Release Notes

Android 16.0 (beta) for Desktop

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.
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.

August 18, 2025
Genymotion Device image (PaaS), Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
New Android version
Android 16.0 (beta) image has been released on Genymotion SaaS and Genymotion Device Image.

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.

July 21, 2025
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)
Linux x86 wheel upgraded and available for distributions with glibc 2.31 (Ubuntu 20+, Fedora 32+, Debian 11+)
Windows x86 wheel upgraded
OpenSSL 3 used for ADB Tunnel instead of OpenSSL 1.1.1
Run
pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas
to update

May 28, 2025
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 (released on 2025/05/28)
Android 9.0, 10.0 and 11.0 (released on 2025/07/22)
Android 7.0 and 8.0 (coming later)
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.
Certificate generation:
Fixed an error encountered during the certificate generation process.
Wi-Fi proxy settings:
Fixed an issue affecting persistent Wi-Fi proxy configurations.
Device name display:
Fixed a bug where the device name would sometimes display as “unknown” in settings.

May 23, 2025
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Fixed:
Resolved an issue where adbconnect command failed on Windows due to a missing OpenSSL dependency.
Run
pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas
to update

May 15, 2025
Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)
Changed:
Dropped support for Linux distributions using glibc versions earlier than 2.31.
Dropped support for 32-bit Windows.
Fixed:
Enhanced the reliability of ADB Tunnel, specifically when used on congested networks.
See our documentation for more details.
Run
pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas
to update