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27/05/2025

Witbe Announces Support For The DAB Protocol

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Witbe has announced its support for the Device Automation Bus (DAB) protocol at the YouTube Device Partner Summit held April 15-16 in Tokyo.

This groundbreaking protocol, co-developed by Amazon, Google (YouTube), and Netflix, is set to redefine how consumer video devices can be remotely operated for QA and automation purposes — and Witbe is the first company to bring it to life in a real-world QA environment.

In Tokyo, Witbe showcased the full power of DAB in a demo that covered native application control, precise state queries, and seamless integration with Witbe’s Smartgate dashboard. Users could easily switch from the traditional IR remote to DAB control on the same device, making Witbe's Remote Eye Controller (remote control application) even more versatile and its Virtual NOC even more powerful.

"DAB is a major leap forward for device control in streaming QA," said Mathieu Planche, CEO of Witbe. "We're proud to partner with industry leaders to bring this open, standardised protocol into production. It's a natural fit with Witbe's mission of real-device QA at scale."

DAB simplifies and unifies automation across brands and platforms by replacing a patchwork of legacy methods — like infrared commands, Bluetooth scripting, and proprietary workarounds. Combined with Witbe's monitoring technology, DAB enables smarter test coverage, deeper observability, and more secure, scalable workflows.

Witbe's integration of DAB enhances the company’s robust QA stack, which already includes IR-BT-RF4CE and voice control compatibility. With DAB, QA teams unlock an additional way of controlling devices that reduces troubleshooting time and boosts next generation testing scenarios, such as CI/CD deployment pipelines and remote operator workflows. By using the DAB protocol’s bridge feature, Witbe also plans to add DAB support to any non-DAB legacy devices, such as older Android TV, Roku, and Fire TV devices. This will allow QA teams to run the same DAB script on both DAB-compatible and legacy devices.

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