WorkSpaces Applications Windows Client Release Notes - Amazon WorkSpaces Applications

WorkSpaces Applications Windows Client Release Notes

The WorkSpaces Applications client is a native application that is designed for users who require additional functionality during their WorkSpaces Applications streaming sessions. The following table describes the latest updates that are available in released versions of the WorkSpaces Applications client.

For more information about the client, see Provide Access Through the WorkSpaces Applications Client.

Client version Release date Changes

1.2.1581

11-06-2025
  • Launching the new Amazon WorkSpaces Applications client

  • Adds support for streaming over IPv6

  • Additional bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1532

09-18-2025
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1490

08-11-2025
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1458

06-10-2025
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 135.0.170

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1440 06-06-2025
  • Reverts the embedded Chromium browser to version 131.3.50

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1437

05-21-2025
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 135.0.170

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1423

03-31-2025
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 131.3.50

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1414

01-16-2025
  • Adds support for automatic time zone redirection

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1408

12-19-2024
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1403

12-12-2024
  • Adds support to save user preferences between streaming sessions

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1395

11-18-2024
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 129.0.110

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1360

08-01-2024
  • Adds support for extending full-screen across selected monitors

  • Adds support to stream Red Hat Enterprise Linux images

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 125.0.210

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1332

07-03-2024
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1326

06-17-2024
  • Improves the user experience for the IdP-initiated SSO workflow by automatically opening the client after user sign-in with the system browser

  • Other bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1303

04-03-2024
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1300

03-28-2024
  • Added support for launching the WorkSpaces Applications client from IdP-initiated streaming sessions

  • Added support for new relay state regional endpoints

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 121.3.70

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1259

02-08-2024
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1246

01-18-2024
  • Includes improved accessibility features

  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 119.4.30

1.1.1228

11-01-2023
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 114.1.120

1.1.1183 06-22-2023
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 111.2.20

1.1.1159 05-09-2023
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1130 02-09-2023
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 108.4.130

1.1.1118 11-07-2022
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 106.0.26

1.1.1099 10-13-2022
  • Includes bug fixes and improvements

1.1.1066 08-17-2022
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 102.0.9. Microsoft Visual C++ 2019 Redistributable must be installed as a prerequisite.

1.1.1025 06-29-2022
1.1.421 05-19-2022
  • Includes bug fixes

1.1.414 04-26-2022
  • Includes bug fixes and UI improvements

1.1.398 02-23-2022
  • Includes bug fixes

1.1.394 02-08-2022
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 97

1.1.386 12-20-2021
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 94.4

  • Includes bug fixes

1.1.360 11-15-2021
1.1.333 09-08-2021
  • Bug fixes for the embedded Chromium browser

1.1.319 08-16-2021
  • Resolves an issue with the caps lock, number lock, and scroll lock keys

  • Resolves an issue for the domain join sign-in experience

1.1.304 08-02-2021
  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 91

  • Updated USB driver to include important fixes

1.1.294 04-26-2021
  • Resolves an issue with SAML 2.0 authentication

  • Resolves a client stability issue with Windows 7

  • Resolves an issue with folder sharing on client reconnection

1.1.285 03-08-2021
  • Includes fixes that improve compatibility with antivirus software

1.1.257 12-28-2020
  • Adds support for real-time audio-video (AV)

  • Adds support for using a smart card for Windows sign in to Active Directory-joined streaming instances and in-session authentication for streaming applications

  • Resolves an issue that causes Microsoft Excel sheets to lose focus during streaming sessions

1.1.195 08-18-2020
  • Improves the experience of sharing local drives and folders that belong to cloud-based persistent storage solutions such as OneDrive when file redirection is used during streaming sessions

  • Upgrades the embedded Chromium browser to version 81

  • Resolves AS2TrustedDomain DNS TXT record lookup failures for domains specified in the AS2TrustedDomains list. These failures may occur with some URI schemes. For more information, see Create the AS2TrustedDomains DNS TXT Record to Enable Your Domain for the WorkSpaces Applications Client Without Registry Changes

  • Resolves an intermittent issue that causes the client to stop functioning when audio is enabled

1.1.179 07-08-2020
  • Adds support for local printer redirection

  • Resolves an issue with concurrent HTTP connections that prevents streaming with some proxy settings

  • Resolves an issue that causes file downloads for files greater than a few gigabytes to stop, and then fail

  • Resolves an issue that causes subsequent connection attempts to WorkSpaces Applications to fail if users sign in and connect to WorkSpaces Applications over SAML, disconnect from the session without closing the WorkSpaces Applications client, and then try to start a new WorkSpaces Applications streaming session

1.1.160 04-28-2020
  • Resolves an issue that prevents the application catalog page from opening on a Windows PC that has .NET Framework version 4.7.1 or earlier installed

  • Resolves an intermittent issue that causes the client to stop responding when users close the client application

1.1.156 04-22-2020
  • Adds support for defining trusted subdomains for user connections in a DNS TXT record

  • Adds support for on-demand diagnostic log and minidump uploads

  • Adds support for displaying custom branding for users who stream in native application mode

Note

Users who have this version of the WorkSpaces Applications client installed must have .NET Framework version 4.7.2 or later installed on the same PC. For a list of the .NET Framework versions available for download, see Download .NET Framework.

1.1.137 03-08-2020
  • Reverts the updates in version 1.1.136

1.1.136 03-05-2020
  • Adds support for defining trusted subdomains for user connections in a DNS TXT record

1.1.129 02-28-2020
  • Adds support for native application mode

  • Improves the user interface for the DCV Printer experience

  • Resolves an issue with using Surface Pro Pen with streaming applications

  • Resolves an issue with downloading files with file names that have international characters

1.0.525 12-12-2019
  • Resolves a DPI issue that causes the mouse cursor to point to the wrong location when a user clicks on an application during a streaming session

1.0.511 10-16-2019
  • Adds support for up to 4 monitors with a maximum display resolution of 2560x1600 pixels per monitor

  • Adds support for up to 2 monitors with a maximum display resolution of 4096x2160 pixels per monitor on the Graphics Design and Graphics Pro instance types

  • Adds support for seamless user connections to streaming sessions that were started using custom uniform resource identifier (URI) redirects

  • Adds support for adding trusted domains for start URLs

1.0.499 09-26-2019
  • Resolves an issue with client-side hardware rendering

  • Resolves an issue with the client not working correctly when Bluetooth headsets are connected to the local computer

1.0.480 08-20-2019
  • Adds support for WorkSpaces Applications file system redirection

1.0.467 07-29-2019
  • Includes fixes and enhancements to ensure compatibility with updates made to WorkSpaces Applications portal endpoints

1.0.407 05-16-2019
  • Adds support for configuring the amount of time that users can be idle (inactive) before they are disconnected from their streaming session. For more information, see "Create a Fleet" in Create an Amazon WorkSpaces Applications Fleet and Stack.

  • Resolves an issue with the “session alert” window appearing when a SAML 2.0 session has expired

  • Includes bug fixes for printing a document to a print server

1.0.375 03-07-2019
  • Adds touch screen support on Windows PCs

  • Adds support for automatically connecting USB devices when a new streaming session starts

  • Adds support for running session scripts

  • Adds support for delivering virtualized applications using the WorkSpaces Applications dynamic application framework APIs

1.0.320 01-19-2019
  • Adds multi monitor support for Graphics Design instances

  • Adds support for client display scaling factors greater than 100 percent

  • Adds support for WorkSpaces Applications regional settings

  • Adds support for the WorkSpaces Applications user pool

  • Adds support for honoring client-side proxy settings

1.0.247 11-20-2018 Initial release