--- title: Start using Firebase Test Lab for Android at no charge description: Firebase Test Lab for Android is now available free of charge on the Spark and Flame plans, without requiring a credit card. Free-tier projects get a daily... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-firebase-test-lab-for-android-at-no-charge-uxwe4x1mf twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Start using Firebase Test Lab for Android at no charge | daily.dev og:description: Firebase Test Lab for Android is now available free of charge on the Spark and Flame plans, without requiring a credit card. Free-tier projects get a daily... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-firebase-test-lab-for-android-at-no-charge-uxwe4x1mf og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/UXWE4x1Mf.png og:image:alt: Start using Firebase Test Lab for Android at no charge og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Start using Firebase Test Lab for Android at no charge **[Firebase](https://daily.dev/sources/firebase-blog)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Firebase Test Lab for Android is now available free of charge on the Spark and Flame plans, without requiring a credit card. Free-tier projects get a daily quota of five physical device tests and ten virtual device tests (fifteen total), each targeting up to four devices, with tests resetting at 12am PST. Blaze plan pricing stays the same at $5 per device-hour for physical devices, while virtual devices remain free until the end of December 2016 and then cost $1 per device-hour starting in 2017. Testing against virtual devices running Android Nougat MR1 (API level 25) is also now supported. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How many free Firebase Test Lab tests can I run per day on Android with the Spark plan? Fifteen total tests per day: up to five on physical devices and up to ten on virtual devices, with no credit card required. Each test run can target up to four devices, and physical and virtual devices can be mixed. The quota resets daily at 12am PST, and this applies to both the free Spark plan and the Flame plan. _Developers planning Android test coverage can track Firebase Test Lab changes like this on daily.dev._ ### How much does Firebase Test Lab cost on the Blaze plan for physical and virtual Android devices? Physical device testing on the Blaze plan costs $5 per device-hour. Virtual device testing is free until the end of December 2016, after which it costs $1 per device-hour starting in 2017. These rates apply regardless of the free daily quota given to Spark and Flame plan projects. _Teams budgeting for mobile testing infrastructure follow pricing shifts like this via daily.dev._ ### Does Firebase Test Lab support testing on Android Nougat MR1 virtual devices? Yes, Firebase Test Lab supports running tests against virtual devices with Android Nougat MR1 at API level 25. This lets developers check for compatibility issues with newer Android versions early during development, alongside support for Robo tests, Espresso, UI Automator 2.0, and Robotium-based instrumentation tests. _Android developers verifying OS compatibility keep tabs on test lab updates through daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Medium](https://daily.dev/posts/medium-jvobby0wg) · Medium · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing Developer Device Platform \(DDP\) on Google Cloud](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-developer-device-platform-ddp-on-google-cloud-tidii3izy) · Google Cloud · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Slashing CI Wait Times: How Pinterest Cut Android Testing Build Times by 36%\+](https://daily.dev/posts/slashing-ci-wait-times-how-pinterest-cut-android-testing-build-times-by-36--jaunslokn) · Pinterest Engineering · 0 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#testing](https://daily.dev/tags/testing), [#android](https://daily.dev/tags/android), [#firebase](https://daily.dev/tags/firebase) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-firebase-test-lab-for-android-at-no-charge-uxwe4x1mf) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Start using Firebase Test Lab for Android at no charge","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-firebase-test-lab-for-android-at-no-charge-uxwe4x1mf","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/start-using-firebase-test-lab-for-android-at-no-charge-uxwe4x1mf"},"datePublished":"2026-08-23T12:21:00.577Z","dateModified":"2026-08-23T12:34:50.376Z","description":"Firebase Test Lab for Android is now available free of charge on the Spark and Flame plans, without requiring a credit card. 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