It’s that time of the year again when forecasts and predictions fly thick and fast because people want to know what the New Year has in store for them! Is it going to be an awesome year? Will things be great, good, bad or ugly? Will my fortunes soar? Will Lady Luck smile on me?
Well, allow me to let you in on a little secret – Actually, the best way to predict the future is to create it! Thomas Jefferson once said, “I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work - the more I have of it!” Wise words indeed!
Coming to Mobile App Testing, what does 2022 hold for this important field? In this blog we are going to read its future not based on what the stars foretell, but based on hard facts and trends that have been developing over the past year or so. A point to be noted is that in general, anything that lends speed and accuracy to the testing process is currently trending and will continue to trend in 2022. This is not surprising, considering the tearing hurry that mobile apps are in today, to get to the market before competitors!
So here are the Trends for Mobile App Testing that we see for 2022.
1. Exodus from Manual Testing to Automated Testing
2. The Increasing Use of AI and ML in Testing
3. Voice-enabled Testing
4. Script-less Test Automation
5. Cloud-based Testing
6. Growth of CI/CD in the Testing Field
7. Shift towards DevOps and Agile Methodologies
8. Robotic Testing
Let’s briefly touch on each of these and yes, we’ll tell you why each of these are trending!
1. Exodus from Manual Testing to Automated Testing
With the pandemic, businesses started going digital and everyone was in a hurry to get the apps and their updates to the market early! The time available for testing got severely crunched and that’s the reason why the shift to automation began to pick up. According to a report by Markets and Markets, the global Automation Testing market size is expected to grow from USD 20.7 billion in 2021 to USD 49.9 billion by 2026 – a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 19.2% during the forecast period. So if you are not yet on the testing automation train, then maybe you’d want to start exploring it at the earliest.
2. The Increasing Use of AI and ML in Testing
The AI/ML Industry is expected to grow at a CAGR of 33% by 2027. Mid 2021 itself saw a 22% increase across industries, in the size of the market as compared to 2020! The market size by Industries or Sectors was the highest for the IT Services sector, followed by the Technology sector (including Software and Hardware firms), with a market share of 35% and 23.3% respectively. There is no doubt that AI/ML has great potential in the testing sphere and you’d definitely like to watch this trend in 2022.
3. Voice-enabled Testing
We also expect to see a cool new feature of voice-enabled testing trending in 2022. Though this is relatively new in the testing sphere, it is likely to pick up in 2022. BOTm is the forerunner in this field and has exclusively incorporated this unique feature on its platform. This feature allows the user’s voice to instruct Alexa and Alexa’s voice acts as an input to perform various tests on real devices based on pre- recorded scripts. Watch out for the growing use of this awesome feature for testing - in 2022!
4. Script-less Test Automation
Script-less or codeless testing is another testing trend to keep an eye on in 2022. There’s so much innovation happening in the digital space. Every feature that supports speed and accuracy in testing, are going to find place in the testing world. Script-less test automation is definitely another trend in this direction. It is a great time saver and reduces coding errors that can prove very costly in terms of time, money and reputation. No wonder it is trending!
5. Cloud-based Testing
Since the 2020 pandemic there’s been an increasing shift toward the virtual space and the 2nd wave in 2021, only strengthened this trend. Cloud hosted testing platforms facilitate parallel testing of numerous devices and browsers which can prove very expensive and tedious if done in the physical realm. Remote servers hosted on the Cloud that can store, manage, and process data are likely to have a greater fan following in the testing world in 2022.
6. Growth of CI/CD in the Testing Field
The process of Continuous Integration (CI) and Continuous Deployment (CD) is another great way to cut down on testing time and yet support accuracy. Hence this is another area that the testing sphere will see movement towards. CI/CD makes testing a continuous process and cuts down the slack time between development and testing. Hence this process is expected to be increasingly used in 2022.
7. Shift towards DevOps and Agile Methodologies
The increased trend towards automation, has spurred an increasing shift from Waterfall to Agile Models in software development and testing, and this trend is expected to continue in 2022. According to a Market Research Report by Facts and Factors, the global Agile Development and Testing Services market & revenue share, is expected to grow at an 18% annual CAGR during forecast period of 2021-2026. So if you’ve not yet moved to this model, it’s definitely time to do so.
8. Robotic Testing
Robotic Testing has immense potential to bring speed and accuracy to the testing process and this field has been steadily gaining ground. According to a Gartner forecast, the global Robotic Process Automation (RPA) software revenue, which was projected at $1.89 billion for 2021, is expected to grow by double digits through to 2024. This is therefore another testing trend to keep an eye on in 2022.
There you have it – Trends for Mobile App Testing for 2022. If you are looking for a testing platform that is ahead of its time and incorporates the trends expected in 2022 and beyond - you’ll find it at BOTm.
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