Adding a device

Suitest is a unique test automation tool that works with many types of devices and platforms. After configuring a device in your Suitest account you will be able to do many interesting things that were probably not possible for you before. For instance, you will be able to:

  • Control and execute commands on multiple devices at once.
  • Schedule a particular action on a group of devices.
  • Control local and remote devices with equal ease.
  • Test and debug apps on local and remote devices.

You can also benefit from Suitest public device lab or use Suitest-managed devices for live testing, test authoring and automated test executions (for more information contact our sales team).


In order to control all the different devices, Suitest is using its own control units. Suitest can be used for app testing on well-known platforms as well as proprietary environments, like TV or set-top box interfaces and internal software.

Supported devices, platforms and the controlling mechanism

Devices Platforms Control
Android TVs, consoles and set-top-boxes OS Android 5.0 or later Network & IR
Android mobile phones and tablets OS Android 5.0 or later Network
Amazon Fire TVs Fire OS 5.0 or later Network & IR
All Smart TVs operating HbbTV / Freeview Play HbbTV / Freeview Play IR *
All Smart TVs operating NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) NextGen TV (ATSC 3.0) IR *
All Smart TVs and set-top-boxes with infrared control Any HTML-based application IR
Browsers on Linux / MacOS / MS Windows Google Chrome / Microsoft Edge / Mozilla Firefox / Safari Network
Apple iPhones/iPads and iOS/iPadOS simulators iPadOS / iOS 13.0 or later Network
Apple TVs and tvOS simulators tvOS 11.2 or later Network
LG Smart TVs operating LG webOS LG webOS Network & IR
PlayStation 4 consoles PlayStation 4 (WebMAF) Network
PlayStation 5 consoles PlayStation 5 (WebMAF, Media SDK) Network
Roku boxes, sticks and TVs Roku OS 7.5 or later Network & IR
Samsung Smart TVs operating Samsung Tizen Samsung Tizen Network & IR
Sky boxes and TVs Sky Q / Entertainment OS Network & IR
VIDAA OS operating TVs VIDAA OS Network & IR
Vizio TVs Vizio SmartCast OS Network & IR
Xbox (One, Series X/S) consoles Xbox (One, Series X/S) Network
Xfinity / Xumo TV / XClass TV devices Xfinity / Xumo TV / XClass TV Network & IR
Xumo devices operating Entertainment OS Entertainment OS Network & IR
  • If the device runs also a platform that supports network control, then if you add that platform first, you may be able to control also the HbbTV / Freeview Play platform.

Adding a device to Suitest

  1. Open the list of your devices.

  2. Click Add device on the left side

  3. Select the device type and platform

  4. Complete the wizard