What's new in BlackBerry Connect
BlackBerry Connect
New in BlackBerry Connect 3.17.1
BlackBerry Connect
3.17.1The 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 |
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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
BlackBerry Connect
3.17The 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 3.17 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.
Feature | Release date and app version | Description |
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Changes to OS support | September 2024 iOS : 3.17.0.253 | BlackBerry Connect is now compatible with iOS 18.
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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.
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New in BlackBerry Connect 3.16
BlackBerry Connect
3.16The 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 |
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Change to iOS support | June 2024 iOS : 3.16.0.223 | BlackBerry Connect is no longer compatible with iOS 15.
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BlackBerry Persona mobile (BIS) | June 2024 iOS : 3.16.0.223Android : 3.16.0.194 | BlackBerry Connect is no longer compatible with BlackBerry Persona Mobile.
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Changes to Android targetSdkVersion | June 2024 Android : 3.16.0.194 | The BlackBerry Connect for Android app will now target API level 14.
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New in BlackBerry Connect 3.15
BlackBerry Connect
3.15The 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 3.15 Release Notes. For device OS compatibility, see the Mobile/Desktop OS and Enterprise Applications Compatibility Matrix.Feature | Release date and app version | Description |
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