Changelog 2025.08

Camera Device Simulation

If you’re testing applications that require access to a webcam device on the page (such as video conference or streaming platforms), Loadster now has a way for you to supply your own video files to simulate camera input. Please contact help@loadster.com if you’d like this enabled for your account.

Further Reading

Browser Bots drive real Chromium browser instances, which means they can interact with web APIs that require hardware devices like cameras and microphones. Camera device simulation takes this a step further by letting you supply custom video files that act as a virtual webcam feed. This is particularly useful for load testing video conferencing platforms, telehealth applications, streaming services, or any web app that uses getUserMedia() to access camera input.

When running load tests against these kinds of applications, each bot can present its own simulated camera feed, so the server-side experience closely mirrors what would happen with real users joining with their webcams on. This helps you catch performance issues related to media processing, encoding, and distribution under realistic conditions.