into your testing pipeline. It’s a practical way to understand the benefits of AI automation like faster test creation, improved coverage, and reduced manual overhead—while maintaining full visibility into results and collaboration workflows.

Latest Features in HyperExecute

HyperExecute is designed to help you execute tests at scale with full visibility and control, whether you are running on real devices, emulators, or complex web environments. With a suite of enhancements, you can capture network traffic, monitor retries, manage muted tests, bypass proxy issues, and track execution live, all from a single dashboard.

Capture Network Traffic Easily With MITM Support in Emulators

With Man-in-the-Middle (MITM) proxy support, you can capture network logs directly from emulator sessions. By enabling the mitmProxy: true flag in your hyperexecute.yaml file, you can analyze API calls, requests, and responses during test execution.

framework:
  name: raw
  args:
    mitmProxy: true

This feature allows you to debug complex interactions between your application and backend services without manual interception. You can identify hidden issues, verify request payloads, and ensure that your tests reflect real-world scenarios accurately.

MITM support is available for all emulators, giving you the flexibility to test across multiple devices and configurations while maintaining full visibility into network behavior.

Track Retries Clearly With Enhanced HyperExecute Reports

You can now gain better visibility into test retries at both the summary and test-case level. The updated reports refine total counts by excluding retries and display retry indicators alongside each scenario or test. In the “Test Cases” view, retried tests are marked clearly with a retry icon, making it easy for you to differentiate between original executions and repeated attempts.

This enhancement allows you to analyze failures more accurately, identify flaky tests, and optimize your automation suite without misinterpreting the results. You can focus on unique test outcomes while still keeping track of retries, helping your team improve test reliability and reduce wasted cycles.

Manage Muted Tests Efficiently With Bulk Unmute

With the muted test count and bulk unmute feature, you can now view the total number of muted tests in your suite and unmute all tests at once. Previously, reactivating muted tests required manual intervention, which was time-consuming and prone to oversight.

This update allows you to quickly restore tests for execution, streamline test management, and maintain control over your suite. You can reactivate tests after fixing issues or updating workflows, ensuring that no critical scenario is left untested due to muted status.

Bypass Proxy For Local Services With bypassProxyDomains

You can now use the HyperExecute bypassProxyDomains capability to exclude specific domains from Dedicated Proxy usage. This ensures that local services such as localhost, 127.0.0.1, or internal endpoints remain accessible during test execution when dedicatedProxy: true is enabled.

This capability allows you to test local APIs or staging environments without modifying proxy configurations. You can maintain secure access to internal resources while leveraging a Dedicated Proxy for external endpoints, ensuring that network routing is accurate and tests remain stable.

Monitor Test Execution Live With Live Command Logs

With live command logs, you can see test execution logs in real-time directly in the HyperExecute dashboard. Previously, logs appeared in chunks, which delayed visibility and made debugging harder. Now you can monitor every command as it executes, allowing you to identify issues immediately and react quickly.

This feature enhances your ability to troubleshoot, optimize tests, and maintain transparency across your automation pipeline. You can track progress, validate steps on the fly, and ensure that your team remains aware of test outcomes without waiting for execution to complete.

Enhanced Features in Insights

We have rolled out new features in LambdaTest Insights that give you full visibility into build performance, test results, and team efficiency, enabling you to identify bottlenecks, prioritize critical issues, and continuously improve your testing strategy.

Get Reports Instantly With Custom Notification Scheduling

With custom notification Scheduling, you can set up weekly or monthly reports to arrive at the day and time that suits your workflow. Whether you prefer updates every Wednesday or on the 15th of each month, you can stay informed without manually checking dashboards.

You can choose your preferred communication channels, such as Email, Slack, or Microsoft Teams, so your team receives critical updates in the tools they already use. This allows you to monitor test outcomes, track progress, and respond to issues promptly.

To enable, visit the Product Preferences section of your Account Settings and then nvaigate to Analytics and enable the Enable build completion emails toggle.

Benefits:

• Stay informed automatically: Receive updates without opening dashboards.
• Align your team: Share key metrics with stakeholders instantly.
• Reduce manual effort: Eliminate the need to track reports manually.
• Plan effectively: Schedule notifications to match your workflow or team routines.

Monitor Build Performance With Insights Email Notifications

With build insights email notifications settings, you can receive automated summaries of build performance, test results, and failure classifications directly in your inbox. This allows you to act immediately on failures and monitor progress without constantly checking the dashboard.

You can track success/failure rates, test coverage, performance metrics, and recurring issues, giving you a clear understanding of your builds. The notifications include direct links to detailed build analysis, so you can investigate problems quickly, share insights, and prioritize critical issues efficiently.

Benefits:

• Detect failures faster: Identify issues the moment they occur.
• Maintain stakeholder visibility: Share actionable insights without extra effort.
• Improve test efficiency: Focus on critical failures instead of sifting through all results.
• Enhance operational control: Monitor trends and performance across builds for better planning.

Streamline Visual Testing With SmartUI Auto Port Switch

With SmartUI CLI auto port switch, you can automatically handle port conflicts when starting the SmartUI snapshot server. This feature ensures that your visual testing scripts run without interruption, even if the default port is already in use. By automatically selecting an available port, you can avoid errors, failed builds, or delays caused by manual port management.

This capability is particularly useful when you run multiple tests in parallel or execute visual tests on shared environments. You can maintain consistent test execution without having to manually check or configure ports each time you run your scripts.

To get started, check out this SmartUI CLI Exec guide.

Benefits:

• Automatic conflict resolution: You can run your CLI commands without worrying about port conflicts.
• Seamless parallel execution: Multiple tests or sessions can run concurrently without interference.
• Reduced manual intervention: No need to manually update port numbers in configuration files.
• Reliable visual testing: Ensures the snapshot server is always accessible, improving overall test stability.

Keep Mobile Tests Stable With AI-Native Smart Heal

With Smart Heal in Appium automation, you can handle locator failures automatically during mobile test automation, reducing manual effort and ensuring that your tests continue running smoothly even when the UI changes. This AI-native feature intelligently detects missing elements, analyzes the UI in real time, and applies the closest valid match, helping you maintain test reliability without constant intervention.

