# Error Message: A new session could not be created. (Original error: Please provide the 'app' or 'browserName' capability or start appium with the --app or --browser-name argument. Alternatively, you may provide the 'bundleId' and 'udid' capabilities for a

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**Category:** Issues/Bugs\
**Created:** [February 19, 2016, 7:49am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/error-message-a-new-session-could-not-be-created-original-error-please-provide-the-app-or-browsername-capability-or-start-appium-with-the-app-or-browser-name-argument-alternatively-you-may-provide-the-bundleid-and-udid-capabilities-for-a/8626 "2016-02-19T07:49:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Mani\_Maran\_Chandraba](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/mani_maran_chandraba/32/4702_2.png) [@Mani\_Maran\_Chandraba](https://discuss.appium.io/u/Mani_Maran_Chandraba)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2016, 8:56am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/error-message-a-new-session-could-not-be-created-original-error-please-provide-the-app-or-browsername-capability-or-start-appium-with-the-app-or-browser-name-argument-alternatively-you-may-provide-the-bundleid-and-udid-capabilities-for-a/8626/2 "2016-02-19T08:56:08Z")

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Refer [Mobile Web automation on iOS real device – Safari](https://discuss.appium.io/t/mobile-web-automation-on-ios-real-device-safari/4900)

In browser capability you are not able to give chrome as string argument,we have to build chrome in local machine then only we can make use of it.

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