Supported Web Browsers and Mobile Device Specs

Desktop Virtual Machines

Rainforest desktop web platforms are virtual machines (VMs) on which web regression tests can be run.

Apple Safari Browsers

Apple Safari Technology Preview on macOS 13 Ventura
Apple Safari 17 on macOS 13 Ventura
Apple Safari 16 on macOS 12 Monterey
Apple Safari 15 on macOS 12 Monterey

Brave Browsers

Brave on MS Windows 11

Google Chrome Browsers

Google Chrome on macOS 13 Ventura
Google Chrome on MS Windows 11
Google Chrome on MS Windows 10
Google Chrome Beta on MS Windows 10

Microsoft Edge Browsers

Microsoft Edge on MS Windows 11
Microsoft Edge on MS Windows 10
Microsoft Edge based on Chromium on MS Windows 10
Microsoft Edge Beta on MS Windows 10

Mozilla Firefox Browsers

Mozilla Firefox on macOS 10.14 Mojave
Mozilla Firefox on MS Windows 11
Mozilla Firefox on MS Windows 10
Mozilla Firefox on MS Windows 7 Ultimate N

Legacy Microsoft Internet Explorer Browser

Internet Explorer 11 on MS Windows 7 Ultimate N
Internet Explorer 10 on MS Windows 7 Ultimate N

Mobile Virtual Machines

Rainforest mobile VMs can be used for both mobile web regression tests and Native Mobile Applications.

iOS simulators are based on x86 architecture.
Android emulators are based on x86 architecture for Android 11 and lower.
Android emulators are based on X86_64 architecture for Android 12 and higher.
Simulators run iOS via Xcode on a virtual machine running macOS.
Android emulators are from Google and run on Linux VMs running ubuntu.

Android Phone Simulators

Android 13
Android 12
Android 11
Android 10
Android 9
Android 8

Android Tablet Simulators

Android 13
Android 12
Android 9

Apple iPhone Simulators

iPhone 12 iOS 16
iPhone 12 iOS 15
iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 14
iPhone 11 Pro Max iOS 13
iPhone XR iOS 13
iPhone X iOS 12
iPhone X iOS 11
iPhone 8 iOS 11
iPhone 8 Plus iOS 11
iPhone 7 iOS 10
iPhone 7 Plus iOS 10
iPhone 6 iOS 12
iPhone 6s Plus iOS 10
iPhone 6s iOS 10
iPhone 6 iOS 9
iPhone 6 Plus iOS 9

Apple iPad Simulators

iPad Air iOS 15
iPad Air iOS 14
iPad Air 2 iOS 13
iPad Air 2 iOS 12
iPad Air 2 iOS 11
iPad Air 2 iOS 9

Android and iOS Mobile Virtual Machines

Rainforest Android and iOS virtual machines mimic physical devices. They are spun up by Rainforest whenever they are requested for a test.

Rainforest Android virtual machines utilize Android Emulators, which simulate Android devices on desktop.
Rainforest iOS virtual machines are iPhone simulators built on Xcode.

Learn more about configuration requirements in this article.

Apple macOS and iOS VM limitations

Starting from Monterey macOS Apple began moving features into native hardware implementation (metal).

Metal combines functions similar to OpenGL and OpenCL in one API. It is intended to improve performance by offering low-level access to the GPU hardware for apps on iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and tvOS.

We run our VMs in emulated environment and have no access to low level hardware drivers, hence any feature that uses it will not work.

The side effects of it could be different, like slow screen refresh or absence of picture until you force refresh emulator or browser window.

List of features that are known to cause potential issues:

Maps
OpenGL rendering in browser or iOS emulator
Copy / Paste from outside of VM sometimes only works once

If you have any questions, reach out to us at [email protected].