Battery Testing and assessment
Fully Automate Battery life and Performance testing on real end user actions.
Overview of Battery Testing
Smartphone battery testing is crucial for ensuring that a device's battery meets performance, safety, and longevity standards. This process involves evaluating various aspects of the battery's performance under different conditions and usage scenarios.
Key Highlights
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Supports any device Android or iOS​
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Works on any chipset
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Can be used on non-rooted devices for true end-user experience evaluation
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Understand the real end-user experience of battery life for devices and mobile services like 2G, 3G, 4G, and 5G
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Significantly reduce testing by fully automating all user activities
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Benchmark battery life by device, chipset, application, network settings and more
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Measure current and power consumption, battery depletion, temperature
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Fully standalone with no other equipment required the closest test to end users' behavior
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The solution selected by the EU Commission as the first Pilot application for smartphones and tablets Energy Labelling Regulation
User Actions
Calls
Camera
Web Browsing
Social Media
SMS/MMS/Email
Data
Music Playback/ Streaming
Video Playback/ Streaming
Standby / Idle
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Use cases
Media
Media technology reviewers conduct comprehensive and user-focused battery testing on smartphones to provide potential buyers with a clear understanding of battery performance. Their methods typically balance real-world usage scenarios with standardized testing procedures. Some common practises are: Battery benchmarking, Charging Speed Tests, heavy usage simulation, standby, video playback, temperature tests and others.
OEMs
Manufacturers combine several testing methodologies to ensure that the batteries used in smartphones are reliable, and perform well over the expected lifespan of the device. Battery life is key decision point for end users and they need to ensure superior battery life and performance.
MNOs Device
Mobile network operators (MNOs) conduct their own battery testing to ensure that the devices they offer meet specific performance KPIs under their network conditions. MNOs simulate different user profiles (heavy, moderate, and light users) to test battery performance. This includes varying the mix of voice calls, data usage, video streaming, and standby time.
Mission Critical
Testing smartphone battery performance for mission-critical networks involves rigorous and specialized procedures. These networks, such as those used by emergency services, defense, and other critical infrastructure sectors, require devices to perform reliably with good battery performance under extreme conditions and high-stress scenarios.
MNOs Network
Mobile network operators (MNOs) conduct extensive battery life testing to understand how network conditions impact smartphone performance. This testing helps ensure that devices perform optimally on their networks and provides valuable data for network optimization. Some of their testing procedures are weak signal testing, 4G vs 5G, WiFi vs Cellular, Network Congestion, Mobility, 5G SA vs 5G NSA.
Labs
Testing labs that specialize in smartphone battery testing conduct a variety of rigorous and standardized tests to ensure that batteries meet industry standards for performance, safety, and reliability. Some methods and procedures these labs use are battery life testing, discharge rate, power and current consumption.
App Developers
To understand how their apps impact battery life and optimize their software for better performance. Some of the activities include monitor battery consumption during app usage, conduct testing with various usage patterns, and optimize code for efficiency.
KPIs
There are several KPIs support by viSer test automation for a variety of test methodologies for Battery Testing on Android smartphones and tables as well Apple devices and iPads.
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Battery Temperature
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Battery voltage and current discharge
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Current usage breakdown per user actions
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Power usage breakdown per user actions
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Current Consumption Live
Sample Reports from Analytics Studio
