Microsoft overhauled its remote desktop app for Android last year, with a new rendering engine, support for Windows 10 virtual desktops, and more. Microsoft has now released another major update, this time focusing on Chromebooks and other devices with physical keyboards.

Microsoft Remote Desktop v10.0.9 is now rolling out to the Play Store, with the most notable change being support for dark mode. When your system’s theme is set to dark, the login interface and settings panel will not blind you, but the appearance of the remote desktop will not change.

Remote desktop in dark and light modes

There are also a few key improvements that will primarily benefit Chromebooks. Remote Desktop is now natively compatible for x86_64 processors, so most Chromebooks with Intel and AMD will see improved performance. Clipboard sync, LED key support, and a few other bugs have also been fixed. The full changelog is below.

What’s up

  • Support for dark mode on Android 10 and later.
  • Native x86 / x64 support for Chromebooks.
  • Fixed clipboard redirection sync issues.
  • Added clipboard redirection to Add / Edit PC user interface.
  • Support DEL key on external keyboards.
  • Fixed a bug that blocked the autocomplete of the workspace URL.
  • Fixed accessibility bugs related to keyboard and screen reader.
  • Resolve identified reliability issues through incident reports.

This update increases the minimum Android version required to version 7.0 Nougat, so some older devices may be left behind. Microsoft has been slowly increasing system requirements over the past few months – December v10.0.9.1114 ran on Android 6.0, and July v10.0.8.1088 update was the last version to support Android 4.0.

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