Brands foraying into Smart TV space need to provide a superior user experience for better recall and engagement as there has been a great increase in Smart TV content consumption.<\/p>\n
So, why are Smart TVs becoming popular?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Content consumption patterns are changing with the arrival of Smart TVs. This is definetely because of the features and benefits that Smart TV bring on the table. Some of these features include:<\/p>\n User experience is mission critical while developing Smart TV applications. Unlike testing mobile apps, Smart TV apps<\/a> require a lot of efforts as testing is platform specific and most testing teams are new to the platforms.<\/p>\n Outlined below are the top tips while testing Smart TV applications:<\/strong><\/p>\n 1. Avoid Emulator<\/strong><\/p>\n Emulators are designed software<\/a> to provide simulation for important features of Smart TVs. As Smart TVs are expensive and it is difficult to arrange all the versions of the actual TVs, developers use emulators instead.<\/p>\n However, some of the\u00a0Smart TV platforms such as ROKU do not provide emulator and some others that provide emulators aren’t fully capable. This leads to improper testing.<\/p>\n Emulators may create other issues such as:<\/p>\n 2. Platform Store Guidelines<\/strong><\/p>\n Platforms have prepared guidelines for developers and testers so to help them verify the application before submitting them to a store. These platforms verify applications submitted to store basis these guidelines.<\/p>\n If proper Smart TV app testing<\/a> is done following the platform guidelines, it reduces the probability rejection up to 50%. You can check out the guidelines of \u00a0Tizen TV<\/a>, Apple TV<\/a>,\u00a0Android <\/a>and Roku<\/a><\/p>\n 3. Network Scenarios<\/strong><\/p>\n Mostly the app works fine under normal network conditions. However, at times\u00a0they behave unexpectedly especially when the network is low or not available. During such times, the app\u00a0may freeze, abruptly exit, distort images and links, create functional issues or corrupt the database.<\/p>\n Below scenarios should be included for smart Tv networking testing:<\/p>\n 4. Different Resolution<\/strong><\/p>\n With different resolutions such as\u00a08K, 4K, Ultra HD, Full HD, 720p, an app might work well on one resolution while freeze on the other. The culprit is CSS as it is written with pixel or EM. Most TVs don\u2019t support pixel CSS\u00a0and therefore much care must be taken by the dev team.<\/p>\n 5. Comparing with Competitor Apps 6. Core focus on App UI<\/strong><\/p>\n Testers have to think like designers in Smart TV testing because:<\/p>\n 7. Video \/ Audio Streaming<\/strong><\/p>\n The popularity of Smart TV comes from their capability of streaming videos. Hence, every scenario related to streaming should be properly tested. This includes:<\/p>\n Companies are building really cool products. User experience is at the core of product development<\/a>. While Smart TV application development remains to be a relatively new domain, a lot of players are already exploring it to provide seamless digital experience <\/a>to customers. In such times, testing becomes extremely important and a key to success in Smart TV space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Brands foraying into Smart TV space need to provide a superior user experience for better recall and engagement as there has been a great increase in Smart TV content consumption. So, why are Smart TVs becoming popular?\u00a0 Content consumption patterns are changing with the arrival of Smart TVs. This is definetely because of the features […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":860,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":10},"categories":[3479,3477,3917,1,1816],"tags":[3541,4471,3567,3570,3911,3645,3628,3981],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/860"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46580"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46580\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tothenew.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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\nSmart TV is new domain and testers as well as developers, are not much aware about Smart TV all the features, functionality, UI and capabilities. Thereupon, the features and functionalities should be checked on competitor apps or platform native apps. Comparing apps helps to determine a\u00a0scenario (for an example radio button is supported or not). As each platform has customized behavior, testers need to verify the limits of the platform by either dev documentation or previously built apps.<\/p>\n\n
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