diff --git a/detox/src/DetoxWorker.js b/detox/src/DetoxWorker.js
index ce8ead0759..4689b0f28d 100644
--- a/detox/src/DetoxWorker.js
+++ b/detox/src/DetoxWorker.js
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ class DetoxWorker {
     this._deviceConfig = deviceConfig;
     this._sessionConfig = sessionConfig;
     // @ts-ignore
-    this._sessionConfig.sessionId = sessionConfig.sessionId || uuid.UUID();
+    this._sessionConfig.sessionId = uuid.UUID();
     this._runtimeErrorComposer.appsConfig = this._appsConfig;
 
     this._client = new Client(sessionConfig);
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/CloudArtifactsManager.js b/detox/src/artifacts/CloudArtifactsManager.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ba9fab3278
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/CloudArtifactsManager.js
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+class CloudArtifactsManager {
+  constructor() {
+    this._idlePromise = Promise.resolve();
+    this._artifactPlugins = {};
+  }
+
+  async onBootDevice(deviceInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onBeforeLaunchApp(appLaunchInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onLaunchApp(appLaunchInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onAppReady(appInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onBeforeTerminateApp(appInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onTerminateApp(appInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onBeforeUninstallApp(appInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onBeforeShutdownDevice(deviceInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onShutdownDevice(deviceInfo) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onCreateExternalArtifact({ pluginId, artifactName, artifactPath }) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onRunDescribeStart(suite) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onTestStart(testSummary) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onHookFailure(testSummary) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onTestFnFailure(testSummary) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onTestDone(testSummary) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onRunDescribeFinish(suite) {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+
+  async onBeforeCleanup() {
+    return this._idlePromise;
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CloudArtifactsManager;
diff --git a/detox/src/artifacts/factories/index.js b/detox/src/artifacts/factories/index.js
index 36174675ea..b7d90f1c22 100644
--- a/detox/src/artifacts/factories/index.js
+++ b/detox/src/artifacts/factories/index.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 // @ts-nocheck
 const ArtifactsManager = require('../ArtifactsManager');
+const CloudArtifactsManager = require('../CloudArtifactsManager');
 const {
   AndroidArtifactPluginsProvider,
   IosArtifactPluginsProvider,
@@ -51,6 +52,10 @@ class Noop extends ArtifactsManagerFactory {
   constructor() {
     super(new EmptyProvider());
   }
+  createArtifactsManager(artifactsConfig) {
+    const artifactsManager = new CloudArtifactsManager();
+    return artifactsManager;
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {
diff --git a/detox/src/client/Client.js b/detox/src/client/Client.js
index c472544927..88ba4141bf 100644
--- a/detox/src/client/Client.js
+++ b/detox/src/client/Client.js
@@ -251,6 +251,22 @@ class Client {
     await this.sendAction(new actions.DeliverPayload(params));
   }
 
+  async waitForCloudPlatform(params) {
+    try {
+      const response = await this.sendAction(new actions.CloudPlatform(params));
+      if (params['method'] == 'terminateApp') {
+        await this.waitUntilDisconnected();
+      }
+      // else if (params['method'] == 'launchApp') {
+      //   this._onAppConnected();
+      // }
+      return response;
+    } catch (err) {
+      this._successfulTestRun = false;
+      throw err;
+    }
+  }
+
   async terminateApp() {
     /* see the property injection from Detox.js */
   }
diff --git a/detox/src/client/actions/actions.js b/detox/src/client/actions/actions.js
index 25db10beb5..c9b7aaaf7e 100644
--- a/detox/src/client/actions/actions.js
+++ b/detox/src/client/actions/actions.js
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class Login extends Action {
   }
 
   get timeout() {
-    return 1000;
+    return 240000;
   }
 
   async handle(response) {
@@ -179,6 +179,26 @@ class Cleanup extends Action {
   }
 }
 
