While standard automation frameworks remain foundational for UI-level validation, modern native apps need capabilities beyond traditional UI drivers. For engineering and platform teams optimizing release velocity, framework-based setups can introduce a teardown tax and lack the direct OS-level and device access needed to validate complex, AI-embedded mobile experiences.
By shifting to a programmable device infrastructure with the Real Device Access API, now available on both public and private devices, teams can control real iOS and Android devices directly through simple HTTP requests.
Key Outcomes:
Cut test failure MTTR: Debug failed runs on the live device, with video, logs and network capture streaming together.
Build your AI-driven workflows: Video streams optimized for computer vision and an MCP-ready architecture let agents use devices as native tools.
Unlock use cases: Gaming, security testing, performance benchmarking, soak tests, and more.
Debug without leaving the editor: Open the live device, its logs and shell inside VS Code, Cursor or Android Studio with the Sauce Labs IDE plugins.
See the proof: Learn how an enterprise customer replaced manual device testing with programmable real-device automation and released up to 40% faster.

Ashwini Sathe
Senior Product Marketing Manager

Sangit Patel
Solution Engineering Team Lead, Sauce Labs