Compatibility Testing

Compatibility Testing:

Compatibility Testing is a type of Software testing to check whether your software is capable of running on different hardware, operating systems, applications, network environments, or Mobile devices.

Eg: Instagram, facebook, naukri app.

Instagram -> Mobile App. Android and Mac OS. 

Hardware: Android ->MI, Samsung / iPhone 

Network environments ->2g,3g, 4g, 5gs

Operating Systems:  

It checks your software to be compatible with different Operating Systems like Windows, Unix, Mac OS, etc.

Browser:

 It checks the compatibility of your website with different browsers like Firefox, Google Chrome, Internet Explorer, etc.

Mobile:

Checking if your software is compatible with mobile platforms like Android, iOS, etc.

Compatibility Testing is divided into two types Forward Compatibility and Backward Compatibility.

Backward Compatibility:

Backward Compatibility Testing is a technique to verify the behavior and compatibility of the developed hardware or software with older versions of the hardware or software. Backward compatibility testing is much more predictable as all the changes from the previous versions are known.

Instagram:  Android 5,6,7,8, 9,10, 10.9

Windows Vista, XP: 8.1,10,,11

Chrome: 9,10,11,12

Forward Compatibility Testing:

Forward Compatibility Testing is a process to verify the behavior and compatibility of the developed hardware or software with the newer versions of the hardware or software. Forward compatibility testing is a bit hard to predict as the changes that will be made in the newer versions are not known.

Instagram:   10.9,11,12

OS, Network, etc

Windows: 11, 12

Chrome: 12, 13