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title: Smartphone test advanced options
description: >-
  Learn to configure smartphone test advanced options, including environment,
  settings, hooks, reset behavior, and version history.
lastUpdated: "2026-09-23"
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Each smartphone test has advanced settings to adjust its behavior. This guide presents the available configuration tabs.

## Interactive tutorial

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## Step-by-step guide

## Overview

The **Overview** tab displays the latest test executions. Click an execution to see the details of the failing step.

## Environment

In the **Environment** tab, you can:

- Change the application used for the test
- Change the default resource (phone)

## Test settings

The **Test settings** tab groups general configuration options.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Description and tags">
    Add a description to document the test and tags to make sorting easier.
  </Step>
  <Step title="AI settings">
    Click **AI** to modify AI settings. The **Smart** option is recommended.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Delays and timeouts">
    Click **Delays and timeouts** to adjust the delay between each step and maximum wait times.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Hooks

Hooks run actions before or after the test.

<Steps>
  <Step title="Configure a hook">
    In the **Hooks** section, click **Before test** (or After test).
  </Step>
  <Step title="Add a reusable component">
    Click **Add** and select the reusable component to run.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## Advanced options

Click the **Advanced** tab to access the following settings:

- **Reset application**: resets the application to its initial state before each execution

## Version history

<Steps>
  <Step title="View history">
    Go to the **Version history** tab to see past modifications.
  </Step>
  <Step title="Restore a version">
    Select the desired version, click the action icon, and choose **Restore this version**.
  </Step>
</Steps>

## What's next?

<Columns cols={2}>
  <Card title="Modify steps" icon="pen" href="/guides/smartphone-modify-steps">
    Add or modify steps in your smartphone test.
  </Card>
  <Card title="Reusable components" icon="recycle" href="/tests/reusable-components">
    Create shared components across multiple tests.
  </Card>
</Columns>