As Bill said in Endurance, when we asked what new benchmark people most wanted to see, battery life was number one. Over the past few months, we’ve announced that we’re developing a battery benchmark, solicited input from the community, and have been hard at work developing BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android.
I’m happy to announce that we’re releasing BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android Community Preview 1 (CP1) later this week. CP1, as its name makes clear, is not the final BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android release. There’s still a lot of work to do on the user interface and the new results viewer. However, it’s a great way for everyone in the community to see the current state of our thinking and to provide us with feedback. You can run this version of the tool and see what you think!
As we’ve done with previous community previews, we’re also taking two more steps:
- We’re not putting any publication restrictions on this preview release. Test at will, and publish your findings.
- We’re releasing the source code to all community members. If you’re curious about not just what we’re doing but how we’re doing it, you can find out.
As the design document explains, BatteryXPRT 2014 for Android can estimate battery life in less than 6 hours. You can also use it as a rundown test if you prefer. In addition, CP1 is the first of our benchmarks to use the new UI design. Here’s a peek:
As you can see from the screenshot, you can run the test in Airplane mode or connected to the network. There are other cool features we’ll be talking about once CP1 is available.
We’re really excited about this one. I can’t wait!
Eric
