Google's Artemis uses AI to navigate Android phones for testing, with a built-in MCP server
kevinkern · x · 2026-09-16
kevinkern highlights Google's Artemis, an Android testing project that uses AI to navigate and operate phone screens, shipping with an MCP server so agents can drive it. He plans to experiment with pairing it with local models — an interesting angle for running test agents fully on-device.
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