You can now use VoiceOver on real iOS devices to manually test the accessibility of your mobile apps.

This means you can check how well your digital experience works for people who rely on screen readers—especially those with visual impairments. 

VoiceOver reads out loud what's on the screen, helping users navigate and interact with your content without needing to see it.

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In addition to launching this feature, we’ve also introduced:

• Support for locally or internally hosted web pages using Tunnel for scheduled accessibility scans.
• Seamless bug reporting using the mark as bug feature.

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To enhance security and ensure an uninterrupted user experience, the existing security certificate for LambdaTest Tunnel binary will be replaced with a renewed security certificate, effective January 2, 2025.

Therefore, to maintain seamless connectivity and service, please update your tunnel binary to the latest version, 3.2.10.

If you have any questions or need assistance, please reach out to us at support@lambdatest.com.

We’ve upgraded the UnderPass application from Electron v7 to the latest Electron v32. This means you’ll enjoy better stability, faster performance, and seamless compatibility across all operating systems.

But that’s not all—EU users, we’ve got you covered! UnderPass is now available in the European Union. 

Important: To test a server that requires IP whitelisting, simply establish a local testing connection and whitelist the following IPs for the respective domain: http://ts.lambdatest.com/

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We have made a few improvements in Web Automation to offer a significant boost to your web testing experience on LambdaTest. 

The enhancements include:

Faster Boot Time for iOS Simulator App/Web Testing ⚡ 

Now experience significantly faster boot times for iOS simulators, leading to a more efficient and streamlined testing process. This allows you to focus on creating high-quality tests and delivering exceptional app/web experiences.

Fast and Improved Tunnel With Sock Protocol Support 🌐 

Experience a significant improvement in LambdaTest Tunnel connection speeds with Sock protocol support. This translates to faster and more reliable communication between your local machine and the LambdaTest cloud grid.

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Presenting our all-new UnderPass desktop application, available now for both Windows and macOS!

Here's the scoop on what's fresh:

• Redesigned User Interface: We revamped the UI for a more user-friendly experience. 💻
• Diverse Login Options: Now, log in with your email and password or choose the ease of Google, GitHub, or SSO. 🔐
• Multiple Tunnel Management: Our upgraded application lets you handle multiple tasks at once. Efficient, right? 🚇
• Advanced Configuration: If you're into detailed setups, we've got advanced tunneling options for both basic and intricate needs. 🔧
• Streamlined Log Sharing: Debugging is a breeze with our easy log copying feature. 🔍

To get started, refer to the documentation LambdaTest UnderPass.

Smart UI

• Perform Smart UI testing with Storybook 7 and get enhanced component visualization, testing, and collaboration capabilities.
• Smart baseline strategy for SmartUI to streamline the process of updating baselines for approved screenshots, reducing manual intervention, and improving the overall efficiency of the testing workflow.

• Now take multiple screenshots in a build and give them the same name. This is useful for comparing different stages or elements, as you're not limited to just one screenshot with the same name in a build. This overwrite screenshot feature in Smart UI will replace (overwrite) the latest screenshot with the previous ones in that build.

ACCOUNT MANAGEMENT

• New security features in the LambdaTest Tunnel to configure security options for the tunnel to restrict tunnel creation to specific users, turn tunnel sharing on or off, and control which local domains are accessible (or inaccessible) through the tunnel. 
• Audit logs in LambdaTest Tunnel for user and organization-level activities to monitor account activity, detect unauthorized access, investigate security incidents, track user-level and organization-level activity history, and audit compliance with security policies.
• Password and access key expiry policy to let organization administrators set the duration of password and access key expiry. After that, users can create a new password and/or use the regenerated access key. Admins will also be able to exempt certain users from the application of this policy. 
• LambdaTest integration with Zenkit for tracking and managing bugs and issues. With this integration, you can effortlessly log bugs directly from the LambdaTest platform to your Zenkit instance, eliminating the need to maintain tasks and issues manually. 

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APP AUTOMATION

App Automation on Emulators and Simulators 

LambdaTest now supports App Automation on Emulators and Simulators. With this feature, you can automate mobile apps on a virtual device cloud of Emulators and Simulators. Currently, this feature is available in the Beta phase, with support for the Appium framework.

SmartUI

DOM Comparison for Playwright and Puppeteer

While performing visual regression testing, if you have any dynamic elements that are not in the same position across test runs, you can now ignore/select a specific area to be removed from the comparison using the Playwright and Puppeteer framework. 

Refer to the documentation to get started - Handle Dynamic Elements in SmartUI.

TEST INTELLIGENCE 

AI-Native Flaky Test Detection 

LambdaTest Test Intelligence platform is now live with flaky test detection to help you identify the flaky tests in your test suite. It provides you with a list of tests that are flaky and the reason behind the flakiness of the test. 

You can also view the history of the flaky tests and the number of times the test has failed in the past. This helps you to identify the flaky tests and fix them to improve the quality of your test suite.

Check the documentation - Flaky Test Detection with Test Intelligence.

LAMBDATEST TUNNEL

New Tunnel Flags for NTLM Authentication

LambdaTest Tunnel now offers support for NTLM authentication, a Microsoft-specific authentication mechanism used on IIS Servers. To use this feature, we've introduced two new flags: --ntlm-username and --ntlm-password.

REAL TIME TESTING

Test on the Latest iPhone 15 Simulators with iOS 17

You can now test your web and native mobile apps on the latest iPhone 15 Series running iOS 17. The available iPhone 15 Simulators include the following models: 

• iPhone 15
• iPhone 15 Pro, Pro Max
• iPhone 15 Plus 

INTEGRATIONS

LambdaTest Integration With Axosoft

LambdaTest now offers integration with Axosoft to enable the creation and management of bugs or issues directly from the LambdaTest platform.

To use this integration, visit the documentation - LambdaTest Integration With Axosoft.

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Hey Testers 😀 

With the latest tunnel binary release, we have added a new capability -allowHosts to provide domains that will be resolved from the LambdaTest Tunnel binary and the rest from the LambdaTest servers.

Using the -allowHosts capability will reduce latency during test execution as data will be transferred from the tunnel client. Additionally, you can use this to control the flow of traffic from a user's network.

–allowHosts <comma_separated_domains>

Shown below is an example of -allowHosts capability 👇 

./LT  --user <username> --key <secret> –allowHosts google.com,apple.com, amazon.com 

Hello Testers 👋

After receiving a warm response and constructive feedback, our Underpass app is now out of beta testing. Experience a more stable, secure and faster UI-based desktop application to help you perform browser testing of your locally hosted projects with ease. 

The latest version is 1.8.3041 

1. Differentiate Updates With Colour Codes: 
With colour codes you can easily differentiate the updates that occur on the Underpass tunnel logs screen. Thus helping you acknowledge warning or error messages with ease. 

2. Easy To Access & Share Log Directory from the main screen: 
We have made the cumbersome process of finding the log directory link easy. Now you can access and share the path directly from the main screen. 

3. Ability to Change the Log Directory Path:
Now you can change and choose your desired log path using GUI in Underpass.

4. Performance Enhancements:
We have also improved the performance of the Underpass app and worked closely on the stability issues and key enhancements.