If you use the Microsoft Remote Desktop app on your iPhone regularly, you may have noticed the lack of updates over the last few months. That’s because of Microsoft literally not releasing any updates to the app over the past year or so.

And after more than a year, Microsoft is finally updating the Remote Desktop app on iOS (via Tero Alhonen), and it’s a massive one. Microsoft is also promising more frequent updates to the app going forward.

“It’s been well over a year since we last updated the Remote Desktop Client for iOS. However, we are back in the game with an exciting update, with many more to follow at a regular cadence from here on out,” the company said.

The new update introduces a number of major new features — most notably, support for Windows Virtual Desktop. The update brings a new Connection Centre UI, support for dark/light themes, and support for newer iPhones and iPad devices. The latest update also brings camera, local storage, and microphone redirection. Here’s the full changelog:

• Support for the Windows Virtual Desktop (WVD) service.
• Brand new Connection Centre UI.
• Brand new in-session UI for switching between connected PCs and apps.
• New layout for the auxiliary on-screen keyboard.
• Improved external keyboard support.
• Support for SwiftPoint Bluetooth mice.
• Support for microphone redirection.
• Support for local storage redirection.
• Support for camera redirection (Windows 10 1809 or later required).
• Support for new iPhone and iPad devices.
• Dark and light theme support.
• Control whether your phone can lock when connected to a remote PC or app.
• Collapse the in-session connection bar with a long-press on the Remote Desktop logo.

If you use the Remote Desktop app frequently and have an iOS device, you would definitely want to get this new app update asap.

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