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Last updated on : 21 Jan 2025

Testing App Performance by Changing Device IP Location

Overview

Changing the device IP location allows teams to evaluate how mobile applications perform when accessed from different geographic regions. By simulating location based IP addresses on real devices, testers can assess network behavior, loading times, content delivery, and region specific performance variations without physically testing from multiple locations. This capability helps identify latency issues, CDN or server routing gaps, location based restrictions, and inconsistencies in user experience across markets, ensuring the application delivers reliable performance for users worldwide.

Prerequisites

• User must be registered Pcloudy account

Steps

1. Login to the Pcloudy platform

2. Select Function Experience on the left Panel and Click on Real Devices.

3. Simply select any device of your choice and click on Start Testing.

4. Click on the Change Location tab to open the Location Simulation dialog box.

5. Select IP Location and choose the location you want to test and click Set.

6. The IP location of the device will get changed accordingly.

7. The user can verify this by opening the website - What is My IP? on the device

8. The user can repeat the steps multiple times to verify the change of IP on the device.

Supported Device

IP Location simulation is currently supported for devices from the following manufacturers only:

• Samsung

• Google

• LG

• Vivo

• Sony

Testing with devices from other manufacturers may not support this feature at this time.

Use Cases

This feature is particularly valuable for testing applications that provide location-specific content, regional restrictions, or geo-targeted functionality without requiring physical relocation or VPN configurations