You can also view full visibility into healing actions through detailed logs and the LambdaTest App Automation dashboard. This transparency allows you to understand what changes Smart Heal applied, why a locator was healed, and how your test flow was adjusted. By keeping tests stable, you can focus on higher-value validation tasks instead of repeatedly fixing broken locators.

Benefits:

• Automatic locator detection: You can detect missing or broken locators in real time, preventing unnecessary test failures.
• Intelligent UI analysis: Smart Heal evaluates the interface and selects the best alternative element, keeping your tests on track.
• Fallback suggestions: When automatic healing isn’t possible, you can get actionable recommendations to fix locators quickly.
• Runtime recovery: You can automatically update failing steps to ensure continuous test execution.
• Full transparency: Logs and dashboards show both original and healed locators, giving you complete insight into test adjustments.

Note

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Ensure Inclusive Apps With iOS Manual App Scanner

With LambdaTest manual iOS App Scanner, you can now extend accessibility testing to iOS applications just like you do on Android. This feature allows you to identify accessibility issues in real time as you interact with your app, ensuring that your mobile applications meet standards such as WCAG and are usable for everyone, including people with disabilities.

By integrating this scanner into your manual testing workflow, you can detect issues as they occur, prioritize fixes based on severity, and provide detailed remediation guidance to your development team. This ensures that accessibility is not an afterthought but an integral part of your mobile testing process.

To begin with, refer to this documentation on accessibility app scanner.

Benefits:

• Real-time scanning: You can catch accessibility issues while navigating the app, preventing overlooked problems.
• Comprehensive categorization: Issues are organized by severity, helping you focus on the most critical fixes first.
• Detailed remediation guidance: Each detected problem comes with suggested solutions, so you can resolve issues efficiently.
• Multi-format reporting: You can export findings in JSON, CSV, or PDF formats for documentation and sharing.
• Seamless workflow integration: You can test directly on real iOS devices within LambdaTest, without switching platforms.

Wrapping Up!

With the above latest features and enhancements, you can accelerate test creation, maintain stability, and gain full visibility across platforms. KaneAI helps you generate accurate tests effortlessly, HyperExecute keeps your executions transparent, Smart Heal ensures mobile tests run smoothly, SmartUI simplifies visual testing, and iOS Manual App Scanner improves accessibility coverage. These features work together to reduce manual effort, improve reliability, and scale your testing efficiently, enabling you to deliver high-quality applications faster and with confidence.

Shipping fast breaks UI in small ways that users feel first: shifted buttons, clipped text, missed alt tags, contrast failures. At scale, catching these across pages, viewports, and releases is tedious and easy to miss especially behind logins or on staging.

LambdaTest Web Scanner simplifies testing with one-click execution of scheduled Visual UI and WCAG scans, covering public and private sites, and routing results to SmartUI and Accessibility dashboards for quick triage and audit-ready reports.

Let’s dive deep into what makes Web Scanner a game-changer for your testing workflows!

What is LambdaTest Web Scanner?

LambdaTest Web Scanner is your all-in-one solution for proactive quality assurance. It enables organizations to catch visual bugs and accessibility violations across thousands of URLs at scale, without the manual overhead that typically comes with comprehensive web testing.

Whether you’re a QA team running nightly regression scans, an accessibility engineer validating WCAG compliance, or a product owner monitoring web releases, Web Scanner empowers you to maintain the highest standards of quality and inclusivity.

Key Features:

• Automated Visual UI Regression Testing powered by SmartUI
• WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA Accessibility Audits
• Smart scheduling for one-time or recurring scans
• Cross-browser testing across Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari
• Support for authenticated pages and local environments

Note

To learn more about web scanner, check out our detailed support documentation.

Why use a Web Scanner?

Manual testing of large-scale web applications for layout shifts, broken UI elements, or WCAG non-compliance is time-consuming, error-prone, and simply doesn’t scale. Here’s how Web Scanner transforms your testing approach:

• Eliminate Manual Bottlenecks: Say goodbye to hours spent clicking through pages and comparing screenshots manually. Web Scanner automates the entire process, freeing your team to focus on strategic testing initiatives.
• Catch Issues Before Users Do: With scheduled scans and instant alerts, you’ll identify visual regressions and accessibility violations before they impact your users’ experience.
• Ensure Compliance at Scale: For organizations that need to maintain WCAG compliance across hundreds or thousands of pages, Web Scanner provides audit-ready reports that make compliance verification effortless.
• Save Time and Resources: Automate what used to take days into a process that runs in hours, with results delivered directly to your SmartUI and Accessibility Dashboards.

Visual UI Scanning

Visual scans detect pixel-based layout changes, design mismatches, missing elements, or unintended visual regressions by comparing screenshots taken at scheduled intervals.

Key Capabilities:

• Cross-Browser Validation: Test UI across Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Safari.
• Responsive Testing: Check layouts on 8 desktop sizes and 200+ mobile viewports (Android & iOS).
• Custom Configurations: Override defaults with your own SmartUI JSON settings.
• Accurate Screenshots: Use delays to capture pages with animations or dynamic content.
• History & Comparison: Access past scans to track changes, compare builds, and spot regressions.

Accessibility Scanning

Accessibility scans audit your pages against WCAG 2.0/2.1 standards, surfacing violations and recommendations to improve inclusivity.

Key Features:

• WCAG 2.0/2.1 AA Compliance: Comprehensive audits against accessibility standards.
• “Needs Review” Toggle: Flags issues requiring human verification to reduce false positives.
• Best Practices Flagging: Recommendations beyond WCAG compliance.
• Deep Scan Reports: Filter by severity (Critical, Serious, Moderate, Minor).
• Smart Filters: Identify recurring violations across multiple pages.
• Exportable Reports: Generate audit-ready documentation with code snippets and recommended fixes.

All In All!

Discover the power of automated visual and accessibility testing with LambdaTest Web Scanner! Whether you’re running regression checks or validating WCAG compliance across thousands of pages, Web Scanner streamlines your workflow and helps you catch issues before they reach production.

