Genymotion Desktop 3.8.0
October 23, 2024
Genymotion Desktop
New features
- Device Link: Use your smartphone to capture touch events and motion sensor data.
- Motion Sensors: Emulate accelerometer, magnetometer, and gyroscope sensors. You can also use your smartphone as a sensor provider via the Device Link feature.
- High-Resolution Camera Injection: Now available with updated Android images (version 12.0 and above).
- Gamepad support: Connect your gamepad controller to play Android games for a more immersive experience (available for Android 12 and higher).
- Dynamic Root Access: Now available for Android 12 and higher.
- See our blog post to see them in action.
Changes
- The Remote Control widget has been replaced with the Device Link feature.
- Added preview for paid features.
Fixes & Improvements
- Improved support for High-DPI screens.
- FIX: Cut/Copy/Paste keyboard shortcuts now work on macOS.
- Enhanced error messaging for APK installation failures.
- SECURITY: Restricted QEMU port forwarding to the localhost interface.
- FIX: Fixed screenshot issues in landscape mode when using the Capture widget.
Known issues
- The Device Link app may occasionally display a blank screen (when this happens, mirroring is unavailable, but other features still work).
- The Dummy Camera does not support HD, but image injection works.
- The Motion Sensors 3D scene is disabled on some systems, such as Mac, due to the lack of OpenGL 3.3 support.
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Android 13 & 14 ARM images for Genymotion SaaS
October 17, 2024
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
New Features
- Android 13 & 14 ARM64 (beta) images: Run ARM64 virtual devices directly on Genymotion SaaS.
- Architecture filter: A new filter has been added, enabling users to easily switch between x86, x86_64 and arm64 architectures.
Known issues
- Home button: The toolbar’s home button is not working as expected.
- Camera: The camera works with the native app but may have issues with third-party apps.
Note: ARM images are currently in beta. We are actively working on resolving any issues, and we appreciate your patience. Please report any problems you encounter, and we will address them as soon as possible. about this release in our blog post.
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gmsaas 1.12.0
October 8, 2024
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
gmsaas 1.12.0 is out.
New features:
- Support for ARM64-based images.
- Display Android image beta information in the recipes get|list and osimages get|list commands.
See our documentation for more details. Runpip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas to update
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Social Single Sign-On
June 28, 2024
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
New feature
- Users can now easily sign up or log in to their Genymotion SaaS accounts using their Google or GitHub credentials. This feature simplifies the authentication process and enhances user experience by allowing quick and secure access to our platform without the need to remember another password.
about it in our blog post.
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Android 14 stable & Biometrics Widget
June 12, 2024
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
New Features
- Android 14.0 final image released.
- A new Biometrics Widget is now available with our latest updates for both Android 13 and Android 14 (version 3.2.0 images). This widget allows users to emulate biometric authentication methods such as fingerprint.
Read more about it in our blog posts:
- Android 14 stable
- Biometrics Widget
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Genymotion Plugins 2.0.1
June 10, 2024
Plugins
Fixes
- Bump supported IDE versions.
Supported IDEs and versions are:
| Android Studio | Flamingo | 2022.2.1 — Koala Feature Drop | 2024.1.2 Canary 5 |
| Aqua | 2024.1.1 — 2024.1.2 |
| IntelliJ IDEA Community | 2022.2 — 2024.1.2 |
| IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate | 2022.2 — 2024.1.2 |
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