Real hardware, on demand
Owning test devices means buying phones, rooting them, wiring up a rack, and replacing them as new models ship. Testnova provisions real browsers and real Android devices from the cloud for the length of a run and releases them after. You get device-accurate results without any of the hardware or upkeep.
- Real Android phones and real desktop browsers, not emulators or simulators.
- Provisioned per run and released after, so you pay for use, not idle racks.
- The same test cases run across web and mobile from one platform.
- Screenshots, logs, and a clear pass or fail for every device run.
Why emulators aren’t enough
Simulators approximate a device; they don’t reproduce real touch behavior, real rendering, real performance, or real network conditions. The bugs that reach users often live exactly in that gap. Testing on real hardware is the only way to catch them before release, which is why Testnova runs on the real thing by default.
Tests that write and maintain themselves
Real device testing usually still leaves you writing and fixing the scripts. Testnova generates the tests from plain English, grounds them in your live app, runs them on real devices, and repairs them when the app changes, so the device cloud isn’t the only part that’s automated.
iOS is on the way
Real Android device testing is live today. iOS real-device testing is coming, and the same plain-English cases will extend to it when it lands, so your suite is ready the day it ships.
Frequently asked questions
What is real device testing?
Real device testing runs your tests on physical phones and real browsers rather than emulators or simulators, so results reflect what users actually experience. Testnova provides real Android devices and real cloud browsers on demand, with no device lab to build.
Why not just use an emulator?
Emulators approximate a device but miss real touch gestures, rendering, performance, and network behavior, which is exactly where many user-facing bugs live. Real hardware catches issues an emulator silently passes.
Do I need to buy or manage any devices?
No. Testnova provisions real devices and browsers from the cloud per run and releases them afterward, so there is no hardware to buy, root, or maintain.
Does it support iOS devices?
Real Android device testing is available today. iOS real-device testing is coming soon; when it launches, the same test cases will run on it without rework.
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