We value your feedback – share your thoughts on Web Scanner with us through the LambdaTest Community or by emailing support@lambdatest.com.

Happy Testing!

LambdaTest is proud to be recognized in Forrester’s “Autonomous Testing Platforms Landscape, Q3 2025.”

We belive that this recognition among notable vendors in autonomous testing highlights our role as a trusted partner for software teams looking to test faster, scale effortlessly, and deliver high-quality software with confidence.

Let’s dive deeper into the report and discover how we think LambdaTest is driving the future of testing.

Inside the Forrester ATP Report: LambdaTest’s Impact

LambdaTest is among the 31 vendors included in Forrester’s “The Autonomous Testing Platforms Landscape, Q3 2025”, which outlines the current state of AI-powered testing platforms.

The Forrester report provides an in-depth overview of how platforms are evolving with GenAI, agentic AI, and continuous quality engineering trends that align closely with LambdaTest’s product direction.

• Scalable, Cloud-Based Testing Infrastructure: LambdaTest offers a unified platform for real-time cross-browser and device testing, helping teams execute tests at scale across environments. This supports Forrester’s emphasis on scalable, continuous testing solutions in fast-paced DevOps pipelines.
• Investing in GenAI with KaneAI: Forrester notes that autonomous testing is moving toward GenAI-native and agentic capabilities, with LambdaTest KaneAI, which enables prompt-based, natural language test creation, reducing reliance on scripting and expanding access to test automation across teams.
• Supporting Business Value Through Speed and Reliability: The report highlights the value of AI-driven platforms in accelerating time to market and reducing risk. LambdaTest delivers on this with HyperExecute for faster execution and real-device cloud testing, which improves reliability and efficiency for enterprise-scale DevOps teams.
• Addressing Core and Extended Use Cases: LambdaTest aligns with several of the core and extended use cases defined in the report, including:
• End-to-end test automation
• Visual testing (via SmartUI)
• Performance and benchmark testing (via HyperExecute)

LambdaTest’s Strengths: Redefining the Future of Test Execution

LambdaTest’s inclusion in Forrester’s Autonomous Testing Platforms Landscape, Q3 2025, is more than a recognition; for us, it’s a validation of our vision to modernize how testing is done in an AI-first era. We’re bridging the gap between traditional test automation and GenAI-native quality engineering.

Here’s how we’re delivering real impact:

• Unified Test Execution Across Browsers, OS, and Devices: LambdaTest empowers teams to run both manual and automated tests across 3000+ browser and OS combinations and 10,000+ real devices. From desktop to mobile, across platforms and screen resolutions, teams can ensure a consistent, high-quality user experience globally and at scale.
• From Traditional Automation to GenAI-Native Testing: We’re moving beyond legacy automation. With innovations like:
• LambdaTest KaneAI: Our latest AI test agent that allows developers to simply prompt and test, no code, no setup, just outcomes
• HyperExecute: A blazing-fast, smart test orchestration cloud that accelerates test cycles.
• SmartUI: Visual regression testing powered by AI to catch UI bugs proactively.

We’re building a platform where AI handles the complexity so that teams can focus on quality.

• Built for Scale and Performance: LambdaTest is engineered for high concurrency and scale. Whether you’re running millions of tests a month or deploying code every hour, the platform delivers stable, predictable, and fast execution, backed by enterprise-grade infrastructure.
• Customized for Every Industry: From eCommerce to finance, healthcare to SaaS, LambdaTest is battle-tested across high-impact verticals:
• Retail and eCommerce: Boohoo, Dunelm, City Furniture, and a $1B Retail Giant accelerated release cycles, achieved 9X test coverage, and boosted efficiency by up to 67%.
• Banking and Financial Services: Best Egg, LERETA, Raiffeisen Bank International, and Trepp LLC improved execution speed by up to 70%, scaled to millions of tests, and expanded automated coverage.
• SaaS and Technology: Boomi, Whatfix, Snap One, Locusnine, and Noibu achieved up to 78% faster cycles, increased efficiency by 100%, and trusted LambdaTest to eliminate deployment delays while boosting test confidence.
• Integration-Rich and Insight-Driven: With deep integrations across CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Azure DevOps, etc.), LambdaTest fits right into your existing DevOps ecosystem. Test analytics, smart test prioritization, and debugging insights are built in, so decisions are faster, and feedback loops are tighter.

From legacy frameworks to modern, AI-first test strategies, LambdaTest is building the foundation for the next generation of digital quality.

What’s Next?

The future of testing isn’t just faster, it’s intelligent, scalable, and enterprise-ready. At LambdaTest, we’re accelerating this shift by helping global teams:

• GenAI-Native Testing: Deliver digital confidence at scale through GenAI-native test orchestration and unified test intelligence.
• Autonomous Testing: Adopt autonomous testing that evolves with your code, detects issues earlier, and accelerates release cycles.
• Enterprise-Grade Workflows: Simplify enterprise-quality workflows with seamless integrations, advanced security, and multi-team collaboration.

As we are recognized in Forrester’s ATP report, we believe this recognition is a testament to our commitment to pushing the boundaries of AI-driven testing. With our AI-native platform, teams can deliver higher-quality software at speed, breaking down silos and fostering better collaboration across departments.

We are excited to continue innovating and providing businesses with cutting-edge solutions to transform their testing practices. – Asad Khan, CEO and Co-Founder at LambdaTest.

We’re committed to helping enterprises turn quality into a strategic advantage so that you can ship faster, smarter, and with confidence. Let’s build the future of testing together.

Final Thoughts

For enterprise teams navigating the challenges of continuous testing and quality at scale, LambdaTest offers a clear path forward. With GenAI-native test orchestration, cloud-based infrastructure, and deep observability, we help you ship faster with confidence, delivering exceptional digital experiences that drive loyalty, innovation, and long-term impact.

Forrester does not endorse any company, product, brand, or service included in its research publications and does not advise any person to select the products or services of any company or brand based on the ratings included in such publications. Information is based on the best available resources. Opinions reflect judgment at the time and are subject to change. For more information, read about Forrester’s objectivity here .

