---
title: Appium2 Driver Version 1.0.3 (Oct 2026)
slug: suite-release-notes/appium2-driver-version-103-oct-2026
createdAt: 2026-11-03T10:48:49.779Z
---

## What's Changed

Improved capability handling in Appium Driver v1.0.3 by removing several automatically assigned default capabilities for Android and iOS executions.

The following capabilities are no longer automatically set by the driver:

**Android:**

- platformName
- appium\:udid
- appium\:automationName
- appium\:newCommandTimeout

**iOS:**

- platformName
- appium\:udid
- appium\:automationName
- appium\:newCommandTimeout
- appium\:wdaConnectionTimeout
- appium\:usePrebuiltWDA

These capabilities can still be explicitly provided by users through their test configurations. This update provides greater flexibility in managing Appium capabilities and prevents driver-assigned defaults from overriding user-defined values.

**Example:**

Previously, if a user configured appium\:newCommandTimeout as 300, the driver could override this value with its own default.

With v1.0.3, the driver no longer automatically assigns this capability, allowing the user-defined value of 300 to be applied without being overridden.

The same behavior applies to the other listed Android and iOS capabilities.

## Usage Example

```xml
<dependency>
            <groupId>com.testinium</groupId>
            <artifactId>testinium-appium2-driver</artifactId>
            <version>1.0.3</version>
</dependency>
```