Element34
Real Device Cloud · Mobile testing

Private real device cloud for enterprise mobile testing.

Run your iOS and Android tests on real devices, emulators, and simulators inside your private SBOX. Same Selenium, Playwright, and Appium frameworks your team already uses. Same security posture as your browser tests.

  • Real iOS + Android
  • 3 deployment models
Deployment
3 models
Frameworks
Selenium · Playwright · Appium
Data egress
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Selenium Box · Real Device Cloud
Live device pool
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Device pool 6 of 12 available · single-tenant
iPhone 15 Pro
iOS 18.1
Pixel 8 Pro
Android 14
Galaxy S24
Android 14
iPad Pro 13
iPadOS 17
iPhone 14
iOS 17.6
Pixel 7
Android 14
Deployment model
Element34-managed
Single-tenant device pool, fleet ops by E34
Active
Customer-provided
Your devices, SBOX bridge exposes them
Fully isolated
Air-gap, no external connectivity
Framework support
Selenium WebDriver Playwright native context Appium 2.x
Available now In active session Pool wiped between sessions
Banking & Financial Services
Mobile banking, behind the firewall

Test the banking app on real devices without sending PII to a public mobile cloud. Same SBOX deployment as your web tests.

Zero data egress
Insurance & Healthcare
PHI-safe device runs

Test patient-facing iOS and Android apps with the same private-cloud guarantees as your browser tests. HIPAA-aligned architecture.

HIPAA-aligned
Government & Public Sector
Fully isolated device farm

Customer-owned devices in customer racks. Air-gap ready. USB device pools work with the SBOX bridge.

Air-gap ready
MedTech & Mobile-first teams
Run Selenium, Playwright, and Appium on one grid

Selenium, Playwright, and Appium share the same device pool. No second tool to learn. No second contract.

Framework agnostic
The mobile testing gap

Your web tests run behind the firewall. Your mobile tests still don't.

Every regulated enterprise has the same uncomfortable split. Browser tests run in a private grid because compliance demands it. Mobile tests run on a public device cloud because that is what the market offered. Real Device Cloud closes the gap.

Pain pattern 01

Public-cloud mobile data

Symptom. Mobile tests upload screenshots, session traces, and sometimes credentials to a public device cloud. Compliance flags it on every audit. Engineering chooses between coverage and approval.

Real Device Cloud response Devices live in your SBOX deployment. Element34-managed runs in an isolated tenant, customer-provided runs in your VPC, fully isolated runs on your own racks. Element34 has no visibility into the device session.
Pain pattern 02

Two tools, two contracts

Symptom. The web testing platform is private and contracted. The mobile testing platform is public and metered. Different APIs, different credentials, different observability tools.

Real Device Cloud response Same SBOX. Same dashboard. Same capability flags. Selenium and Playwright tests run alongside Appium tests on one private grid.
Pain pattern 03

Maintain a real device fleet

Symptom. Buying, racking, cabling, and maintaining a real device fleet is a full-time job. Operations teams cannot keep up with iOS releases, Android variants, and battery cycles.

Real Device Cloud response Element34-managed handles fleet operations end to end. Customer-provided gives you control with Element34 running the bridge. Fully isolated hands you the full stack.
Three deployment models

Pick the deployment model that matches your compliance bar.

Real Device Cloud is the same product across three operational models. Choose by your compliance posture, how much device-ops your team wants to own, and your existing SBOX deployment. Move between models without rewriting tests.

Model 01

Element34-managed

Element34 hosts the device farm in a single-tenant private deployment. Engineering team connects through the SBOX grid. Element34 handles device acquisition, racking, OS updates, and fleet rotation.

Best fit Customers who want real-device coverage without standing up a device-ops practice. Compliance constraints met by single-tenant isolation.
Model 02

Customer-provided

Customer owns and physically hosts the devices. Element34 provides the SBOX bridge that exposes the devices to the test grid. Same SBOX UI, same Appium endpoints, but the metal lives in the customer's racks.

Best fit Customers who already have a device lab and want SBOX to drive the existing fleet. Bring-your-own-devices model.
Model 03

Fully isolated

Customer-owned devices, customer-hosted SBOX, customer-managed bridge. Air-gap deployment. No external connectivity required for test execution. Element34 ships the software, customer operates the whole stack.

Best fit Defense, government, and high-compliance financial customers with hard air-gap requirements.
Devices

Element34-managed pools carry the device set most enterprise customers actually ship against. iOS flagships, Android flagships, iPad form factors, and selected legacy devices for backward-compatibility coverage. Customer-provided and fully isolated deployments carry whatever the customer hardware lab maintains.

Category 01
iOS flagships
iPhone 15 Pro
iOS 18.1
iPhone 15
iOS 18.1
iPhone 14
iOS 17.6
Category 02
Android flagships
Pixel 8 Pro
Android 14
Galaxy S24
Android 14
Pixel 7
Android 14
Category 03
Tablets
iPad Pro 13
iPadOS 17
iPad Air
iPadOS 17
Galaxy Tab S9
Android 14
Category 04
Legacy / regression
iPhone 12
iOS 17.6
Pixel 6
Android 13
Galaxy S22
Android 13

Sample shown. Final Element34-managed pool confirmed at deployment time. Customer-provided pools carry whatever the lab maintains.

Framework support

Selenium, Playwright, and Appium hit the same device pool.

Real Device Cloud serves the same private SBOX grid that already runs your Selenium and Playwright browser tests. Your team calls Appium the same way it already calls WebDriver. Same authentication, same capability format, same observability.

Framework 01

Selenium · WebDriver

Native browser testing on iOS and Android. Same Selenium API your team already writes against. Real devices instead of headless emulators where it matters.