At LambdaTest, we believe that digital accessibility is crucial for creating inclusive mobile applications. With the rise of mobile apps, it’s more important than ever to ensure that they meet accessibility standards such as WCAG (Web Content Accessibility Guidelines) to make apps usable for everyone, including people with disabilities.

Earlier this year, we introduced our Android Accessibility Scanner, transforming the way teams approach accessibility testing. Now, we’re excited to announce that our Manual App Scanner now extends to iOS making it even easier for QA teams to ensure accessibility across both platforms.

Manual Accessibility Testing for iOS

Just like the Android Accessibility Scanner, our iOS scanner is fully integrated into LambdaTest’s manual testing environment, allowing teams to quickly identify accessibility issues in real-time while navigating through their apps. This means you can now run comprehensive accessibility tests for iOS apps too, all from the same platform, saving time and improving efficiency.

Key Features of the iOS Accessibility Scanner:

• Real-time scanning: Detects accessibility issues as you interact with your app.
• Comprehensive issue categorization: Accessibility issues are categorized by severity, enabling you to prioritize your fixes.
• Detailed remediation guidance: Each identified issue comes with a description and suggested fixes, making it easier to resolve.
• Multi-format reporting: Export reports in JSON, CSV, and PDF formats for easy sharing and documentation.
• Seamless workflow integration: Test directly on real iOS devices, without leaving your testing environment.

Note

Check out our support documentation to get started with the iOS Accessibility Scanner and elevate your app’s accessibility to new heights.

Why Accessibility Testing is More Important Than Ever

With increasing enforcement of accessibility standards and legal regulations globally, testing for accessibility is no longer optional. The benefits of embedding accessibility testing early in your development process are undeniable:

• Reduced legal risk: Proactively ensure your app is compliant with accessibility standards.
• Lower development costs: Catch issues early, saving time and money on late-stage fixes.
• Improved user satisfaction: Create a more inclusive app, ensuring a better experience for all users.
• Stronger brand reputation: Show your commitment to inclusion and accessibility, fostering trust among your users.

Conclusion

LambdaTest’s Manual Accessibility Scanner for iOS is here to make your accessibility testing process faster, easier, and more efficient than ever before. With seamless integration into your testing workflow, we’re empowering teams to build more inclusive apps without sacrificing quality or speed.

Happy Testing!

Locator failures are a meaningful problem for automation tests. A small UI change such as a renamed button and also an updated attribute or a new element hierarchy can cause brittle scripts to break so it leads to wasted debugging hours plus flaky builds and even slower release cycles.

LambdaTest introduces Smart Heal to solve this for Automation Tests on Real Devices. AI/ML algorithms give power to this new feature. Smart Heal automatically detects, analyzes as well as recovers from locator failures during runtime, ensuring your automation scripts stay quite resilient, even when the UI changes.

Challenges Before Smart Heal

Before Smart Heal, locator failures were a recurring problem for QA and Dev teams:

• Brittle Tests: Even small UI changes like renaming a button or shifting an element broke scripts, causing frequent failures.
• Time-Consuming Maintenance: Testers spent hours updating and fixing locators manually after every release.
• Pipeline Instability: CI/CD builds often failed due to locator issues, creating false negatives and slowing deployments.
• Delayed Releases: Teams had to halt or rerun pipelines just to address test flakiness, increasing release timelines.
• Poor Visibility: When a locator failed, there was no automated context or suggestions, debugging meant digging through logs line by line.

Key Benefits of AI-Native Smart Heal for Automation Tests on Real Devices

• Resilient Test Automation: Keeps automation stable by auto-healing locator failures during runtime, even when apps undergo frequent UI or DOM changes.
• Faster Shipments: Prevents test breakages in fast-moving release cycles, enabling quicker go-to-market without compromising quality.
• Reduced Maintenance Effort: Minimizes the time teams spend fixing broken scripts manually, letting them focus on expanding test coverage instead.
• Improved CI/CD Reliability: Ensures smoother pipeline executions by automatically handling flaky locator issues, reducing false negatives.
• Transparent Healing Logs: Provides full visibility with detailed logs, healed locator mappings, and before-and-after screenshots in the dashboard.
• AI-Native Debugging: Delivers intelligent suggestions when healing isn’t possible, helping testers strengthen locators proactively.
• Real-Device Accuracy: Healing happens on LambdaTest’s real device cloud, ensuring fixes are validated in environments that match end-user conditions.
• Continuous Baseline Updates: Keeps locator baselines fresh by learning from every successful run, making the healing mechanism smarter over time.

How Smart Heal Works

1. Baseline Creation

Smart Heal requires at least one successful test run as a baseline. During this run, all element locators are captured and stored. This baseline acts as the foundation for future healing attempts.

Tip: Ensure your project and test names remain consistent across runs for baseline application.

2. Baseline Updation

After every successful run, Smart Heal updates the baseline with the most recent fully passed build, keeping it aligned with the latest UI state.

3. Detection and Healing

If an element is missing in subsequent runs, Smart Heal leverages AI to analyze attributes, DOM hierarchy, and visual cues to find the closest valid match.

4. Retry with Healed Locator

Once a match is found, the step retries automatically with the healed locator, allowing the test flow to continue seamlessly. Both original and healed locators are logged for transparency.

5. Fallback and Suggestions

If Smart Heal cannot confidently heal, AI-driven suggestions are recorded in the dashboard to help you strengthen your locators.

Note

Enable AI Smart Heal in Your Tests. Here is the detailed documentation.

Review Healed Tests in the LambdaTest Dashboard

• Healing Action Logs: Access detailed logs showing both the original and healed locators, giving you full visibility into what was fixed during the run.
• Before-and-After Screenshots: View side-by-side screenshots of the UI before and after the locator healing, helping you understand how the healing process worked.
• Healed and Unhealed Elements: Easily filter and view tests where Smart Heal was applied. Healed elements are highlighted, while unhealed failures are marked in red.
• AI-Native Insights: When Smart Heal can’t confidently heal a locator, it provides AI-driven suggestions and insights in the dashboard to help you improve your locators.
• Session Summaries: Hover over healed test builds to see a summary of the healing actions performed during the session, making debugging faster and more efficient.

