Genymotion Desktop 3.4: Now available! What's new since 3.2
A few hours ago, we have offered you a great article about the “Scrcpy” app. which was a cross-platform application (GNU/Linux, Windows and macOS) Ideal for displaying the screen of Android devices connected via USB or over TCP/IP on a computer. In such a way, to achieve easy control of the Android device with the keyboard and mouse of the desktop computer.
And like the said Scrcpy open source application, it has also been developed by the development team of the Genymotion free app, today we will take the opportunity to explore the latest news of its latest stable version called «Genymotion Desktop 3.4». Going through the news of the latest versions that we have not covered at the right time. That is, the news from version 3.2 to 3.4, as we did in a previous publication where we discussed the news of version 3.1 and 3.0.
Genymotion Desktop: New version 3.1.0 available for 2020
For those who do not know the application Genymotion, it is a Android Emulator for Linux, which stands out for efficiently running (emulating) different types of mobile devices (such as phones and tablets).
And on top of these various emulated equipment (hardware), certain elements or components can be added, such as ROMs, Applications and Games of the Android Operating System, in different versions of it. Making it possible to try a large number of combinations for research purposes, or simply to learn or enjoy them.
Genymotion Desktop: What's new from version 3.2 to 3.4
Top 5 new features of version 3.2 (January 2021)
Giving a brief summary of the official announcement of his momentThese are 5 relevant news to know:
- New arrivals: Now supports OpenGL ES 3, allowing you to test more advanced 3D code.
- New arrivals: The GPS widget now allows you to upload GPX files and play them (licensed users only).
- New arrivals: It is now possible to disable clipboard sharing between virtual devices and the host OS.
- Exchanges: The Player UI has received a visual makeover in the Material Design style, giving it a more modern look.
- Fixes: Now, the Open GApps download code is more robust, the command command "gmtool admin stop" no longer freezes on execution, and some UI elements on HiDPI screens no longer appear blurry.
Top 5 new features of version 3.3 (October 2022)
From official announcement of his moment, these are 5 outstanding news to know:
- New arrivals: Android version is now separated from hardware properties to allow deployment of any combination of simulated devices with any supported version of Android.
- New arrivals: Added a new quick start function, so that the state of the device when exiting the player is saved instead of turning off. This allows for a quick start without going through the long boot process.
- New arrivals: Added experimental support for the QEMU hypervisor. Therefore, it is expected thatThe performance on the launchpad and the player should be much better than with VirtualBox.
- Exchanges: The CLI Tool «gmtool” has been completely redesigned. Therefore, heThe syntax and usage have also been improved to be more consistent with other command line tools.
- Unfixed bugs and unimplemented solutions: Injection of audio files is currently not supported on macOS, Crashes when using WebView on Windows with QEMU, especially when logging into the Google Play Store and VirtualBox 7.x does not support the app yet.
Top 5 new features of the Genymotion Desktop 3.4 version (June 2023)
From current official announcementThese are 5 interesting novelties to try and enjoy:
- New arrivals: Includes support for Apple Silicon Chips (M1/M2) with native Android ARM. However, it is only available for Android 11, but more Android versions will come with such support. In addition, the available Android native ARM64 image will make the emulators compatible with all native ARM64/armv8 applications and thus compatible with almost all applications on the Google Play store.
- New arrivals: Now supports skins implementation with a pack of default skins: two regular phone skins and two gaming/streaming oriented tablet skins. And also for custom skins so anyone can easily create their own brand skin and use it in the emulator.
- New arrivals: A new developer widget has been included, which allows quick access to the most used Android developer options.
- Exchanges: Added a refresh button in the OsImage list in the virtual device creation wizard.
- Fixes: Fixed error about MSVCR100.dll file missing on Windows, fixed virtual device memory size limitation when using Genymotion on Apple Silicon, and improved fast boot reliability.
For more details of this latest release, you can also explore the following link.
Summary
In short, it's great free and cross-platform application called Genymotion, as it has done every year in a row, offers us great features and benefits in its new released versions. and the version «Genymotion Desktop 3.4» It has not been left behind in this aspect with its useful and innovative improvements, changes and included fixes. Therefore, if you are one of those who uses it frequently and you are currently testing this latest version that has just been released, we invite you via comments to offer us your impressions of it.
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