Java · JavaScript · .NET
Framework 02

Playwright · Native context

Playwright native context targeting iOS and Android.

Java · JavaScript
Framework 03

Appium · Native apps

Standard Appium endpoints. Native iOS and Android app testing. The capability flag set extends the Selenium / Playwright config you already use.

XCUITest · UiAutomator2
Activation

One addon. One capability set.

Real Device Cloud activates as an addon to your existing SBOX instance. The capability set extends your current WDIO config with platformName, deviceName, and platformVersion. Pricing is structured separately from the core SBOX license.

Add to your capabilities Available

wdio.conf.js · Appium
1// Appium capabilities for a real device on the SBOX private grid 2capabilities: { 3 'sbox:endpoint': 'https://grid.private.element34/wd/hub', 4 'e34:token': 'jenkinshardcap12', 5 'e34:buildName': 'mobile-release-2026.06', 6 'platformName': 'iOS', // ← real device target 7 'appium:deviceName': 'iPhone 15 Pro', // ← from your device pool 8 'appium:platformVersion': '18.1', // ← OS version 9 'appium:automationName': 'XCUITest', 10 'appium:bundleId': 'com.element34.demoapp', 11}
Same capabilities object you already use for browser tests. The Appium fields layer in for real-device targeting. Endpoint stays inside your SBOX deployment.
Private posture

Mobile testing runs under the same security rules as your browser tests.

Real Device Cloud inherits the SBOX security and data-residency posture. Device sessions run inside your deployment. Session recordings, screenshots, and app data follow the same retention rules as your browser sessions. No new perimeter, no new vendor to vet.

Mobile testing meets the same compliance bar as your browser tests

Audit teams reviewed your browser-test architecture once. Real Device Cloud sits inside the same boundary. Same auth, same audit log, same retention rules.

Single-tenant device pools

Element34-managed pools are single-tenant per customer. No device shared across tenants. Wipe and re-flash between sessions.

Same auth as web tests

Your existing SBOX token, project access, and audit log cover Real Device Cloud sessions. No new identity surface to manage.

Audit-friendly session record

Every real-device session writes the device fingerprint, OS version, app bundle ID, and the test result to the SBOX session record.

Real Device Cloud in context

Take your full SBOX workflow to real iOS and Android.

Real Device Cloud extends every SBOX module from desktop browsers to real iOS and Android. Same authoring, same healing, same RCA, same Pulse reports. Real phones, behind your firewall.

AI authoring

Studio

Studio-generated Selenium and Playwright tests target Real Device Cloud the same way they target desktop browsers.

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Self-healing

Auto Heal

Selector healing applies to mobile native UI too. The Auto Heal flag works for Appium sessions.

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Root cause AI

Automated RCA

Mobile failure clusters route through the same cluster RCA as web. Three fix categories apply.

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Quality intelligence

Pulse Report

Mobile-page Pulse Reports cover Core Web Vitals equivalents for native apps plus accessibility checks.

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Real Device Cloud FAQ

Real Device Cloud, answered.

What is a private real device cloud for enterprise mobile testing?
A private real device cloud for enterprise mobile testing is a single-tenant pool of real iOS and Android devices that runs inside the customer security perimeter rather than on a vendor multi-tenant SaaS. Element34 Real Device Cloud is exactly that: real iOS and Android devices exposed to the same private SBOX grid that runs your browser tests, across three deployment models (Element34-managed, customer-provided, fully isolated), with Selenium, Playwright, and Appium support.
What is Real Device Cloud in Element34 SBOX?
Real Device Cloud is the mobile testing module inside Element34 SBOX. It exposes real iOS and Android devices to the same private SBOX grid that runs your browser tests. Available in three deployment models: Element34-managed, customer-provided, or fully isolated. Frameworks supported: Selenium, Playwright, and Appium.
Where do the devices physically live?
Three options. Element34-managed pools live in single-tenant device labs operated by Element34. Customer-provided devices live in the customer's lab with the SBOX bridge exposing them. Fully isolated devices live entirely in customer infrastructure with no external connectivity required.
Does Real Device Cloud work with emulators and simulators?
Yes. SBOX supports Android emulators and iOS simulators alongside real physical devices. The mobile addon covers both surfaces. Customers who started with emulators in early 2026 can upgrade to real devices on the same instance for the price differential.
Which mobile frameworks does Real Device Cloud support?
Selenium with WebDriver bindings for native browser testing. Playwright with native iOS and Android context. Appium for native app testing with standard endpoints. Same capability format as your existing SBOX config, extended with platformName, deviceName, and platformVersion.
Is customer data shared between Element34-managed devices?
No. Element34-managed device pools are single-tenant per customer. Devices are wiped and re-flashed between sessions. Customer-provided and fully isolated models have no Element34 visibility into device sessions at all.
Which devices are in the Element34-managed pool?
Current iOS flagships (iPhone 15 Pro, iPhone 15, iPhone 14), current Android flagships (Pixel 8 Pro, Galaxy S24, Pixel 7), tablets (iPad Pro 13, iPad Air, Galaxy Tab S9), and selected legacy devices for regression coverage. The pool rotates as iOS and Android ship new releases. Customer-provided pools carry whatever the customer lab maintains.
Is Real Device Cloud available today?
The emulator and simulator addon has been live across the SBOX customer base since early 2026. Real physical devices have been rolling out across customer instances since Q1 2026. Talk to sales for current rollout status.

Bring us your mobile suite. We run it on real devices in your SBOX.

Send the Appium or native-context Playwright spec from your last mobile release. We enable Real Device Cloud on your private grid against the device set you specify, run the suite, and return the session record. Annual licensing, predictable across the contract term. Talk to sales for a scoped quote.