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Appium 2.0 in 2025: The Future of Mobile Test Automation Mobile automation remains a cornerstone of product quality as mobile-first and multi-device apps continue to dominate. Appium — the open-source cross-platform automation framework — shipped a major rework in version 2.0 that modernized its architecture, introduced a plugin/driver ecosystem, and made it easier to run tests reliably across devices and clouds. This post explains the Appium 2.0 architecture, core features, best practices for 2025, comparisons to other mobile automation options, scaling strategies (parallel runs, cloud farms), and future directions. 1. Executive summary Appium 2.0 moves Appium from a monolithic server bundling drivers to a modular, plugin-driven core where drivers and plugins are installed and managed separately. This reduces bloat, lets teams pick only the drivers they need (Android, iOS, Flutter, Windows), and opens the ecosystem to third-party plugins for images, gestur...

Selenium 5: What’s New and Why It Still Matters in 2025 data-full-width-responsive="true"> Selenium has been the backbone of web automation testing for over a decade. From the early days of Selenium RC to WebDriver and the release of Selenium 4, it has enabled QA engineers worldwide to automate browsers reliably. But as modern frameworks like Playwright and Cypress gained attention, critics started asking: “Is Selenium dead?” In 2025, the answer is clear: Selenium is not dead — it has evolved. With the release of Selenium 5 , the project has modernized to support new browser technologies, improve stability, and remain a cornerstone of test automation strategies. 1. Introduction — Selenium’s Legacy Selenium started in 2004 as a tool to automate browsers for functional testing. Over the years: Selenium RC gave way to Selenium WebDriver. Selenium Grid enabled parallel execution at scale. Selenium 4 introduced W3C WebDriver com...