What's new in VNC Viewer 7.11.0
Apr 25, 2024
- NEW: Added support for SSO sign-in (Entra ID/Azure AD) using your email address instead of an OIDC identifier.
- NEW: Multi-Window Mode is now available on RealVNC Viewer for macOS. When connecting to devices with multiple monitors, you can now pop out each remote monitor into its own window in RealVNC Viewer.
- IMPROVED: Screen recording in multi-window mode now only records the screen(s) that are being shown.
- IMPROVED: Re-introduced support for Windows Server 2012 following Microsoft’s announcement to make Extended Security Updates (ESUs) available.
- FIXED: Resolved an issue with large groups of computers failing to load correctly.
- FIXED: The installation package for macOS now reports correct version information for patch/software management systems.
New in VNC Viewer 7.0.1 (Feb 7, 2023)
- FIXED: VNC Viewer no longer crashes on startup if the AllowSignIn parameter is disabled.
New in VNC Viewer 7.0.0 (Jan 31, 2023)
- CHANGED: 'Instant Support' is now 'On-Demand Assist'. Click here to learn more.
- CHANGED: The VNC® Connect Home plan has been replaced with our new VNC® Connect Lite plan. It's still free, but you now get up to 256-bit encryption as well as high-speed streaming, for up to 3 devices.
- NEW: Users on per user priced plans will need to license VNC Viewer. This can be achieved by signing in or applying an offline license. Click here to learn more.
- NEW: VNC Viewer is now available as a Universal app on macOS, with native support for M1/M2 Macs.
- NEW: Added a button to save Session Information dialog to a text file.
- FIXED: Ability to use Ctrl-Click as a "right-click" to access the sidebar context menu fixed on Ubuntu 22.04 and Mac M1.
- FIXED: The sign-in dropdown menu no longer remains visible when moving the VNC Viewer application window.
- FIXED: 'Top' and 'Bottom' options on the scrollbar "right-click" menu now move the position of the scrollbar as expected.
- REMOVED: Legacy ADM templates are no longer provided for VNC Viewer. ADMX templates continue to be available on the Download page of the RealVNC website.
New in VNC Viewer 6.22.207 (Mar 7, 2022)
- NEW: Added support for Raspberry Pi OS Bullseye, 32-bit and 64-bit.
- IMPROVED: VNC Server's License Wizard has been updated to allow users to configure essential settings during first time setup including Authentication, Encryption and Access Control.
- IMPROVED: Specific events are now logged to Event Viewer/syslog when screen recording is started and stopped during a remote access session.
- FIXED: VNC Server will now automatically use polling when DirectX failures are detected with portrait displays on Windows 11.
- FIXED: DisconnectAction now works as expected when running VNC Server on macOS Big Sur and Monterey.
- CHANGED: Default permissions for VNC Server have been changed from "Administrative" to "Normal".
- Please note that when upgrading, if you have enabled QueryConnect and have not changed your VNC Server's Permissions from the default value, your connections will now be required to be accepted by an end user on the remote computer.
New in VNC Viewer 6.21.1109 (Nov 24, 2021)
- FIXED: Opening the chat window to send messages to a user on the server could prevent any control of the remote computer desktop.
New in VNC Viewer 6.21.920 (Oct 21, 2021)
- NEW: Screen Recording for computers running VNC Server 6.8.0+ and VNC Viewer 6.21.920+ with a Professional or Enterprise subscription.
- NEW: Dark mode support for MacOS.
- NEW: VNC Viewer can now send the connection password to a VNC Server on Windows that is at the login screen. This is useful for users that are using System Authentication to authenticate to VNC Server and saves typing in the password again, after connecting. This feature is accessible via the F8 menu for the first 30 seconds of the session.
- NEW: Added support for middle button press from laptops.
New in VNC Viewer 6.21.406 (May 21, 2021)
- NEW: Added ability to sort connections using the Label column in Details View, so you can easily find servers that you have not yet labelled.
