Genymotion SaaS (Cloud)

gmsaas 1.10.0 is out, this version is compatible with Genymotion API Token.

New features:

  • Added gmsaas auth token <token> command (use API Token for authentication).
  • Added gmsaas auth reset command (clear API Token from cache).
  • Read GENYMOTION_API_TOKEN environment variable for authentication.

Changed:

  • Marked gmsaas auth login <email> command as deprecated.
  • Marked gmsaas auth logout command as deprecated.
  • Marked gmsaas auth whoami command as deprecated.

Fixed:

  • Improved real-time instance state update reliability.

Run pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas to update

For more details and usage, please refer to our blog post.

New features

  • Added Biometrics widget, able to pass fingerprint authentication.
  • Added the ability to disable Quickboot with QEMU.
  • Android camera inputs are persistent after reboot of virtual devices.
  • Added -n option to genyshell, allowing you to specify the default virtual device to use.

Changes

  • QEMU is now the default hypervisor on Linux and macOS.
  • Improved QEMU capabilities by using host CPU.

Bug Fixes

  • Fixed the use of genyshell with several virtual devices and QEMU.
  • Fixed VMHeap size change being ignored.

Check our blog post to Biometrics widget in action!

Android versions

Android 14.0 beta image has been released. It is only available for arm64 instances on AWS. Updates and fixes will be released as soon as they are available.

Known issues

The following features are not available yet, or don’t function properly:

  • When starting the messaging app, a warning popup related to the app version is triggered.
  • Bluetooth is not working.
  • Rounded corners feature is not working.
  • Charging status is not updating correctly in the battery widget.
  • Switching root status could involve troubles in adb connection.

Android 14.0 beta image for Genymotion SaaS has been released! Updates and fixes will be released as soon as they are available.

Known issues

The following features are not available yet, or don’t function properly:

  • When starting the messaging app, a warning popup related to the app version is triggered.
  • Bluetooth is not working.
  • Charging status is not updating correctly in the battery widget.

Android versions

  • Android 7.0 to 13.0 have been updated to version 13.2.

New features

Update OpenSSH

Update OpenSSH to 9.3 for android version 9.0 to 13.0

Enable screenshot of protected applications

Allow screen capture of protected activities.

Improvements

UI improvements

  • Descending notifications.
  • Add an ADB serial field when ADB connection is enabled.

API improvements

  • Reduce API response time.

Bug fixes

  • Fix translation issues

Known issues

The following features don’t work properly:

  • The external storage feature is not operational, and will be fixed in a future release. Please reach out to our support team if this is a blocker for your use cases.
  • In a few cases, the camera image appears upside down. This issue will be addressed in a future release.

Note

  • Genymotion Device Image 13.2 is currently available on AWS and Azure; other Cloud providers will follow later.
  • Android 10 and above are user build types that can be rooted dynamically. For more details please refer to our documentation Using root access.

gmsaas 1.9.0 is out.

New features:

  • Added gmsaas instances display commands.

Run pip3 install [--user] --upgrade gmsaas to update

For more details and usage, please refer to our blog post.