Mobile testing services covering iOS and Android mobile devices

Mobile Testing

Why mobile testing is important

For many websites, the majority of visitors arriving at the site - navigating, browsing, searching, trying to find relevant information about your company or perhaps find a product and make a purchase - are using a mobile device.

Mobile devices, such as iPhones, iPads or their Android equivalents, have very different screen sizes to laptops and desktops and also use touch screens instead of a mouse.
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These differences may seem obvious but it means that every website needs to cater for a wide variety of different screen sizes or viewports, and for visitors tapping and swiping on their screen instead of clicking and scrolling. And this needs to not only work correctly for mobile users and desktop users but to work well, so there is no confusion or difficulty just because they are using a mobile device.
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The best way to make sure your website works well on iOS and Android devices, for smartphone and tablet sizes, covering different mobile browsers, is to test thoroughly.
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Mobile testing approaches

There are many different mobile devices, all iOS and iPadOS devices from one single manufacturer and a multitude of Android devices from dozens of manufacturers. Factor in major new operating system versions released every year and new devices released continuously. We plan different approaches for which devices, OS versions and mobile browsers we cover for each project.

Our mobile device list

We maintain a standard list of mobile devices that we cover for the majority of web projects and mobile apps. This includes recent iPhone and Android devices with the latest versions of iOS and Android. We cover both smartphone and tablet sized devices and test on Safari for iOS or iPadOS and Chrome for Android.

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Detailed mobile device list

For some websites and mobile applications, we test across a more detailed list of mobile devices, OS versions and mobile browsers. This usually includes the latest 2 or 3 versions of both iOS and Android plus multiple browsers for each platform. It also includes Android devices that have customised versions of Android, such as Samsung. The detailed list is always prepared in consultation with our client.

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Reduced mobile device list

When budgets for the project are limited or already stretched, or the testing has very short timescales, we offer options to test on a more limited set of mobile devices. There is a risk that some issues could get missed but some mobile compatibility testing is extremely beneficial to the project, so the risk is usually outweighed by the urgency of the testing or budget considerations.

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Specific mobile device list

Occasionally, the project we are testing is designed to be supported on very specific mobile devices. This is usually where our client has more control over the devices users have access to and so we can be more specific with the set of browsers that are covered in testing. We've previously tested on 22-inch Android tablets for in-store kiosks, Android tablets issued to pub managers and their staff and Windows tablets issued to staff members.

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Mobile Testing

Mobile Testing Services

Mobile Testing is one of the testing types that are included in our Testing Services - and we carry out mobile compatibility testing for the majority of projects whether for an ongoing service, such as Testing On Demand or Retained Testing, or a project-based service for testing new websites or web applications.

As new major versions of iOS and Android are released each year, it is important to test your websites and applications regularly on a range of mobile devices, operating system versions and browsers.

As part of an ongoing testing service, we can do that regular mobile testing automatically, on an agreed list of devices and OS versions.

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Mobile Testing Projects