Get Early Access

Smart Heal is currently in closed beta and evolving rapidly with user feedback. If you’d like to try it for your team:

Reach out via our 24×7 chat or email us at support@lambdatest.com.
Once publicly released, Smart Heal will be included under AI credits.

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Whether you’re a solo developer, startup team, or growing company, you face the same challenge: How do you ensure quality without slowing down innovation?

Traditional testing forces teams to choose between speed and reliability. Complex tools take months to master, and enterprise solutions come with enterprise price tags.

That changes today.

After extensive beta testing, KaneAI is now rolling out for general availability. Every team can now access GenAI-Native testing capabilities without compromising between quality and velocity.

Gradual Rollout Due to Overwhelming Demand

The response to KaneAI has been incredible. Due to the overwhelming interest from development teams worldwide, we’re rolling out our free trial in a gradual manner to ensure the best possible experience for every user.

Here’s how it works:

• Sign up today to join the rollout queue
• We’ll notify you when your account is activated
• Want earlier access? Fill out a demo request for priority consideration

This measured approach allows us to maintain the high-performance standards you expect while onboarding teams at a sustainable pace.

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What KaneAI’s Free Trial Offers

We believe powerful testing shouldn’t be locked behind enterprise paywalls. With KaneAI’s free trial, you get immediate access to:

2 AI Agent Sessions

Two users can automate tests in parallel, letting your team collaborate without bottlenecks. Whether you’re pair-testing or dividing coverage, you’re not limited to single-user workflows.

2 Test Manager Seats

Collaborate, review, and oversee test projects as a team. Share insights, delegate tasks, and maintain oversight across your testing initiatives.

30-Day Free Access

A full month to explore, experiment, and integrate KaneAI into your workflow. Upgrade anytime to unlock more power as your needs grow.

Complete Feature Breakdown

Built for Real Teams, Real Problems

KaneAI’s free trial isn’t a watered-down demo, it’s a production-ready testing solution designed for teams who need results now. With intelligent session management (2-minute idle timeout keeps resources optimized) and enterprise-grade infrastructure, you get the reliability your projects demand.

The free trial removes the biggest barrier to adopting AI-powered testing: getting started. No credit card required, no lengthy evaluations, that make it impossible to assess real-world value.

The future of testing is here, and it’s more accessible than ever. Join thousands of teams who are already transforming how they build and ship software.

We’ve rolled out a set of updates to make your testing faster, smarter, and more reliable. From Playwright auto-heal and AI visual testing with SmartUI to real-device testing on Pixel 10 and iOS with Assistive Touch, plus mobile CI/CD with Appcircle, these features help you catch issues earlier and debug faster.

With improvements across KaneAI, HyperExecute, and accessibility testing, you can focus on fixing real-world problems instead of chasing false positives.

Live With Agent to Agent Testing Platform

We’re live with the industry’s first platform Agent to Agent Testing for testing AI agents, chatbots, voice assistants, and more under real-world conditions. This lets you test accuracy, reliability, efficiency, and overall performance, giving you confidence that your AI behaves as expected at scale.

Features:

• AI-Driven Test Generation: Automatically generate thousands of diverse test scenarios, extending coverage beyond manual approaches.
• Multi-Modal Testing: Test against inputs from documents, APIs, logs, images, audio, and more.
• Scalable Execution: Run tests in parallel using HyperExecute for rapid feedback and seamless CI/CD integration.
• Actionable Insights: Get detailed analytics on bias, hallucinations, completeness, behavior consistency, and security vulnerabilities.
• Smarter QA for AI: Continuously test AI agents at scale to reduce unpredictable behavior risks.

To get started, check out this Agent to Agent Testing guide.

Auto Heal Capability for Playwright Testing

We’ve added Auto Heal support in Playwright to address one of the most common pain points in automation testing: fragile locators.

You’ve likely had a test fail simply because a button ID changed or an element’s structure shifted after deployment. The feature worked, but your test suite still flagged a failure.

With Auto Heal enabled, Playwright automatically evaluates alternate locators at runtime and continues execution without interruption. This keeps your pipelines green when functionality is intact, reduces time spent identifying false failures, and helps you focus on testing actual defects.

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Test on Google Pixel 10 Series

We’ve added the Google Pixel 10 series to our real device cloud, which allows you to test on Google Pixel. You can test both web and native apps on them right away. By covering Pixel 10 early, you’ll catch OS- and device-specific bugs before your users do.

Benefits:

• Test web and mobile apps on real Google Pixel 10 devices.
• Reproduce issues tied to the latest Android releases.
• Expand coverage to a critical segment of early adopters.
• Test on real Android devices instead of relying on emulators.

Assistive Touch Support on Real iOS Devices

We’ve added support for Assistive Touch on real iOS devices. If you’ve ever tried to check accessibility flows without the right setup, you know it’s a hassle. Now you can turn on Assistive Touch during your sessions, run through those scenarios, and see exactly how your app behaves for users who rely on it.

Benefits:

• Enable Assistive Touch directly on real iOS hardware.
• Run accessibility checks as part of your regular testing flow.
• Spot usability gaps that affect users with assistive needs.

Test Visual and Accessibility Issues With SmartUI Web Scanner

We’ve released a SmartUI Web Scanner feature so you can catch both visual and accessibility issues directly from your browser.

Instead of manually checking pages one by one, you can scan thousands of URLs, compare builds with pixel-level accuracy, and run WCAG accessibility checks in the same flow. This helps you spot layout shifts, broken visuals, or accessibility violations before they reach production.

Benefits:

• Perform WCAG-compliant accessibility checks at scale.
• Schedule one-time or recurring scans on public or local websites.
• Test authenticated pages without extra configuration.
• Get direct access to SmartUI and Accessibility dashboards for detailed reports.

Live With SmartUI Visual AI Agent

SmartUI now comes with a Visual AI agent that rethinks visual regression testing by simulating human perception.

