Alternatives · migrating from Google Mobile-Friendly Test

Looking for a Google Mobile-Friendly Test alternative?

Google retired the Mobile-Friendly Test on November 30, 2023 and now points people to Lighthouse instead. But a pass/fail badge was never the whole story: today, “mobile-friendly” really means a correct responsive setup and fast, stable Core Web Vitals on real phones. AvocadoScore measures both — the signals that decide whether mobile users (and Google) are happy — not just a yes/no.

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What AvocadoScore covers

The retired test gave a single verdict. AvocadoScore gives you the underlying, actionable signals — and the mobile performance the old tool ignored:

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Responsive & viewport setup
Viewport meta tag present and correctly configured
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Mobile Core Web Vitals
LCP, CLS and INP-proxy from real mobile users (Chrome UX Report) + lab
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Mobile page-speed diagnostics
What’s slow on phones and why, via PageSpeed Insights
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SEO essentials
Title, meta description, canonical, headings, structured data
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AI readiness
Whether ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read the page too
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Whole-site, not one URL
Up to 10 pages free, with a ranked fix list and effort estimates

When AvocadoScore is not the right swap

If you specifically want Google’s exact mobile-usability rendering — the pixel-level device screenshot and the literal “page is mobile friendly” verdict — that widget is gone, and the closest official equivalents are Lighthouse (in Chrome DevTools) and the page-indexing reports in Google Search Console. AvocadoScore isn’t a 1:1 clone of that screenshot tool; it gives you the responsive signals plus the mobile performance and SEO that actually move rankings and conversions — which is what most people used the test to check anyway.

Questions, answered

Why did Google remove the Mobile-Friendly Test?+

Google retired the standalone Mobile-Friendly Test (and its API) on November 30, 2023, as part of consolidating its testing tools. It now recommends Lighthouse for mobile checks and uses Core Web Vitals and page-experience signals in Search Console rather than a single mobile-friendly badge.

What should I use instead?+

For the underlying question — is my page responsive and fast on mobile — AvocadoScore checks your viewport/responsive setup and measures mobile Core Web Vitals (real-user field data plus a lab run), then lists what to fix. For Google’s exact rendering verdict, Lighthouse and Search Console are the official successors.

Does AvocadoScore test mobile specifically?+

Yes. Core Web Vitals are reported for mobile from the Chrome UX Report where field data exists, with a lab fallback, and the SEO checks include the viewport meta tag that mobile rendering depends on. You see how your pages behave for real phone users, not just a desktop pass/fail.

Is it free?+

Yes — the instant readiness checker and the full audit are both free, no signup, every fix unlocked.

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