---
title: Alumnium v0.16 with Android support and new AI providers
pubDate: 2025-11-18
description: Alumnium expands platform coverage with Android support and adds GitHub Models and xAI as new AI providers for cost-effective testing.
author:
  name: Alex Rodionov
  image: alex_rodionov.jpeg
tags: ["release notes"]
---

Alumnium [v0.16][1] expands platform coverage and provider options, making AI-powered test automation more accessible and cost-effective. Highlights include native Android support via Appium, GitHub Models integration for free CI testing, and xAI's Grok models for enhanced capabilities.

This release was made both for [PyPI][7] and [NPM][8] packages along with a [Docker][9] image for Alumnium Server.

## Android Support

This release introduces [native Android application testing][2] through Appium with UIAutomator2, completing Alumnium's mobile testing capabilities alongside iOS/XCUITest support. While browser testing on Android remains a work in progress due to WebView accessibility limitations, native application automation is fully functional.

## GitHub Models

Alumnium now supports [GitHub Models][3], enabling free AI-powered testing directly in GitHub Actions or locally with Personal Access Token. The integration is OpenAI-compatible and automatically detects when running in GitHub Actions without requiring explicit model configuration.

Key benefits include:

- **Zero cost testing** - Run tests for free on GitHub Actions with a 15 RPM rate limit
- **Secure authentication** - Set the GitHub token as `OPENAI_API_KEY` without exposing private tokens to pull requests
- **Automatic detection** - Defaults to GitHub provider when running in CI without explicit configuration
- **Quick setup** - Works out of the box with gpt-4o-mini model

This makes AI-powered test automation accessible to open source projects and teams looking to minimize infrastructure costs while maintaining quality standards.

## xAI Models

The framework now includes [xAI integration][4] with support for Grok 4-fast, adding another powerful AI provider to Alumnium's ecosystem. The implementation follows established patterns for provider integration.

Features include:

- Native xAI provider support alongside Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, and others
- grok-4-fast model as the default for xAI
- Custom prompt templates optimized for all agent types
- Provider routing and configuration in both packages

While the current implementation uses a non-reasoning model, future updates will migrate to reasoning-capable Grok variants for even more sophisticated test automation scenarios.

## Coming Next

With Android support completing the mobile platform coverage, Alumnium now provides comprehensive automation capabilities across web, iOS, and Android platforms. The addition of GitHub Models and xAI expands provider options, giving teams flexibility to choose models based on cost, performance, and feature requirements.

We'll be focusing on [moving towards thinking models][5] to improve accuracy along with experimenting on an [Alumnium MCP server][6] that allows general purpose agents such as Claude Code to automate web and mobile applications.

[1]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/releases/tag/0.16.0
[2]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/pull/181
[3]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/pull/183
[4]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/pull/188
[5]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/issues/109
[6]: https://github.com/alumnium-hq/alumnium/issues/182
[7]: https://pypi.org/project/alumnium/
[8]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/alumnium
[9]: https://hub.docker.com/r/alumnium/alumnium