Instead of flagging every tiny pixel change, SmartUI Visual AI feature highlights only the differences that truly matter, so you can focus on meaningful UI changes and make faster, more accurate decisions.

Benefits:

• Focus on significant UI shifts without being distracted by minor pixel changes.
• Understand visual differences in a human-centric, context-aware way.
• Eliminate noise in test results to boost productivity and efficiency.
• Quickly pinpoint impactful UI updates for faster debugging and review.
• Streamline visual regression testing across multiple browsers and devices.

Intelligent Root Cause Analysis With SmartUI

We have rolled out a Smart Root Cause Analysis (RCA) feature. It is an intelligent assistant that turns visual test failures into actionable insights. Instead of spending hours debugging UI issues, Smart RCA identifies the exact DOM and CSS changes causing visual differences, letting you fix issues faster and with precision.

Benefits:

• Inspect exact HTML, CSS, and text changes between baseline and captured screenshots.
• Hover over different regions to highlight changes and click for detailed information.
• Access a structured RCA panel showing DOM path, computed styles, bounding boxes, attribute changes, tag transforms, text modifications, and layout shifts.
• Integrate seamlessly with the LambdaTest SmartUI dashboard and CLI tools.
• Quickly pinpoint the root cause of visual regressions to accelerate debugging and decision-making.

Fresh Set of Features in KaneAI

We’ve rolled out a new set of capabilities in KaneAI that help you create, manage, and run tests with greater precision and efficiency.

Author Mobile Browser Tests

With KaneAI, you can now author mobile browser tests using natural language instructions. This approach simplifies the test creation process, allowing you to specify your test objectives in plain language. KaneAI translates these instructions into executable test steps,

Benefits:

• Define test steps using intuitive language, eliminating the need for complex code.
• Select from a range of mobile devices to ensure comprehensive test coverage.
• Execute tests immediately to test functionality and performance.
• Easily integrate with your existing CI/CD pipelines for continuous testing.

Generate Visual Tests

Creating visual tests just became more intuitive. With KaneAI’s integration into SmartUI, you can now define visual checkpoints using natural language commands like /Visual Comparison.

This streamlines the process of capturing baseline screenshots and comparing them against new ones, all without the need for complex scripting.

To get started, check out this guide on visual test creation with KaneAI.

Benefits:

• Use natural language commands to initiate visual comparisons.
• Automatically capture baseline screenshots during the first test run.
• Detect even the smallest UI discrepancies with AI-driven analysis.
• Customize tests across various browsers, viewports, and devices.

Retry on Failure Support

Flaky tests can impact your CI/CD pipeline. To mitigate this, we’ve introduced a retry mechanism for KaneAI test runs. By setting retry_on_failure: true, you can automatically rerun failed tests up to a specified number of times, reducing false negatives and enhancing test reliability.

Benefits:

• Automatically retry failed tests to account for transient issues.
• Configure the number of retries to suit your testing needs.
• Improve the stability of your CI/CD pipeline by reducing manual interventions.
• Ensure more consistent test results across multiple runs.

Check out this guide to configure the API call for retrying failed tests.

Move KaneAI Test Cases Across Projects

Managing test cases across different projects can be cumbersome. We’ve simplified this by allowing you to move KaneAI test cases between projects seamlessly. This feature enhances test reuse and organization, ensuring that your test suite remains efficient and scalable.

Benefits:

• Move test cases between projects without the need for recreation.
• Reuse existing tests across different modules.
• Maintain a clean and organized test suite as your projects evolve.
• Save time and effort in managing test cases across multiple projects.

Support for Full HAR Network Logs and Timezone

Understanding network interactions and time-dependent behaviors is crucial for comprehensive testing. We’ve enhanced KaneAI test runs by adding support for full HAR (HTTP Archive) network logs and customizable time zones. This allows for detailed analysis of network requests and accurate validation of time-sensitive features.

Benefits:

• Capture detailed HAR network logs for in-depth analysis of network requests.
• Specify time zones for test runs to simulate user interactions across different regions.
• Debug network-related issues more effectively with comprehensive logs.
• Test time-dependent features under various timezone settings.

Head over to this guide to configure the API call for HAR network logs.

New Features in Accessibility Testing

Say goodbye to scattered audits – our latest updates in accessibility testing give you clearer insights, better visual context, and more precise tracking across your web pages.

Merge Accessibility Reports

We’ve added the ability to merge multiple accessibility reports into a single, consolidated report. If you’re testing multiple URLs or running several accessibility scans, this means you no longer have to juggle separate reports.

Simply select the reports, choose bulk actions, give your new report a name, and save. You now get a unified view of all accessibility findings, making analysis faster and reducing redundant data.

Benefits:

• Combine two or more accessibility reports into a single consolidated report.
• Automatically remove duplicate issues across overlapping URLs.
• Name merged reports with default timestamps for easy tracking.
• See which team member initiated the merge for accountability.

View Passed Test Cases

We now show passed accessibility checks alongside violations in your Web reports. This gives you a complete view of your app’s compliance, so you can track what’s working well in addition to what needs fixing.

It works for both manual and automated testing, helping you spot regressions, validate compliance, and provide clear feedback to developers.

Benefits:

• Display passed accessibility checks to give a full picture of compliance.
• Track previously passing tests to detect regressions over time.
• Generate comprehensive reports that highlight both successes and violations.

Screenshot Capability in Accessibility

We’ve added an accessibility automatic screenshot capture feature in both manual and automated accessibility tests. Screenshots highlight exactly where accessibility issues occur using annotated red bounding boxes.

This gives you immediate visual context, makes debugging faster, and ensures your documentation is accurate and actionable.

Benefits:

• Automatically capture full-page screenshots with visual annotations.
• Highlight accessibility violations with red bounding boxes for instant clarity.
• Reduce time spent manually pinpointing and describing issues.
• Available across all supported testing frameworks.

Fragment Identifiers

We have added a fragment identifier feature that allows you treat URLs with different fragment identifiers (the portion after the # in URLs) as separate entities. This is useful for single-page applications or complex pages with section-based navigation.

