Observed arrival · 2026-11-13
Handset puts mobile simulators and coding agents in the same window
A native Mac app for running iOS simulators, Android emulators, and phones alongside their console and UI tree, with controls for coding agents.
- For
- Mac developers testing iOS and Android apps
- Worth noticing
- It installs the Apache-2.0 loupe server as a login item and builds simcap with Xcode; the relevant device SDKs are still required.
Field notes
The app’s sidebar selects a simulator or emulator; the console, crash output, and UI tree follow that selection. Developers can drag an app onto a device, use the Mac camera to test QR scanning, and flag a bug with a box and note while the app records taps for an agent. The underlying loupe server is Apache-2.0 licensed and has a separate browser viewer; Handset requires macOS 14 or later, plus Xcode or the Android SDK for the corresponding simulators.
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