Firebase has introduced its new app testing agent powered by Gemini on App Distribution, letting developers simulate real-world user flows and complete the testing process seamlessly. Currently available in preview, it is aimed to ensure high app quality and free developing teams from the hassle of app testing.
Here’s more about it.
Gemini-Powered App Testing Agent Introduced on Firebase App Distribution
In the process of ensuring that an app is of high quality before releasing it, developing teams are usually supposed to go through an app testing process. While manual testing is both time consuming and expensive, automated testing is hard to maintain and provides flaky tests. Bringing an end to all these and making this stage of app development more seamless, a Gemini-powered app testing agent has been brought to Firebase’s App Distribution as a preview. This will enable app developers to focus their time and efforts in building new features for their app, whereas the agent will do the testing for them.
Speaking more, this Gemini-powered app testing agent is a test case generation, management, and execution agent that allows users to define their test goals in natural language. AI is then used to understand as well as navigate through the app to simulate scenarios and depending on which, it will provide test results.
During action, developers will just have to create a test case with the required goals, add hints, and define the success criteria. As per the outcome, the agent will provide the test results – whether passed or failed. Developers will also be able to go to particular test runs and view the step-by-step breakdown, and also review screenshots and explanations for better understanding the testing process.
Therefore, the Gemini-powered app testing agent helps in automating and expanding functional and UI testing efforts, remain code-less so that it can be accessible to more team members, be of low maintenance by adapting to app changes, and run app tests at the same time on physical and virtual devices.
