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We’re kicking off 2025 with exciting updates to enhance your testing experience and drive smarter, faster, and more efficient workflows. These enhancements reflect our dedication to innovation, delivering solutions that simplify automation and help teams achieve their testing goals.
Here’s a closer look at the most impactful features introduced this January, crafted to optimize your testing process and elevate your results.
Meet the new StudioAssist chat
The new StudioAssist chat window simplifies getting AI-powered help directly inside Katalon Studio. Whether you need to generate or understand code, ask questions about automation, or learn how to use Katalon features, StudioAssist is always is always at the ready. With this easy-to-use chat, you can boost your productivity, stay focused, and get the answers you need without having to switch between tools.
Web Recorder Plus (Beta)
Introducing Recorder Plus (Beta), a smarter and more powerful way to automate web testing in Katalon Studio.
For highly secure environments that restrict unpacked extensions, Recorder Plus leverages the “Katalon Studio Recording Engine” extension, simplifying setup compared to Katalon Compact Utility. Just install the extension and enable Web Recorder Plus—no need to configure desired capabilities.
Additional enhancements include improved handling of complex shadow DOMs, iframes, and modern web technologies like Flutter-based apps and Canvas text. Recorder Plus makes test creation more reliable and effortless with enhanced element detection, smarter CSS locator generation, and support for key actions such as hover detection and tab switching.
New email reports with expanded insights
Katalon Studio’s new email reports provide deeper test insights with added details like skipped and incomplete test counts and a detailed test case result table.
Enhancements include data binding in reports, precise browser version logging, and improved TestOps integration with faster asset uploads. A new option to link reference images reduces report size, while debug mode now supports HTML, PDF, and CSV reports. Default UTF-8 encoding ensures better character support, and TestCloud reports now show actual devices used. These updates offer clearer, more efficient reporting for better test management.
Live testing on mobile apps with TestCloud
TestCloud’s Live testing on mobile app enables real-time manual testing on actual iOS and Android devices. Validate app functionality, user experience, and real-world scenarios with advanced features like camera image injection, biometric authentication, geolocation, GPS simulation, and network throttling.
With session recording, screenshots, and seamless device switching, TestCloud simplifies mobile testing while ensuring comprehensive coverage, all without complex setups or maintenance.
What’s Next? Upcoming webinars you Can't Miss!
From hands-on demos to deep-dive discussions, our upcoming webinars will keep you informed and ready to tackle any testing challenges. Mark your calendars and register now!
In case you missed it
Review some of the educational content we released over the past month:
- The Future of Testing: A Roundtable Discussion on AI and Automation
- Cut Test Automation Time by 80% with TrueTest™
- The Future of Katalon TestOps™
- TrueTest™ in Action: Automate, Maintain, and Scale Your Regression Tests with AI
- When to Use Katalon TestCloud, Katalon Runtime Engine, or Both for Optimal Test Automation
- AI-Powered API Test Generation in Katalon Studio: Full Guide
- Comprehensive Software Testing Glossary | Key QA Terms Defined
Dive deeper with our release notes
For a more detailed overview of all the new features, improvements, and fixes, make sure to check out our release notes:
Wrapping up!
Last month, we rolled out key updates across Katalon Studio, Katalon Recorder, Katalon TestOps, TrueTest, and Katalon TestCloud. These enhancements are designed to boost testing accuracy, streamline workflows, and help you achieve your quality goals more efficiently. Our focus remains on accelerating execution speed, minimizing manual effort, and ensuring seamless compatibility across different systems for smoother test management.
More updates are on the way—stay tuned, and happy testing!
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