Microsoft’s Remote Desktop Mobile gets its first update of the year on iOS

Microsoft rolled out its first update of the year for Remote Desktop on iOS.

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What you need to know

Microsoft recently rolled out an update to its Remote Desktop Mobile app on iOS (viaOnMSFT). The update is the first of 2021, and it includes some notable improvements for the app on both iPhones and iPads. The app now has more options for the connection bar, including the option to collapse it or dock it to different parts of your screen. The update also brings a zoom slider.

Here’s everything that’s new in the update, as found on its App Store listing:

It’s 2021 and time for our first release of the year.

First, we’ve made changes to the connection bar (which is part of the in-session user experience):

Finally, we addressed some accessibility bugs and the following two issues:

If you’re looking for an alternative to Microsoft’s Remote Desktop app, our Richard Devine recently wrote about howChrome Remote Desktop is so good you shouldn’t look at anything else.

This app allows you to access your PC or virtualized apps from just about anywhere using your iOS device.

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