Device fragmentation is a key factor in designing the scope of device matrix for QA plan. Mobile app engineering teams keep a continuous watch on the market trends for this purpose. QASource's Mobile QA Group analyzed market statistics from various sources: Statista, IDC, comScore, Gartner and identified suggestions in this quarter's Mobicast newsletter. Hope you find these suggestions helpful in deciding what can be an ideal device matrix for your QA plan. We welcome your inputs to these knowledge updates and would be happy to take this as a continuous discussion to help our software engineering community.
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Open-source Automation Tools release updates are:
- Calabash-Android released a newer version 0.9.1.pre2
Download link | Release notes - Calabash-iOS released a newer version 0.20.4
Download link | Release notes - Appium released a newer version 1.6.4-beta
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Mobile OS release updates are:
- Apple released a newer iOS version 10.3.1 (build 14E304)
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* iOS version 10.3.1 links are accessible using Apple Developer account only - Google released a newer version Android O (Developer Preview 1)
Download link - Microsoft released a newer Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 15063 for PC and Mobile
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Mobile OS SDK release updates are:
- Apple released a newer Xcode version 8.3.1 (build 8E1000a)
Download link | Release notes* Xcode version 8.3.1 download link is accessible using an Apple Developer account only - Android SDK’s latest released dependency versions are:
- SDK Tools 26.0.1 - SDK Build-Tools 25.0.2 - SDK Platform-Tools 25.0.4 - SDK Platform 25.3
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