Case Study: SoundCloud achieves faster, higher-quality mobile releases with test IO

SoundCloud finds 150 bugs across 144 devices with test IO

SoundCloud, the world's largest music platform, faced the challenge of ensuring a flawless mobile experience for its millions of users as it shifted focus from web to mobile apps and introduced new monetization models. With a rapid release schedule, their internal QA was a bottleneck. They partnered with test IO for on-demand, crowdtested QA to discover critical bugs across a vast array of real devices and improve release quality.

Using test IO’s service, SoundCloud gained access to a global community of professional testers who provided continuous testing on real devices under real-world conditions. This solution identified over 150 bugs in an initial test, including 11 critical issues, saving engineering time and preventing user-facing problems. test IO enabled SoundCloud to release updates with fewer bugs and superior device compatibility, which paved the way for the successful launch of their new revenue models.

SoundCloud

Dave Cameron

Engineering Manager