Samsung’s Remote Testing Lab Lets Developers Use Physical Devices Remotely

Apr. 5, 2020

Installing and using an app on our phones is a pretty seamless task. However, the developers who make these apps have to run an array of tests before finally publishing an app on the Play Store. Now, to test these apps, developers often do not find suitable devices as there are so many different versions of Android and Samsung’s One UI is one such example. So, to help developers create efficient and optimised apps for the Galaxy devices, Samsung is providing flagship devices remotely to them.How? I hear you ask. Through theirRemote Testing Lab (RTL) Program.

The RTL program is one of Samsung’s developer-centric program that lets developers use the latest Samsung Galaxy devices – theGalaxy S20 seriesand theGalaxy Z Flip, remotely. What Samsung is doing is basically connecting some Galaxy devices to the cloud and allowing the developers to control the devices using any remote device of their choice with the necessary software.

So if you are the developer hoping to test your apps using this program, here is what you need:

So, these are your requirements and if you have all of these already, what are you waiting for?

Now,there are some constraints in the programsuch as you won’t be able to use any audio hardware and the multi-touch and the camera are also not supported in this remote testing program.

The program provides 20 credits to the developers each day that lets them use the devices for a maximum of 5 hours per day. So, Samsung’s aim here is to help Android app developers create apps for the OneUI devices effortlessly without needing to buy the expensive devices.

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