+class CloudPlatform extends Action {
+  constructor(params) {
+    super('CloudPlatform', params);
+  }
+
+  get isAtomic() {
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  get timeout() {
+    return 90000;
+  }
+
+  async handle(response) {
+    this.expectResponseOfType(response, 'CloudPlatform');
+    return response;
+  }
+}
+
+
 class Invoke extends Action {
   constructor(params) {
     super('invoke', params);
@@ -336,4 +356,5 @@ module.exports = {
   SetOrientation,
   SetInstrumentsRecordingState,
   CaptureViewHierarchy,
+  CloudPlatform
 };
diff --git a/detox/src/configuration/composeBehaviorConfig.js b/detox/src/configuration/composeBehaviorConfig.js
index 409a6b0bcd..280ad992aa 100644
--- a/detox/src/configuration/composeBehaviorConfig.js
+++ b/detox/src/configuration/composeBehaviorConfig.js
@@ -16,8 +16,7 @@ function composeBehaviorConfig({
   isCloudSession
 }) {
   if (isCloudSession) {
-    cliConfig.reuse = false;
-    cliConfig.cleanup = false;
+    cliConfig.reuse = true;
     logger.warn(`[BehaviorConfig] The 'Behaviour' config section is not supported for device type android.cloud and will be ignored.`);
   }
   return _.chain({})
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ function composeBehaviorConfig({
           reinstallApp: cliConfig.reuse ? false : undefined,
         },
         cleanup: {
-          shutdownDevice: cliConfig.cleanup ? true : undefined
+          shutdownDevice: isCloudSession ? false : cliConfig.cleanup ? true : undefined
         },
         launchApp: isCloudSession ? 'auto' : undefined
       },
diff --git a/detox/src/configuration/composeDeviceConfig.js b/detox/src/configuration/composeDeviceConfig.js
index 64e65a1187..73417fb8fc 100644
--- a/detox/src/configuration/composeDeviceConfig.js
+++ b/detox/src/configuration/composeDeviceConfig.js
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ const EXPECTED_DEVICE_MATCHER_PROPS = {
   'android.attached': ['adbName'],
   'android.emulator': ['avdName'],
   'android.genycloud': ['recipeUUID', 'recipeName'],
-  'android.cloud': ['name', 'os', 'osVersion']
+  'android.cloud': ['name', 'osVersion']
 };
 
