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Android Emulators on the Sauce Labs Virtual Cloud

Sauce Labs offers a wide range of Android Emulators on our Virtual Device Cloud, providing a stable and high-performance environment for your automated and live testing needs. Our emulators are built to align closely with the latest official Google Developer tools, ensuring parity with the Android Virtual Devices (AVDs) available in Android Studio.

Supported Devices and Android Versions​

Our selection of Android Emulators corresponds to the most popular AVDs published by Google (specifically the google_apis_* device versions). This includes emulators that represent flagship Google devices as well as the default generic Google API Emulator. You can view the complete and most current list of available devices and OS versions in the Platform Configurator and in the Live Testing device selection menu.

Android 12 virtual devices on Sauce Labs are built with API level 32 (also known as Android 12L)

Android 15/16 with 16KB Page Size Support​

We offer emulators for Android 15 and 16 which include critical support for the 16KB page size memory architecture. The Google Play Store requires that all new apps and app updates submitted after November 1, 2025, are compatible with 16KB pages. Testing on these emulator configurations is essential to ensure your application meets this requirement and functions correctly for all users.

Legacy Device Mapping for Automated Testing​

Previously, Sauce Labs offered emulators sized to match the screen resolutions of various Samsung and other non-Google manufactured devices. These emulators used standard Android builds and did not include any manufacturer-specific software or features. To ensure backward compatibility and prevent disruption to existing test suites, we dynamically map test requests for these legacy device names to a generic Android emulator with a matching screen size and Android OS version. This allows your existing tests to continue running without modification.

Google Chrome Versions​

To provide a test environment that accurately reflects real-world user conditions, our Android emulators are provisioned with up-to-date versions of the Google Chrome browser. Running current versions is important for testing mobile web applications, as end-users frequently have the latest version of Chrome on their devices, regardless of their Android OS version.

Below is the current mapping of the default Chrome browser version installed on each Android Emulator version.

Android OS VersionGoogle Chrome Version
Android 16140
Android 15140
Android 14140
Android 13140
Android 12140
Android 11140
Android 10140
Android 9136
Android 8.1136
Android 8136
Android 7.1119
Android 7119
Android 6106
Android 5.195
Android 595