What's new in RealVNC Viewer 7.10.0
Feb 22, 2024
- NEW: Multi-Window Mode for Multi-Monitor Support. When connected to a RealVNC Server with multiple monitors, you can now activate Multi-Window Mode in RealVNC Viewer on Windows and Linux. This lets you show each remote monitor in its own window, so you’re free to arrange remote monitors to your liking, including displayed individually on connected local monitors.
- FIXED: Resolved an issue preventing entry of your organisation's OIDC identifier for Azure AD SSO if an invalid OIDC identifier was set previously.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.9.0 (Feb 22, 2024)
- NEW: File Manager - File Transfer now has a completely new look and a new name. The two-pane window in File Manager makes it easier than ever to transfer files and folders to and from remote devices, and you can even rename and delete files on your remote devices.
- NEW: Added support for macOS Sonoma. Please note, there is a known issue with the remote printing feature on macOS Sonoma.
- IMPROVED: A new parameter, ColorSpaceRGB, has been added to RealVNC Viewer for macOS to allow users to customise the color space used to render a remote computer's desktop.
- IMPROVED: An updated splash screen is shown on first run after installing RealVNC Viewer using the RealVNC Connect Setup app.
- FIXED: When using RealVNC Viewer with Azure AD SSO users will no longer see erroneous "Access denied; please sign in" messages intermittently when trying to connect to remote devices.
- FIXED: RealVNC Viewer no longer crashes during an Azure AD SSO sign-in attempt if login.microsoftonline.com cannot be reached.
- FIXED: RealVNC Viewer for macOS now correctly removes whitespace and newline characters from the connection address bar.
- FIXED: Azure AD SSO now works correctly when using Firefox with RealVNC Viewer on Ubuntu.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.8.0 (Nov 9, 2023)
- IMPROVED: General bug fixes and performance improvements
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.7.0 (Oct 18, 2023)
- IMPROVED: Behind the scenes changes to enable support for the RealVNC Connect Setup app's new online sign-in option.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.6.1 (Sep 19, 2023)
- FIXED: RealVNC Viewer will no longer erroneously show the message "VNC Viewer is not licensed to connect to this VNC Server" when connecting to a RealVNC Server licensed with a Per User subscription plan.
- FIXED: RealVNC Viewer will no longer crash if your organisation's Azure AD SSO OIDC identifier changes.
- FIXED: Sorting of columns in the Address Book and other views is remembered between RealVNC Viewer application launches.
- CHANGED: MaxServersToList is now available as an Expert parameter in RealVNC Viewer for easier configuration when using RealVNC Viewer's Computer Group organisation feature.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.6.0 (Aug 8, 2023)
- NEW: Presence status for cloud-connected RealVNC Servers is now available in RealVNC Viewer. Presence allows users to easily see the status of their devices, letting them know if they’re online or not, before starting a connection to them. For more information about Presence, click here.
- Please note that this feature is only available on certain subscription plans. If you do not see Presence information for your devices, please contact our Sales team to discuss adding Presence to your subscription.
- NEW: RealVNC Viewer now shows cloud-connected RealVNC Servers in their groups, as configured in the RealVNC Connect Portal. For more information about this feature, click here.
- NEW: Support for dynamic resolutions in Virtual Mode sessions, which allows RealVNC Server to dynamically change resolution to match the size of the connected RealVNC Viewer window. Note that this feature also requires use of RealVNC Server 7.6.0 or later, and if SystemXorg mode is enabled, the RealVNC dummy driver must be installed.
- IMPROVED: Application icons in RealVNC Connect for Windows are no longer blurry on devices using display scaling set above 100%.
- IMPROVED: RealVNC Viewer now resumes active sessions faster when resuming from sleep/hibernation.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.5.0 (May 26, 2023)
- CHANGED: VNC Viewer has a new name, RealVNC Viewer, as well as a new icon!
- FIXED: Offline licenses applied by the License Wizard in RealVNC Server for Linux now have the correct file permissions.
- FIXED: Applying an offline license file from a network share is now correctly processed by the Licensing Wizard.
- FIXED: VNC Server on MacOS will now use system proxies that use a PAC file.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.1.0 (Apr 12, 2023)
- NEW: Monitor selection is now available using the VNC Viewer toolbar. See this guide for more information.
- FIXED: An invalid offline license could prevent VNC Viewer from connecting to VNC Servers in some cases.
- IMPROVED: The icons on the VNC Viewer session toolbar have been visually refreshed.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.0.1 (Feb 7, 2023)
- FIXED: VNC Viewer no longer crashes on startup if the AllowSignIn parameter is disabled.
New in RealVNC Viewer 7.0.0 (Feb 1, 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 RealVNC Viewer 6.22.826 (Sep 29, 2022)
- NEW: URI schema support for automatically launching and starting Viewer connections to Servers. Find out more here: Can I launch VNC Viewer from a web page or program using URIs?
- NEW: Screen recording is now available in VNC Viewer for Raspberry Pi.
