• The apps list shows a loading indicator while it loads. • Windows: use admin windows and approve admin prompts from your device. Turn on “Admin apps and prompts” in Reachbeam Host. • Windows: menus opened with a long press show right away, and the Host uses less CPU. Update Reachbeam Host to 1.0.35.

New in 1.7: • Apps (Pro, experimental, needs Reachbeam Host): use one Mac or Windows app at a time, full screen on your iPhone or iPad. Open any app, switch with three fingers, Split View on iPad. • Touch like a native app: pinch, rotate and scroll go to the app; games and iPad apps get direct touch. • Computer stats: CPU, memory, disks, network and processes. • Real multi-touch on Windows. • Sharper picture and a tidier session menu. Update Reachbeam Host to 1.0.21 for these.

• Reachbeam Host: the picture now adapts faster to a weak network, keeping it responsive • Computers found on your network now show their system (Mac, Windows, Linux) • Fixed: the unlock window could stay open after unlocking the computer • Fixed: menu icons were hard to see in light mode

• Fixed: after unlocking a computer's lock screen through Reachbeam Host, the password prompt could stay open

• Reachbeam Host is now available for Mac and Windows, free at dividedbits.com (Linux coming soon) • When the pointer moves on the computer itself, Reachbeam now shows it and keeps it in view when you're zoomed in (Reachbeam Host, RDP, and VNC servers that report it) • Apple Pencil: hover near an edge of a zoomed-in screen to move around • Safer pairing: confirm that the code matches on both screens before a computer is saved • Security and reliability improvements

• Coming soon: Reachbeam Host, a free app for Mac, Windows and Linux with our own protocol, RBP — smooth video up to 120 fps and 48 kHz stereo sound • Switch between your Mac's monitors, one at a time, over Mac Screen Sharing (Pro) • Sound on/off per connection (RDP) • Clearer connection stats for every protocol • Big-screen mode: lower latency (Pro) • Faster network scan: computers appear in a fraction of a second, one entry per computer • Pick a computer from "Available on this network" and tap Connect

• Live Text: copy, translate, or tap any text on the remote screen (Pro) • Draw on your PC: Photoshop & Krita shortcut keys, two-finger undo / three-finger redo (Pro) • Move the side menu: hold the tab and drag it to any spot on either edge • Edit the quick menu: reorder or hide actions • Recent connections, swipe to edit or delete, online/offline dot on each host

• Mac screens now refresh after every tap and key press, so parts of the screen no longer stay out of date. • If a Mac's Screen Sharing gets stuck, Reachbeam now tells you how to fix it.

• New setup guide: step-by-step help to turn on remote access on Windows, Mac and Linux, and to connect when you're away from home. • Rate Reachbeam from Settings. • Small improvements.

• Pen input now works like a real pen: hover to move the cursor, touch to draw, with pressure and tilt on Windows (RDP). • Apple Pencil Pro: squeeze for the right-click menu, double-squeeze for quick actions. • On an external monitor, the Pencil keeps working as a pen while you watch the cursor on the big screen.

• VNC sessions no longer disconnect while the remote screen is idle. • Big-screen mode now works with external displays and display glasses on iOS 27. • Smoother, more responsive controls while the remote screen is busy, such as during login.

Fixes an issue where the Pro screen appeared at launch and could not be closed. Thanks for your patience!

• Fixed an issue where browsing files over SFTP could hang if the SSH connection dropped — it now reconnects automatically. • Stability and reliability improvements.

Fixed the app appearing in Arabic on some devices whose language isn't yet supported. Those now correctly fall back to English. Plus minor stability improvements.

• Connection details: tap the ⋮ menu in a session to see the protocol, encryption, resolution and server key fingerprint of the machine you're connected to. • TLS certificate pinning for VNC and RDP warns you if a server's certificate ever changes. • Localization and stability improvements.

• The SSH terminal now sits above the keyboard — command results and the prompt stay visible, and it moves smoothly. • 30 terminal color themes with a live theme picker right inside the session; the terminal now matches your chosen theme end to end. • Zoomed in, drag to a screen edge and the view follows so you can drag end to end; in trackpad mode, double-tap then drag to move something with the cursor. • New Fit to width / Fit to height view options, plus clearer gesture-guide icons.

• Persistent SSH sessions (tmux): reconnecting keeps your shell and scrollback • Built-in TOTP (2FA): generate your bastion code right on the device • Import your existing ~/.ssh/config • Port forwards: open a forwarded web UI in the browser • Plus terminal color themes, Wake-on-LAN, and an SFTP file manager

• Pinch-to-zoom is now rock-solid — it's no longer mistaken for two-finger scrolling and never stalls mid-gesture. • Touch-and-hold reliably opens the right-click menu without it closing itself. • Smoother two-finger scrolling and panning, with the remote view always kept on-screen. • Reachbeam is now localized in more languages.

Big-screen mode (Reachbeam Pro): connect an external display to show your remote desktop on the big screen while your phone becomes a trackpad — one finger moves the cursor, two fingers scroll, and pinch to zoom, all at a comfortable speed. The phone stays a trackpad throughout, works even if the display was connected before you signed in, and switches the moment you subscribe. Free users see a Pro prompt on the big screen. • Scrolling is no longer mistaken for pinch-zoom. • Fixed a freeze right after connecting to a Mac — the first full-screen frame no longer locks up the app. • Pro features now require an active subscription. • Purchases no longer re-show the thank-you screen on relaunch.