That\u2019s an actual visual bug from Instagram\u2019s mobile app in March 2019. It\u2019s a sponsored ad, meaning that one of Facebook\u2019s customers paid good money for this placement.<\/p>\n
How did this bug make it into their app?<\/p>\n
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Our\u00a0bet is that Instagram has functional<\/em>\u00a0test automation for this screen. But guess what? All the expected text is on the screen. A traditional functional test wouldn\u2019t find any issues.<\/p>\n Applitools finds visual<\/em>\u00a0bugs in your apps. It makes sure that no visual elements are overlapping, invisible, or off page. It makes sure that no new unexpected elements have appeared. All of which are things that you can\u2019t automate with traditional functional tests.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s be clear: visual bugs aren\u2019t some trivial issue for your business.<\/p>\n If you work with software — and frankly, which company doesn\u2019t these days — you know that the rate of change<\/a>\u00a0is continuing to accelerate.\u00a0Releases used to be once a quarter, now they\u2019re once a day. Your customers expect constant updates to all the web and mobile apps they use — and yours are no different. Your competitors (the good ones at least) are constantly releasing upgrades.<\/p>\n This relentless pace of change strains QA teams worldwide, and I bet yours is no different. It\u2019s never fun to sit in a release meeting and hear that a release can go out, \u201conce QA has finished their testing\u201d — and then have all eyes on the room look at you for an answer.<\/p>\n https:\/\/unsplash.com\/@antenna<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Problem is, integration and functional testing can only go so far. You need visual testing because your prospects and customers access your apps on a broad range of platforms and screen sizes. You know that \u201csloppy sites sink sales\u201d, so your QA team still needs to manually check the visual layout of apps — which takes way<\/em>\u00a0too long and still misses crucial bugs.<\/p>\n It\u2019s not your fault. Even the best digital companies in the world let visual bugs slip into production. Google<\/a>. Amazon<\/a>. And plenty more<\/a>.<\/p>\n What you need is a test automation tool that lets you visually validate all your apps, on all the browsers and devices your customers use — super fast, super accurately.<\/p>\n At Applitools, we created the world’s first and only visual A.I. engine for automated visual UI testing and monitoring. Our product, Applitools Eyes, scans your apps\u2019 screens and analyze them like the human eye and brain would, but with the power of a machine. That means Applitools Eyes will catch all the differences that are material — but also identify and ignore those which are not.<\/p>\n For example those simply due to rendering differences with different browsers and versions, operating systems, or screen sizes. With Applitools. We can say with confidence we are 99.9995% accurate, while other tools which use pixel by pixel, or dumb comparison, will show as much as an 80% false positive rate – far more harm than actual help.<\/p>\n So how can Applitools help you solve this problem?<\/p>\n A demo\u2019s worth a thousand words, so check out this video to see how.<\/p>\nWhy use Applitools?<\/h2>\n
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<\/p>\nSo how does Applitools work?<\/h2>\n