- NEW: Added access to the context menu for search results. This can be shown by right clicking on a search result and allows you to change connection properties and add labels.
New in VNC Viewer 6.19.1115 (Nov 14, 2019)
- FIXED: Out of order UDP packets causing “assertion failed” error
New in VNC Viewer 6.19.923 (Sep 24, 2019)
- NEW: High-quality audio streaming for devices running VNC Server 6.6.0+ with a Professional or Enterprise subscription, for a fully immersive remote access experience.
New in VNC Viewer 6.19.715 (Aug 1, 2019)
- This is a release of VNC Viewer and supporting programs for installation on remote computers you want to control. Download.
- NEW: Support for High-speed streaming even when peer-to-peer connectivity is not available via a new UDP relay service.
- Improve reliability of connection establishment.
- Improve performance particularly in scenarios with high packet loss and latency.
New in VNC Viewer 6.19.325 (Apr 3, 2019)
- In order to connect to remote computers, you must enter two separate sets of credentials; your RealVNC account email address and password to sign in, and then the system (username and) password expected by VNC Server to authenticate. It should now be clearer which set you have to enter when.
- FIXED: Usernames that contain $ are now saved correctly.
- FIXED: Holding down SHIFT or CTRL while pressing a mouse button now affects remote Linux computers running the Gnome 3 desktop environment correctly.
- FIXED: Under Windows, VNC Viewer no longer captures mouse movements when it is not the active desktop window.
New in VNC Viewer 6.18.625 (Jul 11, 2018)
- NEW: A new encoding, ZRLE2, is now the default, which means that most users should experience better performance in conjunction with VNC Connect 6.3.0, below.
- VNC Viewer can now log to a centralized logging facility such as syslog or Event Log.
- On Windows, VNC Viewer now supports high contrast mode.
New in VNC Viewer 6.1.1 (r28093) (May 30, 2017)
- FIXED: Active Directory user accounts with no expiry date can now be used to authenticate to VNC Server using single sign-on (SSO)
- FIXED: VNC Server’s Information Center dialog no longer shows an erroneous error message when the legacy SecurityTypes parameter is set to a value other than <auto> (this may affect users upgrading from VNC 5.x).
- FIXED: VNC Server in Virtual Mode (Xvnc) no longer crashes due to a bug in the X11 render extension.
New in VNC Viewer 6.1.0 (r27437) (May 2, 2017)
- NEW: VNC Server supports multi-factor authentication. Choose a scheme based on X.509 digital certificates stored on pluggable smartcards/authentication tokens or in certificate stores, or a RADIUS server implementation from an identity management provider such as RSA SecurID or Duo. Alternatively, create a custom scheme containing as many factors as you need
- NEW: Conveniently assign discovery permissions to computers in your RealVNC account by creating groups of people and computers. Restricting discovery improves security, and helps team members reduce the number of computers they interact with in VNC Viewer
- NEW: Organize computers in VNC Viewer using labels. Right-click on the address book to create a new label, or assign a label to a computer on its Properties page
- NEW: Display a details view of computers VNC Viewer instead of a screenshot icon view, and sort by name, last connected time, and label
- More intuitive scaling options for the remote computer desktop are now available from VNC Viewer’s Properties page
- VNC Server now prompts you to send anonymous usage data to RealVNC, to help improve the user experience. You can opt out on VNC Server’s Options > Privacy page
New in VNC Viewer 6.0.3 (r27095) (Apr 10, 2017)
- FIXED: Your computer now recovers automatically if it wrongly reports that it has been cloned.
New in VNC Viewer 6.0.2 (r25562) (Feb 15, 2017)
- Released on 8 February 2017
- NEW: VNC Connect is available for Raspberry Pi. It is included with Raspbian, and pre-licensed to offer both cloud and direct connectivity to Home subscribers.
