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What's new in
BlackBerry Connect

New in
BlackBerry Connect
 3.18.1

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about fixed and known issues, supported upgrade paths, and the versions of the
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK
, see the BlackBerry Connect version 3.18 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature
Release date and app version
Description
Changes to OS support
July 2025
Android
: 3.18.1.240
  • BlackBerry Connect
     now supports devices running
    Android
     16.
  • Devices running
    Android
     11 are no longer supported.

New in
BlackBerry Connect
 3.18.0

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about fixed and known issues, supported upgrade paths, and the versions of the
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK
, see the BlackBerry Connect version 3.18 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature
Release date and app version
Description
Change to
iOS
 support
March 2025
iOS
: 3.18.0.289
Devices running
iOS
 16 are no longer supported.
App configuration policy update
March 2025
iOS
: 3.18.0.289
The "Prevent Screenshots on iOS" policy has been removed. The "Do not allow screenshots on
iOS
 devices" option in the
BlackBerry Dynamics
 profiles (
BlackBerry UEM
 12.20 and later) can be used to globally specify whether users can take screenshots in the
BlackBerry Access
 app. For more information, see BlackBerry Dynamics profile settings.

New in
BlackBerry Connect
 3.17.1

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about fixed and known issues, supported upgrade paths, and the versions of the
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK
, see the BlackBerry Connect version 3.17 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature
Release date and app version
Description
Bug fixes
March 2025
Android
: 3.17.1.228
Bug fixes that are described in the fixed issues section.
Allow or hide the
Apple
 Intelligence Writing Tools
November 2024
iOS
: 3.17.1.269
Devices that run
iOS
 18.1 and later include the
Apple
 Intelligence Writing Tools feature. You can configure your
BlackBerry UEM
 environment to allow or block built-in
Apple
 Intelligence writing tools within
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps (
BlackBerry Access
,
BlackBerry Work
,
BlackBerry Connect
,
BlackBerry Notes
, and
BlackBerry Tasks
) with SDK version 13.0.1 or later.
UEM
 version 12.21 introduces a new setting in
BlackBerry Dynamics
 profiles, “Allow
Apple
 Intelligence in-app writing tools”, which specifies if users can access the built-in Writing Tools feature in
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps. By default, this setting is not selected. In addition,
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps will prevent the use of writing tools on upgrade if the "Do not allow copying data from
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps into non
BlackBerry Dynamics
" setting is enabled (selected). For more information on allowing or blocking access to the
Apple
 Intelligence writing tools, see BlackBerry Dynamics profile settings in the
BlackBerry UEM
 Managing apps content.

New in
BlackBerry Connect
 3.17

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about fixed and known issues, supported upgrade paths, and the versions of the
BlackBerry Dynamics SDK
, see the BlackBerry Connect version 3.17 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature
Release date and app version
Description
Changes to OS support
September 2024
iOS
: 3.17.0.253
January 2025
Android
: 3.17.0.225
iOS
:
BlackBerry Connect
 now supports devices running
iOS
 18.
Android
:
BlackBerry Connect
 now supports devices running
Android
 15.
Usability enhancements
September 2024
iOS
: 3.17.0.253
When users authenticate the app, the number of times that the app switches between the authentication delegate app is reduced. Also, one password will be reused for all of the
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps (for example,
BlackBerry Access
,
BlackBerry Work
,
BlackBerry Connect
,
BlackBerry Notes
, and
BlackBerry Tasks
) that are running 3.17 or later. This feature will allow users to update the password from one app and apply it to all of the
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps.
For more information, see KB 140190.
Policy enhancements
September 2024
iOS
: 3.17.0.253
BlackBerry Connect
 no longer supports the app level policy "Prevent Screenshots on iOS" devices. You can now prevent users from taking screenshots from
BlackBerry Dynamics
 apps (for example,
BlackBerry Connect
,
BlackBerry Work
,
BlackBerry Tasks
, and
BlackBerry Notes
) using the new "Do not allow screenshots on iOS devices"
BlackBerry Dynamics
 profile setting in the
BlackBerry UEM
.
For more information, see BlackBerry UEM Managing apps content.

New in
BlackBerry Connect
 3.16

The table below details the new features in this release. For information about fixed and known issues, supported upgrade paths, and the versions of the BlackBerry Dynamics SDK and BlackBerry Dynamics Launcher, see the BlackBerry Connect version 3.16 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature
Release date and app version
Description
Change to
iOS
 support
June 2024
iOS
: 3.16.0.223
Devices running
iOS
 15 are no longer supported..
BlackBerry
 Persona mobile (BIS)
June 2024
iOS
: 3.16.0.223
Android
: 3.16.0.194
BlackBerry Connect
 is no longer compatible with
BlackBerry
 Persona Mobile.
Changes to
Android
 targetSdkVersion
June 2024
Android
: 3.16.0.194
The
BlackBerry Connect for Android
 app will now target API level 14.