What's new in

BlackBerry Access

The "Prevent Screenshots on iOS" app configuration setting has been removed. You can use one of the following options to specify whether users can take screenshots in the

BlackBerry Access

app:

BlackBerry UEM
12.20 or later: The "Do not allow screenshots on
iOS
devices" option in
BlackBerry Dynamics
profiles. For more information, see BlackBerry Dynamics profile settings. BlackBerry recommends using this profile setting.
UEM
12.19 and 12.18: The "
BlackBerry Dynamics
screen capture detection on
iOS
devices" option in the Compliance profile settings. For more information, see iOS and iPadOS: Compliance profile settings (12.19) and iOS: Compliance profile settings (12.18), respectively.

The New Tab (+) screen has been redesigned to include a back button when more than one tab is open. The back button will close the New tab screen and return the focus to the previous tab.
The “Mobile Bookmarks” folder has been removed from the Bookmarks screen. All of the bookmarks will be displayed at the root of the Bookmark folder.
The Light theme background color has been changed.

BlackBerry Access

is no longer compatible with

Android

11.

Bug fixes that are described in the fixed issues section.

Bug fixes that are described in the fixed issues section for your device:

iOS
: fixed issues
Android
: fixed issues

Users can now clear their browsing history based on the following time periods:

All time
Today and yesterday
Today
Last hour

For more information, see Delete browsing history items based on time period in the

BlackBerry Access for Android

user guide.

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.

You can now enable the use of WebRTC. Enabling WebRTC provides microphone and camera support required by services such as

Zoom

and

WebEx

. When the setting is enabled, the user is prompted to approve the use of the camera and microphone when opening a supported site. If you want your users to use this feature, you must select the “Allow WebRTC” option in the app configuration for

BlackBerry Access

. This feature also supports QR Code real-time communication capabilities. 

Note that WebRTC traffic is not routed through the

BlackBerry Dynamics

secure tunnel regardless of the network connectivity profile settings. WebRTC traffic goes direct to the internet. Also, Connectivity profile settings do not apply to WebRTC traffic.

For more information, see BlackBerry Access app configuration settings.

Users can now copy and paste text between the

BlackBerry Access

browser and

Intune

managed

Microsoft 365

apps.

For more information, see the

iOS

and

Android

user content.

BlackBerry Access

is no longer compatible with

Android

10.

BlackBerry Access

is no longer compatible with

iOS

15.

BlackBerry Access

is no longer compatible with

BlackBerry

Persona mobile (BIS).

Users can open external webpages from domains that aren’t included in the "Allowed Domains" specified in Connectivity profiles. These webpages will open in the native default browser on their device. Additionally, users can customize their native browser preference. By default, the device's native default browser is

Safari

.

If you want your users to use this feature, you must select the “Allow URL not in Allowed Domains of Connectivity Profiles to be loaded in native default browser” option in the app configuration policy.

BlackBerry Access for iOS

is now compiled with Xcode 15.

The

BlackBerry Access for Android

app will now target API level 34.