Enhance your Smart TV App’s Experience with Data Science Driven Performance Insights
The One-stop-solution for Testing Smart TV App Experience
HeadSpin’s solutions make it simple and efficient for testing TV media content across different Smart TV, associated devices and Smart TV apps. Test apps on Smart TV, DRM-protected content, voice activation and speaker-based use cases and measure and monitor the user experiences.
HeadSpin supports the open source Appium framework natively. The open source Appium version can only support Apple TV 4th generation but not the Apple TV 4K. HeadSpin has developed a solution that works for network devices such as the 4K for Appium.
A high resolution camera is placed opposite the Smart TV being tested. This camera captures video and the captured content is continuously tested for its quality.
The audio from the device under test is captured through microphones and Bluetooth (if enabled) and can be analyzed via HeadSpin's audio match analysis.
Run thousands of tests parallelly at scale without worrying about device availability with our reliable global device infrastructure.
Benefits of HeadSpin’s Capabilities With Testing TVs
Increased efficiency through automated Smart TV testing
Ensure revenue growth and high user engagement
One platform for NFR & functional testing needs for smart TVs and testing for smart TV apps
Accelerate problem resolution through testing on real smart TVs
What Our Customers Say About Us
With HeadSpin's state-of-the-art device infrastructure, we were able to test our SDK in a key global locations and gain critical visibility into communications across the wire, including third party API calls and CDN effects.
Having a tool that allows us to quickly share access to a physical device, not a simulator or emulator, and allow anybody from QA to a designer or a developer [to check out was very important to us].
Q1. What are some of the key video/audio streaming scenarios that should be considered for Smart TV testing?
Ans: The capability to stream videos is one of the key factors behind the rising popularity of Smart TVs. The critical scenarios related to video and audio streaming include:
Video buffering with forward and rewind features
Audio and video sync
Streaming quality after internet re-connections
User experience quality with respect to attributes like blockiness, blurriness, and others
Seamless functioning with multiple apps and users
Q2. What are the primary use cases for testing remote control functionalities of Smart TVs?
Ans: While testing smart tv applications, testers must consider the following remote control use cases:
Testing if the TV can receive the IR signals from the remote control from a fair amount of distance or not
Testing whether the onscreen keyboard on TV is functioning correctly or not with the remote control input
Testing how the TV behaves for receiving the IR signals when the remote control with new and old batteries
Q3. Can HeadSpin simplify Smart TV testing with Appium?
Ans: HeadSpin natively supports the Appium framework. The open-source Appium version only supports Apple TV 4th generation but not the Apple TV 4K. To resolve this shortcoming, HeadSpin has built a solution that works for different network devices, such as the 4K for Appium.
Q4. How does HeadSpin give you a competitive advantage over its peers in Smart TV testing?
Ans: HeadSpin's data science capabilities offer a one-stop solution to test for a vast range of media content, including DRM-protected content. Additionally, it helps capture Quality of Experience and steaming performance KPIs including reference-free video MOS (mean opinion score) and different non-functional requirements beyond the conventional functional testing.
Discover how HeadSpin can empower your business with superior testing capabilities
Our Platform enables you to:
Accelerate time-to-market, gaining a competitive edge
Boost developer/QA productivity with faster development cycles
Automate build-over-build regression testing for consistent results
Gain better visibility into functional and performance issues
Reduce mean time to identify/resolve during test, QA, and production
Evaluate audio, video, and content quality of experience (QoE) effortlessly
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