Release Notes

• A crash used to occur when launching Genymotion on Mac OS X. This has been fixed.
• Audio playing speed on Android 5.0 has been fixed.
• Browser settings used to crash on Android 5.0 and 5.1. This has been fixed.
• Some audio/video codec crashes on Android 6.0 have been fixed.
• The file transfer popup window now has a proper display.
• A popup window now appears for failed matching ABIs on Android 4.1.
• Some irrelevant logs related to the Battery widget have been removed.
• Some label inconsistencies in the French interface have been modified.

• A new configuration setting has been added. It’s now possible to select either the NAT or Bridge network mode. By forcing your connection to Bridge, any computer on your network can contact your virtual device.
• The support of ADB is now faster: APKs can be pushed 10 to 30 times faster on all Android versions.
• Genymotion now supports Retina.
• Users with a license restricted to personal use can now see a video showcasing Premium features when clicking on the corresponding button.
• The toolbar of the device window has been simplified: it now acts as a sole toolbar that you can view in full or hide partially.
• The device window now rotates unconditionally, whether the application supports rotation or not, making it easier for you to see the behavior of your app when the device rotates.
• GMTool now provides completion scripts for Bash and Zsh shells. For more information, please refer to GMTool documentation.
• Users of GMTool can now set the following system properties: MODEL, PRODUCT, MANUFACTURER, BOARD, BRAND and DISPLAY. For more information, please refer to GMTool documentation.
• A new feature has been added, enabling to share a device configuration via Genymotion Cloud for collaboration purposes: Virtual device sharing. This feature is currently restricted to users of the Cloud Beta program.
• A new feature has been added, enabling to share an application via Genymotion Cloud for collaboration purposes: App sharing. This feature is currently restricted to users of the Cloud Beta program.

• Genymotion 2.7.0 and future versions will not be made available for 32-bit Linux operating systems.

• We will support Indie and Business customers who are using previous versions of Genymotion on 32-bit Linux operating systems for 180 days from the date of this release.

• In some situations, cloning a virtual device could take longer than expected and fail. This has been fixed.
• The Power button is now darkening the virtual device screen on Mac OS X.
• On Linux and Mac OS X, Genymotion now properly resumes after hibernation.
• The Screencast feature on Mac OS X El Capitan doesn’t lead to a crash of Genymotion anymore.
• On Mac OS X, Genymotion would sometimes needlessly consume license activations. This has been fixed.
• In the SMS feature of the Phone widget, all Unicode characters are now properly handled.
• The command android setdeviceid of Genymotion Shell now allows upper case.
• The command gmtool license info of GMTool now takes the timezone into account when displaying the expiration time.

• The way Genymotion installs “flashable archives” has been updated. It now executes update binary if one is present. Many tools have been added to execute complex scripts without a recovery.
• The new densities 420dpi and 560dpi provided in Marshmallow have been added.
• The UI of the Settings screen has been improved to offer an easier way to sign in, register the license key and use the license server feature.
• Genymotion’s development platform has been migrated from Qt4 to Qt5.

• Compatibility with all versions of Android Gradle Plugin from 1.0.0 to 1.5.0 is now fixed.
• Error logging for Genymotion version compatibility checks has been improved.

We added a preview support of Android 6.0, also known as Android Marshmallow. Virtual devices available with this version are:

• Google Nexus 5X;
• Google Nexus 6P.

We’re working hard on building the final release.

Here’s a list of known issues we’re still working on:

• Launcher3 may crash when the device starts;
• The new densities 420dpi and 560dpi cannot be selected in the UI of Genymotion, but the new devices use them anyway;
• Power button locks the device, but doesn’t darken the screen on Mac OS X;
• Camera crashes when recording;
• Identifiers widget doesn’t work yet;
• Zip archives can be flashed but some hooks might be missing for some packages to work;
• Hibernation on Mac OS X freezes the device display;
• SDcard size can’t be changed;
• “Super user” app missing;
• “File manager” app missing;
• Microphone doesn’t work;
• Most video/audio codecs don’t work.

If you find more, we’ll be happy to hear from you! https://www.genymotion.com/contact