Simulate Geolocation
Learn how to simulate user traffic from different locations.
Live enables you to simulate user traffic from different locations with the Change Location feature. This feature allows you to test how your website renders in different locations. You can test websites such as:
- Websites that are geo-restricted.
- Websites that show content in different languages based on different geolocations.
- Websites that apply different data laws according to the country.
Change location
All BrowserStack real devices have GPS enabled, and you can simulate GPS location to test your website in different locations.
To change the device GPS location, follow these steps:
- Log in to the Live dashboard.
- Select a device and browser to launch your test session.
- On the Live vertical toolbar, click Change Location.
- On the Change Location prompt, click the Device GPS tab.
- Enter the location. You can enter the location in two ways:
- Search complete address.
- Enter latitude and longitude in comma-separated format. For example,
12.971599,77.594566. - Drag and drop the map pointer to the desired location on the map.
After you enter the location, click the forward arrow within the location textbox. On the confirmation message, click Yes.
You see a message on the dashboard that the selected location is simulated on the device.
To test your app by simulating IP-based location changes:
- Log in to the Live dashboard.
- Select the device and browser to launch your test session.
- On the Live vertical toolbar, click Change Location.
- On the Change Location prompt, click the IP Location tab.
- Search or select the country/state. On the confirmation message, click Yes to confirm the IP location.
You see a message on the dashboard that the selected IP location is simulated on the device.
If you have enabled local testing for your test session, changing IP location disables local testing. To enable local testing, set the IP location to None.
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