Smart TV apps power modern OTT growth, but testing across multiple TV ecosystems is complex and expensive. Muvi TV Labs eliminates the need for physical devices by offering a cloud-based Smart TV testing environment. Discover how you can build, test, and launch TV apps faster across platforms with zero hardware dependency. Continue reading
The OTT streaming business today depends not just on mobile or laptop streaming. Smart TVs have slowly become the new primary source of content consumption for millions of users across the globe. However, the TV ecosystem is not like mobile phones, where just 2 major operating systems rule, i.e., Android and iOS. The TV Ecosystem is far more complex and runs on multiple operating systems ruling different devices across the globe.
If you need to up the TV streaming game, there is more than one smart TV app you need to cater to. That is where the development challenges begin. Each TV brand and ecosystem runs on a different operating system, Android TV, tvOS, Vidaa OS, Tizen, webOS, Fire TV, and more. Testing apps across all these environments traditionally means buying and managing multiple physical TV sets.
This blog talks about a possible solution called TV Labs, a Muvi-backed product that aims to simplify app testing for multiple TV ecosystems.
What is the best way to test multiple TV apps? You will say, buy TV sets with each ecosystem, right? Well, the answer is not that simple. It’s never a single person who tests apps for an organization. There is usually a team that is involved. The developers, marketeers, product managers, beta testers, and the list can go on and on. A lot of employees come from different parts of the world, which again adds to the complexity. You cannot buy 10 TV sets for each concerned employee, and therefore, traditional testing does not work with TV ecosystems.
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For fast-growing OTT platforms, these challenges directly impact agility and time-to-market.
Muvi TV Labs is a cloud-based Smart TV testing environment designed specifically for TV app development. It is a secure remote testing environment where developers can deploy, test, debug, and validate their smart TV applications without the need to own any physical hardware.
With Muvi TV Labs, your team can remotely access virtual Smart TVs through a browser and test apps across multiple operating systems in real time. It removes hardware dependency and replaces it with a scalable, cloud-native testing workflow.
Whether you are an OTT platform owner, a broadcaster, or an enterprise streaming platform, Muvi TV Labs empowers you to test your smart TV applications from anywhere in the world.
Starting at just US$ 29 per hour per device, Muvi TV Labs works with just 2 very simple steps.
Connect with the Muvi team and request remote access. Once you receive credentials, simply log in and upload your apps.
Install your app, navigate the interface, and test every feature hands-on. Interact with the app as if it’s a real TV. Test US, navigation, and performance.
Muvi TV Labs is a simple yet powerful way to test major operating systems offiering real device-like behaviour for accurate testing. Here are a few features that make Muvi TV Labs a great choice for TV app testing.
With Muvi TV Labs deployed, your infrastructure costs reduce significantly. No physical TV sets needed. Simply log in and start testing.
Connect via TeamViewer to real Smart TVs. Navigate menus, install apps, & run tests just like you would on a physical device. Run your apps and test seamlessly just like you would do on a physical machine.
Muvi TV Labs is not restricted to one single version. You can check app compatibility across different models and OS versions of the same device, identifying issues early on various legacy and latest firmware builds.
Content security is of paramount importance with TV labs. Your content streamed is DRM-protected even in the testing environment, so that you can debug your streaming workflows with ease and identify any possible ways of breach.
Muvi TV Labs transforms Smart TV app testing from a hardware-bound process into a cloud-native experience. It empowers OTT businesses to adopt agile development practices for TV platforms, something that was traditionally difficult due to physical device limitations. Muvi TV Labs enhances the OTT app development cycle, thus enabling faster time-to-market for Smart TV apps. It enables a significant reduction in costs and makes testing approachable for global teams.
Want to learn more about Muvi TV Labs? Connect with our sales team today.
Written by: Shivashish
Shivashish works as a content writer at Muvi. He has worked in domains like e-commerce, employee engagement, sports and entertainment. A poet by heart, Shivashish believes in creating quality content that is rich in information and easy to understand.
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