Remote Utilities Release Notes "remoteutilities.com" (www.remoteutilities.com) http://www.remoteutilities.com en http://backend.userland.com/rss2 Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 60 [Viewer/Host] Interface translated into 23 languages. The language is selected in Viewer and Host settings.
[Viewer/Host] Proxy server support: HTTP, SOCKS4/4A and SOCKS5. Viewer uses the proxy for direct connections, Internet-ID connections and Check ID; Host uses it for Internet-ID connections.
[Viewer/Host] Authentication through your own RU Server (self-hosted server) is now available in the Viewer; the Host settings gained server selection and a user permissions page.
[Viewer] Event log: a panel in the main window (View → Show event log), a log file on disk, and a new Event log page in Settings.
[Viewer] License keys are now synced with RU Server: the server pushes keys to the Viewer, and a 'Get keys from server' button fetches them on demand. Fixed: keys did not survive a Viewer restart.
[Viewer] Address book import and export in XML format (File menu).
[Viewer] Wake-on-LAN in the connection context menu.
[Viewer] The selected monitor is now remembered for each connection.
[Viewer] Keyboard in a remote session: fixed special keys, modifiers and the numeric keypad; Alt+F4 and Alt+F10 are now sent to the Host.
[Viewer] The update check now writes the reason for a failed check to the event log.
[Host/Agent] Screen capture at full Retina resolution; the mouse cursor is drawn once and sharp.
[Host] The tray application no longer shows up in the Dock, and the Host panel opens above other windows.
[Host] A single click on the status bar icon opens the menu; the Host panel opens via 'Show window'.
[Host] 'Quit' in the tray menu now stops the Host completely; launching the Host from Applications starts the service.
[Host] Fixed: settings changed in the dialog opened from the tray icon, including the language, were not saved.
[Host] Fixed: on macOS 27, clicking the status bar icon crashed the tray application.
[Host] 'Restart Host' item in the tray icon menu.
[Host] New 'Service state' page in Settings: service status, Install/Uninstall/Start/Stop, and Automatic/Manual startup.
Universal builds (Apple silicon and Intel). The Viewer .dmg, Host .pkg and Agent are signed and notarized.
]]> Sun, 20 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item0 [Viewer/Host] Interface translated into 23 languages. The language is selected in Viewer and Host settings.
[Viewer/Host] Proxy server support: HTTP, SOCKS4/4A and SOCKS5. Viewer uses the proxy for direct connections, Internet-ID connections and Check ID; Host uses it for Internet-ID connections.
[Viewer/Host] Authentication through your own RU Server (self-hosted server) is now available in the Viewer; the Host settings gained server selection and a user permissions page.
[Viewer] Event log: a panel in the main window (View → Show event log), a log file on disk, and a new Event log page in Settings.
[Viewer] License keys are now synced with RU Server: the server pushes keys to the Viewer, and a 'Get keys from server' button fetches them on demand. Fixed: keys did not survive a Viewer restart.
[Viewer] Address book import and export in XML format (File menu).
[Viewer] Wake-on-LAN in the connection context menu.
[Viewer] The selected monitor is now remembered for each connection.
[Viewer] Keyboard in a remote session: fixed special keys, modifiers and the numeric keypad; Alt+F4 and Alt+F10 are now sent to the Host.
[Viewer] The update check now writes the reason for a failed check to the event log.
[Host/Agent] Wayland support without X11: input and screen capture, including the login screen and the mouse cursor. The backend is selected automatically, with an option to force one.
[Host] Lock input: block the keyboard and mouse on the remote computer during a session.
[Host] The 'Set up X11' dialog is no longer shown automatically; on Wayland the Agent warns that screen capture is not available.
[Host] The Host panel opens on a double-click on the tray icon.
[Host] Fixed: two tray icons after a service restart or at sign-in.
[Host] Fixed: the Start Host, Stop Host and Settings menu items now ask for elevated rights; previously Start and Stop silently did nothing.
[Host] Fixed: a clean package installation no longer produces systemd errors.
[Host] 'Restart Host' item in the tray icon menu.
[Host] New 'Service state' page in Settings: service status, Install/Uninstall/Start/Stop, and Automatic/Manual startup.
Packages: .deb, .rpm and .tar.xz for Viewer and Host, .tar.xz for the Agent. The .rpm has no hard dependencies and installs on RED OS, Astra Linux and ALT Linux.
]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item1 Added localization into 23 languages: Arabic, Chinese (Simplified and Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal and Brazil), Spanish, Swedish, Thai, Turkish and Vietnamese.
Default tap action: added 'None' and 'Show menu' as options.
]]> Wed, 16 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item2 Mouse cursor is now shown for remote computers that have no physical mouse or trackpad attached.
Redesigned 'Add new connection' screen, now closer to its desktop version counterpart.
Updated Properties screen: the Direct or Internet-ID connection type can now be chosen explicitly, matching the desktop version.
Fixed reconnection issues after the phone wakes from sleep.
]]> Tue, 01 Sep 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item3 Completely new application, rebuilt as a full mobile version of the desktop Viewer.
New user interface with light and dark modes.
Full Control, View Only, File Transfer and Power Control connection modes.
Trackpad and Touch interaction modes in Full Control.
Multi-monitor support: switch monitors or view all at once.
Next generation screen capture codec, with the classic codec available as an option.
Full-featured address book with folders, connection properties and host online status.
Address book import from the desktop version and sync via a self-hosted server.
New authentication modes: login and password (Remote Utilities Security), custom server security.
Note: connections saved in the previous app use an incompatible format and do not carry over. Re-add them or import your desktop address book file.
]]> Sat, 29 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item4 Multi-monitor support.
[Viewer] File Manager. Full functionality as in the Windows client except the tabs.
[Host/Viewer] Power Control connection mode (supports bulk operations).
[Host/Viewer] Send Message mode for plain text messages (supports bulk operations).
[Host/Viewer] Automatic clipboard synchronization.
[Viewer] Settings window.
[Host] Added the ability to disallow specific connection modes.
[Host] Login/password (Remote Utilities Security) authentication method.
[Host] Fixed: the tray icon sometimes didn't appear after user sign-in on macOS.
]]> Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item5 The Host/Agent module for Linux and macOS now accepts File Transfer mode connections from Windows Viewer.
Fixed a thread leak that could cause the application to crash.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.

]]> Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item6 Significantly improved Viewer performance when working with large address books, including those synced via RU Server.
File Transfer mode now works when connecting to Remote Utilities Host for macOS and Linux (requires the latest version for macOS/Linux).
Fixed a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Remote Utilities Host versions 7.7.3.0 and earlier. See CVE-2026-14208 for details.
Minor fixes and improvements.
]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item7 Migration to new framework version. Compatibility with some legacy Linux versions is no longer available.
Significantly improved support for large address books (tens of thousands of connections).
Reworked the Host module interaction architecture on Linux. Fixed a number of issues with capturing the login screen on certain distributions, as well as problems with user switching.
Added support for universal binaries on macOS. The application now runs natively on Apple Silicon processors.
Implemented a new screen capture mechanism on macOS.
Various other improvements and bug fixes.

]]> Thu, 11 Jun 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item8
Host for macOS released (beta 23).
Viewer and Agent for macOS updated (beta 23).
Viewer, Host, and Agent for Linux updated (beta 23).
Manual clipboard transfer added in all versions listed above (automatic transfer coming soon).
Fixed an issue with handling duplicate instances of the Host process on Linux.
Minor fixes and improvements.
]]> Tue, 28 Apr 2026 00:00:00 -0400 https://www.remoteutilities.com/product/release-notes.php?rss=1#item9