 const KNOWN_TYPES = new Set(Object.keys(EXPECTED_DEVICE_MATCHER_PROPS));
diff --git a/detox/src/configuration/composeSessionConfig.js b/detox/src/configuration/composeSessionConfig.js
index 61beba6eb0..2badf96630 100644
--- a/detox/src/configuration/composeSessionConfig.js
+++ b/detox/src/configuration/composeSessionConfig.js
@@ -51,19 +51,19 @@ async function composeSessionConfig(options) {
   if (isCloudSession) {
     if (session.build != null) {
       const value = session.build;
-      if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string') {
         throw errorComposer.invalidCloudSessionProperty('build');
       }
     }
     if (session.project != null) {
       const value = session.project;
-      if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string') {
         throw errorComposer.invalidCloudSessionProperty('project');
       }
     }
     if (session.name != null) {
       const value = session.name;
-      if (typeof value !== 'string' || value.length === 0) {
+      if (typeof value !== 'string') {
         throw errorComposer.invalidCloudSessionProperty('name');
       }
     }
diff --git a/detox/src/configuration/index.js b/detox/src/configuration/index.js
index 89e003c0f9..d23fc0873c 100644
--- a/detox/src/configuration/index.js
+++ b/detox/src/configuration/index.js
@@ -121,7 +121,6 @@ async function composeDetoxConfig({
   if (isCloudSession) {
     const query_param = {
       'device': _.get(deviceConfig, 'device.name'),
-      'os': _.get(deviceConfig, 'device.os'),
       'osVersion': _.get(deviceConfig, 'device.osVersion'),
       'name': _.get(sessionConfig, 'name'),
       'project': _.get(sessionConfig, 'project'),
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/runtime/drivers/android/cloud/cloudAndroidDriver.js b/detox/src/devices/runtime/drivers/android/cloud/cloudAndroidDriver.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..6083fd479a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/detox/src/devices/runtime/drivers/android/cloud/cloudAndroidDriver.js
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/* eslint @typescript-eslint/no-unused-vars: ["error", { "args": "none" }] */
+// @ts-nocheck
+const _ = require('lodash');
+
+const DetoxApi = require('../../../../../android/espressoapi/Detox');
+const EspressoDetoxApi = require('../../../../../android/espressoapi/EspressoDetox');
+const UiDeviceProxy = require('../../../../../android/espressoapi/UiDeviceProxy');
+const logger = require('../../../../../utils/logger');
+const DeviceDriverBase = require('../../DeviceDriverBase');
+
+const log = logger.child({ cat: 'device' });
+
+/**
+ * @typedef { DeviceDriverDeps } CloudAndroidDriverDeps
+ * @property invocationManager { InvocationManager }
+ */
+
+class CloudAndroidDriver extends DeviceDriverBase {
+  /**
+   * @param deps { CloudAndroidDriverDeps }
+   * @param props { CloudAndroidDriverProps }
+   */
+  constructor(deps) {
+    super(deps);
+
+    this.invocationManager = deps.invocationManager;
+    this.instrumentation = false;
+
+    this.uiDevice = new UiDeviceProxy(this.invocationManager).getUIDevice();
+  }
+
+  async launchApp(bundleId, launchArgs, languageAndLocale) {
+    return await this._handleLaunchApp({
+      manually: false,
+      bundleId,
+      launchArgs,
+      languageAndLocale,
+    });
+  }
+
+  async _handleLaunchApp({ manually, bundleId, launchArgs }) {
+    const response = await this._launchApp( bundleId, launchArgs);
+    const pid = _.get(response, 'response.success');
+    return pid;
+  }
+
+  async deliverPayload(params) {
+    if (params.delayPayload) {
+      return;
+    }
+
+    const { url } = params;
+    if (url) {
+      await this._startActivityWithUrl(url);
+    }
+  }
+
+  async waitUntilReady() {
+    try {
+      await super.waitUntilReady();
+    } catch (e) {
+      log.warn({ error: e }, 'An error occurred while waiting for the app to become ready. Waiting for disconnection...');
+      await this.client.waitUntilDisconnected();
+      log.warn('The app disconnected.');
+      throw e;
+    }
+  }
+
+  async pressBack() {
+    await this.uiDevice.pressBack();
+  }
+
+  async sendToHome(params) {
+    await this.uiDevice.pressHome();
+  }
+
+  async terminate(bundleId) {
+    return await this._terminateInstrumentation();
+  }
+
+  async cleanup(bundleId) {
+    await super.cleanup(bundleId);
+  }
+
+  getPlatform() {
+    return 'android';
+  }
+
+  getUiDevice() {
+    return this.uiDevice;
+  }
+
+  async enableSynchronization() {
+    await this.invocationManager.execute(EspressoDetoxApi.setSynchronization(true));
+  }
+
+  async disableSynchronization() {
+    await this.invocationManager.execute(EspressoDetoxApi.setSynchronization(false));
+  }
+
+  async takeScreenshot(screenshotName) {
+
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  async setOrientation(orientation) {
+    const orientationMapping = {
+      landscape: 1, // top at left side landscape
+      portrait: 0 // non-reversed portrait.
+    };
+
+    const call = EspressoDetoxApi.changeOrientation(orientationMapping[orientation]);
+    await this.invocationManager.execute(call);
+  }
+
+  async _launchApp( bundleId, launchArgs) {
+    if (!this.instrumentation) {
+      const response = await this.invocationManager.executeCloudPlatform({
+        'method': 'launchApp',
+        'args': {
+          'launchArgs': launchArgs
+        }
+      });
+      const status = _.get(response, 'response.success');
+      this.instrumentation = status && status.toString() == 'true';
+    } else if (launchArgs.detoxURLOverride) {
+      await this._startActivityWithUrl(launchArgs.detoxURLOverride);
+    } else {
+      await this._resumeMainActivity();
+    }
+  }
+
+  async _terminateInstrumentation(bundleId) {
+    const response = await this.invocationManager.executeCloudPlatform({
+      'method': 'terminateApp',
+      'args': {}
+    });
+    const status = _.get(response, 'response.success');
+    this.instrumentation = !(status && status.toString() == 'true');
+  }
+
+  _startActivityWithUrl(url) {
+    return this.invocationManager.execute(DetoxApi.startActivityFromUrl(url));
+  }
+
+  _resumeMainActivity() {
+    return this.invocationManager.execute(DetoxApi.launchMainActivity());
+  }
+}
+
+module.exports = CloudAndroidDriver;
diff --git a/detox/src/devices/runtime/factories/android.js b/detox/src/devices/runtime/factories/android.js
index b666f83ca1..4d83b8cb2c 100644
--- a/detox/src/devices/runtime/factories/android.js
+++ b/detox/src/devices/runtime/factories/android.js
@@ -66,10 +66,10 @@ class Genycloud extends RuntimeDriverFactoryAndroid {
 class Noop extends RuntimeDriverFactoryAndroid {
   _createDriver(deviceCookie, deps, configs) {
     const props = {
-      adbName: deviceCookie.adbName,
+      adbName: undefined,
     };
-    const AndroidDriver  = require('../drivers/android/AndroidDriver');
-    return new AndroidDriver(deps, props);
+    const CloudAndroidDriver  = require('../drivers/android/cloud/cloudAndroidDriver');
+    return new CloudAndroidDriver(deps, props);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/detox/src/invoke.js b/detox/src/invoke.js
index 5d0b9eab51..61b302d1ae 100644
--- a/detox/src/invoke.js
+++ b/detox/src/invoke.js
@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@ class InvocationManager {
   async execute(invocation) {
    return await this.executionHandler.execute(invocation);
   }
+
+  async executeCloudPlatform(invocation) {
+    return await this.executionHandler.waitForCloudPlatform(invocation);
+  }
 }
 
 module.exports = {