We're excited to announce that the Sauce Labs Real Device Cloud now supports Appium 3, the latest major release of the Appium framework.
Appium 3 is a "clean-up" release focused on being leaner, faster, and more secure. It removes legacy behaviors and deprecated protocols, making it fully W3C WebDriver compliant. This update helps you future-proof your test automation and improve performance.
Full W3C WebDriver Compliance: Appium 3 is fully W3C compliant, removing support for the legacy JSONWP protocol and deprecated endpoints.
Performance & Security: This release offers reduced test execution time, faster server startup, and a smaller memory footprint.
Inspector as a Plugin: The Appium Inspector is no longer a separate application and is now an official plugin that can be hosted directly via the Appium server.
Future-Proof Your Test Suite: By migrating to Appium 3, you align your tests with modern W3C standards and move off deprecated commands, ensuring long-term stability.
Run Faster, More Efficient Tests: Take advantage of the performance optimizations in Appium 3 to get faster feedback and reduce test execution times.
Test with the Latest Standards: Ensure your mobile applications are compatible with the very latest in open-source automation technology, just as your users will experience it.
You can start testing with Appium 3 on the Real Device Cloud today. In your test capabilities, simply specify the new version: