Native Player Quality Tests
Test your own streams with ExoPlayer on Android or AVPlayer on iOS. Capture loading, stalling, bitrate, resolution, and P.1203 MOS.
Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK
Active mobile QoE and network quality testing for Android and iOS.
Integrate video streaming and web performance tests into Android and iOS applications. Run native-player tests with ExoPlayer or AVPlayer, measure YouTube and Netflix on either platform, and combine QoE results with the network and location context available on each OS.
Mobile video quality monitoring for multiple OTTs, featuring the full Surfmeter KPI-set.
Real Streaming Tests
Mobile video quality monitoring for multiple OTTs, featuring the full Surfmeter KPI-set.
Product Overview
QoE testing built for mobile networks
The Surfmeter Mobile Quality SDK runs active video and web tests on real Android and iOS devices. Native ExoPlayer and AVPlayer tests cover your own streams, while YouTube and Netflix tests now run on both platforms. Results combine standardized QoE scores with platform-specific network and location metadata.
Key Features
What it does
OTT Video Quality Tests
Run YouTube and Netflix tests on Android and iOS. Android also supports Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Hotstar, and other integrated services.
Web Quality Test
Measure mobile page loads with the platform browser engine, including LCP, FCP, TTFB, CLS, and detailed timing data.
Network and Location Context
Correlate each test with the connection, device, and location data available on Android or iOS. Android adds detailed cellular radio and cell information.
iOS in action
AVPlayer-based QoE tests on iPhone
The iOS SDK runs the test on the device and returns the same measurement model used across Surfmeter, including playback details and an ITU-T P.1203 overall MOS.
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How It Works
From integration to insights in 4 steps
The SDK ships as an Android AAR and an iOS Swift package. Add the package for your platform, initialize it, and trigger the tests you need.
1
Add the SDK
Add the AAR to your Android project or the Swift package to your iOS app. Initialize it with your server and registration settings.
2
Configure test profiles
Select video or web tests, choose a service supported on the target platform, and set the measurement parameters.
3
Run on devices
Tests run on real Android and iOS devices in the field, in drive-test vehicles, or on stationary measurement phones.
4
Analyze mobile quality
QoE metrics combined with cellular context flow to the Surfmeter analytics platform. Map quality to geography, cell towers, and network conditions.
Data & KPIs
Supported services and KPIs
| Service test | Android AAR for Android SDK 24+ | iOS Swift package for iOS 15+ |
|---|---|---|
| Native-player streams Test streams controlled by your app | Supported ExoPlayer; HLS and DASH | Supported AVPlayer |
| YouTube Automated playback and QoE measurement | Supported | Supported |
| Netflix Automated trailer and video-page tests | Supported | Supported |
| Facebook | Supported | Soon available |
| Instagram | Supported | Soon available |
| TikTok | Supported | Soon available |
| Hotstar | Supported | Soon available |
| Web Mobile browser page load test | Supported | Supported |
Android
AAR for Android SDK 24+
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iOS
Swift package for iOS 15+
Ready on Android, coming soon on iOS.
OTT integrations depend on the service and platform. Contact us if you need another service on our Mobile SDK.
Featuring the full Surfmeter KPI-Set
Video QoE
- P.1203 Overall MOSPerceptual quality score (1–5)
- Initial Loading DelayTime until video starts playing
- Stalling RatioPlayback time spent stalling
- Average Video BitrateAverage data rate of video stream
- Resolution & Quality SwitchesHow often quality changes mid-stream
Web Performance
- Largest Contentful Paint (LCP)Time until main content is visible
- First Contentful Paint (FCP)Time until first content appears
- Time to First Byte (TTFB)Server response time
- Cumulative Layout Shift (CLS)Visual stability during page load
- Page Load TimeTotal time to fully load the page
Network and Location Context
- Connection Type (WiFi/Cellular)WiFi or cellular connection
- Device & OS InfoDevice model and OS version
- GPS CoordinatesGeographic measurement location
- RAT (2G/3G/4G/5G)Radio technology where the OS exposes it
- RSRP / RSRQ / RSSIDetailed signal metrics on Android
Use Cases
Who it's for
Proven in Practice
Video quality testing for drive-test and benchmarking tools
Enhancell needed to add application-level QoE metrics to their Echo drive-test and benchmarking platform. Their customers — mobile operators — wanted to go beyond RF metrics and understand actual streaming and browsing quality across their coverage areas. With the Surfmeter SDK integrated into Echo tools, they shipped ITU-T P.1203-based video quality testing for YouTube, TikTok, Facebook, Instagram, and Netflix.
Results
- Integrated Surfmeter SDK into the Echo drive-test platform
- Added ITU-standardized video MOS to drive test reports
- Enabled operators to correlate QoE with RF conditions and cell handovers
- Shipped video quality testing as a headline feature of Echo tools v5.0
“The Surfmeter app now enables us, for the first time, to record qualitative measurements that are comparable with the customer’s actual perception.”
Magenta Telekom needed a way to measure streaming quality exactly as customers perceive it. Together with T-Labs and AVEQ, they developed a Surfmeter-based mobile app that lets service technicians measure on-site streaming quality at customer premises, producing ITU-standardized MOS scores with geodata for network-wide quality mapping.
Results
- Deployed Surfmeter app to field technicians for on-site quality measurement
- Enabled MOS-based quality scoring that matches actual customer perception
- Mapped streaming quality across regions using geodata to identify weak cells
Measure Mobile Quality Where It Matters
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