The HbbTV Association has announced the release of a new version of the HbbTV Conformance Test Suite.
The v2024-2 Test Suite, developed by the HbbTV Testing Group, is the second major release in 2024 and includes a total of 3,299 test cases, 2,689 of them approved. The release contains the highest proportion ever achieved in the Test Suite history of approved tests for the core HbbTV specification, amounting to 95%.
The new version builds on the 2024-1 Test Suite release with further new packages for the latest version of the core HbbTV specification – 2.0.4 -, including features such as audio description and voice interaction. Additionally, many tests for the Targeted Advertising specification were fixed and tests for watermarking in the Application Discovery over Broadband specification were approved for the first time. Many other tests were improved.
“The latest update reflects the continuous and reinforced focus of the HbbTV Association and its partners on the Tests Suite to facilitate and verify the conformance of devices and applications with the HbbTV specifications. This enables a compelling TV experience for viewers and ensures that broadcasters and platform operators can make use of enhanced features for services including accessibility, navigation and monetisation,” said Vincent Grivet, Chair of the HbbTV Association.
The HbbTV Test Suite is an important tool for device manufacturers to verify compliance of their products with the most current HbbTV specifications and their features. The Test Suite is available through registered HbbTV test centres and, as a convenience, to HbbTV members for use in their own facilities.
