There has been an exponential growth in the usage of wearable technology. Gartner forecasts that the worldwide shipments of wearable devices will increase by 25.8% in 2019. With such a rise, companies look to fast development and new testing techniques that would help them create robust apps for smartwatches and fitness bands. It is now time for QA companies to think about a new vertical that features both manual and automation testing of apps for wearable devices.
Trending Smart Wearable Devices In The Market
In this newsletter, we will share QASource’s experience of automated testing of the most common smart wearable devices - Smartwatches.
Focus Areas For Testing Smartwatches
Feasible Options For Testing Smartwatches
Automation Testing Tools For Smartwatch Testing
Appium: An open source automation testing framework - you just need to start the Appium server and connect it with smartwatch or emulator to develop and run the automation tests.
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Benefits
- Open source
- Single tool which can work on mobile and smartwatches in parallel to test different scenarios
- An easy-to-use Selenium API is used for Automation testing
- No need to modify apps for testing
Ranorex: A paid tool that provides a strong library for automation testing of smartwatch applications. Ranorex Studio enables tester to connect both Android and iOS based smartwatches with PC and develop the automation scripts using record and playback feature.
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Benefits
- Ranorex provides all testing types in one licence
- Provides huge library to test smartwatch synced with mobile phone application
- Built-in Selenium WebDriver capture the events of smartwatch application
- Provides the functionality for testing both Android and iOS based smartwatches
Core Smartwatch Testing Scenarios
- Connectivity and disconnectivity testing between smartwatch and smartphone
- Testing push notifications from smartphone
- Testing data synchronization on smartwatches and smartphones
- Smartwatch sensors testing while performing physical activities
- Testing of different connectivity types like bluetooth, NFC, and Wi-Fi
- Connection range testing by moving far from smartphone
- Smartwatch touch sensitivity testing with dry, sweaty, and tattooed skin
- Battery consumption checks
Smartwatch Automation Architecture Using Appium
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