You can now track and resolve accessibility issues on specific sections, not just the page as a whole, which makes your audits more precise and actionable.

Benefits:

• Categorize accessibility issues by specific sections of a page.
• Track issues accurately in SPAs using hash-based routing.
• Generate detailed reports for individual page segments.
• Prioritize fixes efficiently by focusing on section-specific issues.

Latest HyperExecute Features and Enhancements

Our latest updates in HyperExecute bring more reliable waits, emulator support, BiDi testing, and language flexibility to help you catch issues faster and streamline test automation.

SmartWait Support

We now support SmartWait functionality on HyperExecute. SmartWait intelligently checks element actionability before performing actions, so your Selenium scripts run only when elements are ready. This reduces flakiness and improves efficiency, especially in parallel and distributed test environments.

Benefits:

• Perform actions only when elements are ready, improving reliability.
• Reduce reliance on explicit and implicit waits.
• Optimize test scripts for readability and maintainability.
• Improve test stability in parallel and distributed execution.

Chrome Browser Automation on Android Emulators

We’ve added Android emulator support for Chrome browser automation on HyperExecute, allowing you to test mobile browser workflows without physical devices.

This initial release focuses on Chrome emulation for Android, providing flexible options for mobile web testing.

Benefits:

• Test Chrome browser workflows on Android emulators (Android 11 & 12).
• Access command logs to debug automation steps.
• Record full session videos for detailed analysis.
• Capture screenshots at multiple stages of execution.
• View Appium, console, network, and device logs for troubleshooting.

You can generate automation capabilities using the LambdaTest automation capability generator.

Language Support for Maestro Android Automation

HyperExecute now lets you set language parameters for Maestro tests on Android devices. This is useful for testing applications in non-English locales, ensuring your app behaves correctly across different languages and regions.

Benefits:

• Configure language and locale in a hyperexecute.yaml file.
• Run tests in non-English environments (e.g., Spanish, French).
• Test localized behavior of apps without modifying scripts.
• Ensure consistency across internationalized user workflows.

BiDi Testing Support With Selenium WebDriver

HyperExecute now supports Bi-Directional testing with Selenium WebDriver. BiDi enables two-way communication between your tests and the browser, letting you capture real-time events like console logs, network traffic, and JavaScript exceptions directly from your scripts.

Check out this guide to begin HyperExecute BiDi testing.

Benefits:

• Interact with real-time browser events beyond standard WebDriver commands.
• Capture console logs, network activity, and JavaScript exceptions.
• Improve debugging and observability during test execution.
• Enhance test reliability by validating runtime browser behavior.

LambdaTest Integration With Appcircle

Siloed workflows can slow down development and make it harder to maintain quality. To tackle this, LambdaTest integration with Appcircle for Espresso automation testing brings enterprise-grade mobile app testing directly into your CI/CD pipeline.

Benefits:

• Automate Espresso tests on real Android devices within your CI/CD pipeline.
• Eliminate infrastructure overhead and simplify mobile test management.
• Streamline workflows by integrating testing directly into your DevOps process.
• Catch issues earlier, improving both speed and quality of mobile releases.

Wrapping Up

With these latest updates, LambdaTest continues to make testing faster, smarter, and more reliable across web and mobile, and agent testing. From real-device testing and AI-infused visual testing to enhanced automation features in KaneAI and HyperExecute, everything is designed to reduce friction and give you actionable insights.

Dive in, explore the new capabilities, and let these tools help you catch issues earlier, debug smarter, and ship with confidence.

As AI-driven testing evolves, ensuring accurate and consistent visual regression tests remains a challenge. Traditional AI models often miss subtle UI discrepancies or generate false positives. Additionally, managing visual tests across multiple devices and configurations can be time-consuming and manual, making it harder to scale testing efforts.

To address these challenges, we are introducing KaneAI-powered SmartUI Visual Regression Testing. By integrating KaneAI into SmartUI, automate the visual testing process using AI technology to detect smallest UI changes, eliminating manual effort and enabling teams to run accurate, real-time tests across various devices and browsers.

What’s New in SmartUI Visual Regression Testing?

With KaneAI integrated into SmartUI, visual regression testing is more efficient and reliable than ever. Here’s how it enhances your testing workflow:

• Automated Visual Comparison: Use natural language commands like /visual compare to trigger visual comparisons directly within test scripts, eliminating the need for manual screenshot comparisons.
• Automated Baseline Screenshot Capture: KaneAI automatically captures baseline screenshots during the first test run, establishing a reference point for all future tests, ensuring consistent visual checks across versions.
• AI-Powered Visual Change Detection: The AI engine compares new screenshots with baseline images, highlighting discrepancies for quick review. Visual changes can be easily approved or rejected based on these comparisons.
• Customizable Testing Options: Tailor your visual tests with options like custom browsers, viewport sizes, and devices to suit specific project requirements.

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Ready to streamline your visual regression testing with the KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature? Check out our documentation to get started!

How the KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature Works

The KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature automates visual regression testing, making it faster and more accurate. It integrates seamlessly into your testing workflow, offering several key steps:

1. Initiate a Web Test

Navigate to the KaneAI dashboard, click on “Author Browser Test,” and configure your test environment to get started.

2. Add Visual Comparison Steps

In the test editor, type / and select “Visual Comparison” to easily add visual tests to your script.

3. Define Screenshot Parameters

Customize the screenshot name, mismatch threshold, and type (viewport or full-page) to fit your project’s needs.

4. Run the Test and Review Results

Execute the test and review the differences between the baseline and newly captured screenshots on the SmartUI dashboard. Approve or reject changes with AI-powered insights.

