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Genymotion SaaS (Cloud) — Blog updates

This section collects release notes and updates for Genymotion SaaS (Cloud) OS images and related components.

Date: January 21, 2026
Category: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Update: The official arm64 OS images have been updated to version 3.5.0.
Android 12.0 is included in the update.
Android 12.1 is included in the update.
Android 13.0 is included in the update.
Android 14.0 is included in the update.
For details regarding the performance improvements and bug fixes, please refer to the initial Genymotion SaaS 3.5.0 OS images release notes.

Date: November 21, 2025
Category: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Improvements: OS images update. Official arm64 OS images have been updated to version 3.5.0.
Android 15.0 is included in the update.
Android 16.0 (beta) is included in the update.
Other Android versions will be released later.
Boot time: Improved performance for Android 16 (arm64).
Bug fixes: WebRTC: Fixed an issue with virtual device interaction when the Redis connection is lost.
Bug fixes: ADB Tunnel: Fixed instability regarding ADB tunnel connections.
Known issues: ADB root command timeout. On Android 16, the command executes successfully, but the device returns a timeout error while waiting for the response.

Date: November 27, 2025
Category: Genymotion Desktop
New Android version: Android 16.0 (beta) image has been released on Genymotion Desktop.
Known Issue: On-Screen Keyboard Trigger. Currently, the on-screen keyboard toggle button may not automatically appear when you click into a text input field.
Workaround: If you require the soft keyboard, simply go to your device configuration and manually enable the “Use virtual keyboard for text input” option. This ensures the keyboard appears whenever you need it.
Known Issue: Quick Boot Consistency. In specific circumstances, the Quick Boot feature may fail to initialize properly, resulting in a crash of the emulator or the last Android app.
Workaround: If you encounter this issue with your workflow, just disable quick boot in your device configuration.

Date: August 18, 2025
Category: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud), Genymotion Device image (PaaS)
New Android version: Android 16.0 (beta) image has been released on Genymotion SaaS and Genymotion Device Image.
Known Issue: Getting device ownership could fail on boot. This could lead to some troubles in the kiosk setup process if a user is already logged in.

Date: July 21, 2025
Category: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Added: Linux arm64 wheel available for distributions with glibc 2.39 (Ubuntu 24+, Fedora 40+, Debian 13+)
Changed: macOS: native arm64 ADB Tunnel (Rosetta 2 no longer needed)
Changed: Linux x86 wheel upgraded and available for distributions with glibc 2.31 (Ubuntu 20+, Fedora 32+, Debian 11+)
Changed: Windows x86 wheel upgraded
Changed: OpenSSL 3 used for ADB Tunnel instead of OpenSSL 1.1.1
Note: Run pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas to update

Date: May 28, 2025
Category: Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Improvements: OS images update. Official ARM64 OS images have been updated to version 3.4.1.
Android 12.0, 12.1, 13.0, 14.0 and 15.0 are included (released on 2025/05/28).
Android 9.0, 10.0 and 11.0 are included (released on 2025/07/22).
Android 7.0 and 8.0 are included (coming soon).
Persistent settings: GPS location, battery level and status, and disk I/O settings are now persistently saved across sessions.
Bug fixes: Keystore boot error. Resolved a booting error that occurred when the keystore.ks file was corrupted.
Bug fixes: Certificate generation. Fixed an error encountered during the certificate generation process.
Bug fixes: Wi-Fi proxy settings. Fixed an issue affecting persistent Wi-Fi proxy configurations.
Bug fixes: Device name display. Fixed a bug where the device name would sometimes display as “unknown” in settings.