- IMPROVED: VNC Viewer now correctly scales the image when connecting to device with a large resolution portrait display.
- FIXED: A timeout during an SSO login attempt could cause VNC Viewer to crash.
- FIXED: VNC Viewer now shows an appropriate message for SSO accounts that have an expired token e.g. when using periodic re-authentication through Azure Conditional Access.
- SECURITY: Fixed a local privilege escalation in Windows caused by MSI installer Repair mode.
New in RealVNC 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 RealVNC 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 RealVNC Viewer 6.21.406 (May 20, 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
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.21.118 (Feb 1, 2021)
- NEW: Added support for MacOS Big Sur.
- FIXED: Possible VNC Viewer crashes on Macbook Air M1 and Macbook Pro M1 when connecting to other computers.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.20.817 (Aug 19, 2020)
- FIXED: an issue with the VNC Viewer showing a black screen on MacOS Big Sur.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.20.529 (Jun 7, 2020)
- FIXED: Possible crashes on Linux when SendPrimary parameter is set.
- FIXED: High-speed streaming and audio connections failures under certain networking conditions.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.20.113 (Jan 17, 2020)
- NEW: Use VNC Viewer to control which remote monitor is displayed by VNC Server (requires VNC Server 6.7.0 or later). Press F8 while connected to your VNC Server to access the "Select monitor" menu.
- NEW: Added support for Windows Server 2019 and CentOS/RHEL 8.
- NEW: VNC Viewer will now log to a file at info level (30) by default, in addition to EventLog/syslog logging at audit level (10).
- NEW: Advanced parameters can now be set via the Expert tab in VNC Server's Options. This will typically be used with instruction from RealVNC Support when troubleshooting an issue.
- FIXED: Desktop toolbar should no longer keep focus when interacting with it.
- FIXED: A silent crash could occur on Windows 10 when launching connections from the address book.
- FIXED: A silent crash could occur on Windows 10 launching instant support sessions.
- FIXED: Crash on connection to AMX touch panel from Linux.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.19.1115 (Nov 15, 2019)
- FIXED: Out of order UDP packets causing “assertion failed” error
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.19.923 (Sep 25, 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.
- Added support for MacOS Catalina.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.19.715 (Aug 2, 2019)
- 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 RealVNC Viewer 6.19.325 (Apr 4, 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.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.19.107 (Jan 17, 2019)
- FIXED: VNC Viewer now starts on macOS even if an invalid URL has been entered into the Mac’s System Preferences > Network > Advanced… > Proxies > Automatic Proxy Configuration > Proxy Configuration File URL field, for either Ethernet or Wi-Fi.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.18.907 (Sep 14, 2018)
- FIXED: VNC Viewer now starts on macOS even if an invalid URL has been entered into the Mac’s System Preferences > Network > Advanced… > Proxies > Automatic Proxy Configuration > Proxy Configuration File URL field, for either Ethernet or Wi-Fi.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.18.625 Build 36746 (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.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.1.1 Build 28093 (Jun 5, 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 (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 RealVNC Viewer 6.1.0 Build 27437 (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 RealVNC Viewer 6.0.3 Build 27095 (Apr 10, 2017)
- FIXED: Your computer now recovers automatically if it wrongly reports that it has been cloned.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.0.2 Build 25562 (Feb 15, 2017)
- 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.
New in RealVNC Viewer 6.0.0 Build 23290 (Nov 1, 2016)
- All platforms:
- NEW: VNC has a new brand name, VNC Connect. VNC Server and VNC Viewer have new brand colors, icons and logos.
- NEW: VNC Connect is licensed by annual subscription rather than perpetual license key. When a paid Professional or Enterprise subscription expires, remote access stops. If you’re an existing, entitled VNC 5.x customer, you can automatically upgrade to a new Enterprise subscription.
- 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; see below. Learn how passwords are stored.
- 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 Server now needs an Enterprise subscription in order to run in User Mode or Virtual Mode. Only direct connectivity is available in these modes.
- 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.
- Mac:
- NEW: Support for macOS 10.12 Sierra. Note that only 64-bit package files are available for macOS 10.10, 10.11 and 10.12.
- Known issues:
- VNC Connect is only available in English. Spanish, French and German versions will follow soon.
- After resuming from sleep, it may take a minute or so for your VNC Server computer to be available for cloud connections.
- Standard selection mechanisms such as CTRL-A or holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while clicking do not yet allow you to select multiple connections in VNC Viewer.
- Choosing File > Export connections in VNC Viewer to export to .vnc files exports all connections, not just the one currently-selected.
New in RealVNC Viewer 5.3.99 Build 20754 Beta (Aug 9, 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.
- Known issues:
- VNC Viewer is only available in English.
- Standard selection mechanisms such as CTRL-A or holding down the SHIFT or CTRL key while clicking do not yet allow you to select multiple connections.
- Choosing File > Export connections to export to .vnc files exports all connections, and not just the one currently-selected.