Key Benefits of the KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature

Automating visual regression testing with KaneAI brings several advantages, enhancing your testing process in significant ways:

• Easy Authoring & Zero Code Integration: With KaneAI, leveraging SmartUI’s core services, visual test authoring is simplified. No coding skills are required just use natural language commands like /visual compare to add visual tests directly within your scripts. This AI-driven feature eliminates the need for complex setups, offering a seamless experience for your team.
• Greater Accuracy: Detects even the smallest discrepancies, providing higher precision in visual regression tests. This leads to more accurate test results and ensures your UI remains flawless.
• Real-Time Visual Test Feedback: As tests are executed, KaneAI delivers immediate visual feedback, allowing you to quickly review any discrepancies between the baseline and new screenshots. This speeds up decision-making, enabling quicker iterations and faster releases.
• One-Click Visual Regression: Gone are the days of manual comparison. With just a click, it captures baseline images, compares them with new tests, and highlights visual differences for quick approval or rejection.
• Easy Integration: The KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature integrates seamlessly into your existing CI/CD pipelines, enabling continuous testing without disrupting your workflow. This allows teams to maintain a steady pace of development while ensuring the UI’s visual integrity.

Conclusion

The KaneAI SmartUI Action Feature transforms visual regression testing by leveraging advanced AI to streamline and automate every step of the process. Gone are the days of manual comparisons and overlooked visual discrepancies.

Teams can now deliver consistent, bug-free user interfaces faster and more efficiently, even across diverse devices and browsers. It’s time to revolutionize your testing strategy, unleash the full potential of KaneAI SmartUI Action and experience the future of visual regression testing.

Happy Testing!

Integration among CI/CD pipelines and testing has proved to be the secret to success in this balancing act, but most teams are hampered by siloed workflows that slow down development and compromise quality.

To overcome this challenge, we have now integrated with Appcircle to address these issues by bringing enterprise-grade mobile test capability into your CI/CD pipeline so you can automate Espresso testing on real Android devices without worrying about infrastructure.

To get started, refer to this guide on LambdaTest and Appcircle Integration.

What Is Appcircle?

Appcircle is an enterprise-grade mobile CI/CD platform built to automate the entire development lifecycle for iOS and Android apps. Designed with scalability and security in mind, it works seamlessly across public cloud, private cloud (GCP, AWS, Azure), hybrid, and on-premises infrastructures, making it a fit for organizations with varied hosting needs.

Key highlights include:

• Faster releases: Cut app release time from days to minutes with streamlined workflows
• Flexible integration: Integrate with hundreds of steps and popular tools like Fastlane and SonarQube
• Unified code signing: Simplify signing management across apps and environments
• Enterprise-ready: Built-in security, SSO, and compliance to meet the demands of regulated industries

Why Does Mobile CI/CD Need Comprehensive Testing Integration?

Speed alone isn’t enough in mobile app delivery. Without comprehensive mobile app testing integrated into your CI/CD pipelines, fast releases risk going live with bugs, performance issues, or security flaws.

• Device Fragmentation Complexity: The Android platform is especially difficult with its huge variety of device configurations, screen sizes, and OS versions. Real device testing on your CI/CD pipeline ensures your app functions well in this fragmented world, catching device-specific issues before release.
• Faster Feedback Loops: Integrating testing into your CI/CD pipeline introduces real-time feedback loops, allowing teams to identify and correct errors in the same build cycle. This minimizes the time gap between when you introduce a bug and when you actually notice it, lowering the effort and cost of repair.
• Infrastructure Efficiency: Maintaining physical device labs or replicating complex test hardware takes away development resource efforts. Cloud-based testing integration removes this expense while offering the ability to utilize a wider variety of devices and configurations than most teams would be able to maintain in-house.
• Scalable Testing Operations: As your application and team grow, integrated Android automation testing on the cloud scales seamlessly with your CI/CD pipeline, leaving space for complex and recurring tests without requiring proportionate human management or testing infrastructure increases.

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How Does LambdaTest Integration with Appcircle Work?

The LambdaTest and Appcircle integration leverages the LambdaTest App Automation feature, which allows you to run automated Espresso tests on Android apps on the LambdaTest real device cloud.

This seamless integration enables your CI/CD pipeline to automatically execute comprehensive mobile testing without manual intervention or complex setup procedures.

Setting Up LambdaTest Integration in Appcircle

Step 1: Prerequisites

Before implementing the LambdaTest App Automation Espresso step, ensure your Appcircle workflow includes the necessary prerequisite steps for Android app building, as the integration requires both your application APK and test APK files to be available.

Step 2: Configure Environment Variables

Set up the required environment variables in your Appcircle project to securely store your LambdaTest credentials:

• LambdaTest Username ($AC_LT_USERNAME): Your LambdaTest account username for API authentication
• LambdaTest Access Key ($AC_LT_ACCESS_KEY): Your LambdaTest account access key for secure API requests

Security Note: Use Appcircle’s Environment Variables groups to store sensitive information like usernames and access keys securely, rather than hardcoding them directly in your workflow.

Step 3: Configure Input Variables

The integration requires several input variables for proper execution:

• APK Path ($AC_LT_APK_PATH): Automatically populated by your Android build step, pointing to your application APK
• Test APK Path ($AC_LT_TEST_APK_PATH): Automatically populated by your Android build step, pointing to your Espresso test APK
• Test Configuration ($AC_LT_PAYLOAD): Optional JSON string defining your test configuration parameters
• Timeout Setting ($AC_LT_TIMEOUT): Execution timeout in seconds (default: 600 seconds)

Step 4: Execute and Monitor

Once configured, the integration automatically uploads your APK files to LambdaTest, executes your Espresso tests on real Android devices, and provides comprehensive results through the output variable ($AC_LT_TEST_RESULT_PATH), making test results accessible for further processing or reporting within your CI/CD pipeline.

To access the source code of this component, please use the following link: Appcircle LambdaTest Espresso App Automate Component.

All in All

The integration between Appcircle and LambdaTest allows development teams to test their high-quality Android apps at enterprise scale. With the integration of Appcircle’s robust CI/CD capabilities and LambdaTest’s comprehensive mobile testing environment, teams are able to achieve the perfect balance between quality and speed in their development pipeline.

Now, both platform users can upgrade their workflows, and it’s available for free and paid users. Try our new Appcircle integration and share your comments on the LambdaTest Community. Or contact us on our chat platform or at support@lambdatest.com.

Happy Testing!

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