- NEW: VNC Viewer has a medium setting for the picture quality of a remote desktop, to complement high and low. By default, the picture quality is automatically adjusted to suit the speed of the network.
- VNC Connect is available in French, German, and Spanish again. The appropriate language for the desktop of each user is automatically selected. This can be changed (if required) using the Locale parameter.
New in VNC Viewer 6.0.1 (r23971) (Dec 1, 2016)
- The VNC Server user interface now makes it easier to enable cloud connectivity if you have an Enterprise subscription or trial.
New in VNC Viewer 6.0.0 (r23442) (Nov 1, 2016)
- NEW: VNC Server and VNC Viewer have new brand colors, icons and logos.
- NEW: Establish secure, seamless, reliable cloud connections from VNC Viewer to VNC Server. If you have an Enterprise subscription, this can be as well as, or instead of, traditional direct connections.
- NEW: Invite people in to your team to quickly share remote access, and manage computers, subscriptions, renewals and payment methods much more conveniently online using your RealVNC account.
- NEW: Sign in to VNC Viewer with your RealVNC account credentials to backup and sync your address book between all your desktop and mobile devices.
- NEW: VNC Address Book is integrated into VNC Viewer, so everything is accessible from one place. Use File > Import connections to transfer VNC 5.x connections in from VNC Address Book, or from a directory of .vnc files.
- NEW: VNC Viewer can remember remote access credentials so you don’t have to enter them each time. Note under Linux we additionally recommend setting a master password for VNC Viewer;
- NEW: Use File > Preferences > Privacy to set a master password to protect VNC Viewer from unauthorized use.
- NEW: Save desktop previews for connections (that is, screenshots in thumbnail form) to make VNC Viewer more intuitive to use.
- NEW: Give connections friendly names.
- NEW: Quickly forget sensitive data such as passwords and desktop previews if VNC Viewer is running on a shared computer.
- NEW: If you start VNC Viewer and simultaneously establish a direct connection at the command line, use the -useaddressbook flag to integrate with your address book, for example vncviewer -useaddressbook 192.168.1.99:65. If the connection is to a known computer, stored settings are applied. If the connection is to a new computer, it is added to your address book.
- NEW: Configure the rate at which a desktop is panned when in full screen mode using the BumpScrollSpeed VNC Viewer parameter.
- VNC Viewer now sets File > Preferences > Proxy to the system proxy server by default, rather than to no proxy server.
- VNC Deployment Tool and VNC Viewer for Java are no longer supported.
- NEW: Support for Windows Server 2016.
New in VNC Viewer 5.3.99 r20754 Beta (Aug 11, 2016)
- NEW: VNC Address Book is now integrated into VNC Viewer, so all your connections to remote computers are accessible from one place. Use File > Import connections to transfer connections in from VNC Address Book, or from a directory or .vnc files.
- NEW: Sign in to your RealVNC account on all your desktop devices to automatically backup and sync connections between them.
- NEW: VNC Viewer can remember connection passwords so you don’t have to enter them each time. Note under Linux we additionally recommend setting a master password (see below). Learn how passwords are stored.
- NEW: Use Preferences > Privacy to set a master password to protect VNC Viewer from unauthorized use.
- NEW: Save desktop previews for connections (that is, screenshots in thumbnail form) to make VNC Viewer more intuitive to use.
- NEW: Give connections friendly names.
- NEW: Quickly forget sensitive data such as passwords and desktop previews if you’re on a shared computer.
- NEW: If you start VNC Viewer and connect from the command line, append the -useaddressbook flag to integrate with your address book, for example vncviewer -useaddressbook 192.168.1.99:65. If the connection is to a known computer, saved settings are applied. If the connection is to a new computer, it is added to your address book.
- VNC Viewer sets Preferences > Proxy to use the system proxy server by default, rather than no proxy server.
New in VNC Viewer 5.3.2 r19179 (Aug 11, 2016)
- FIXED: VNC Server now correctly captures a desktop set to span multiple monitors with different DPI settings.