Features in Technical Preview

Features in Technical Preview are available to use in non-production or limited production environments, and to give customers an opportunity to share feedback. Citrix does not accept support cases for features in technical preview but welcomes feedback for improving them. Citrix might act on feedback based on its severity, criticality, and importance.

List of features in Technical Preview

The following table lists the features in technical preview. These features are request-only preview features. To enable and provide feedback for any of these features, fill out the respective forms.

Title	Available from version	Enablement and Feedback form (Click the icon)
Support for adaptive audio	23.11.0
Support for multi-window session sharing apps on Samsung DeX	2307
Separate session window from Citrix Workspace app for Samsung DeX	23.9.0
Add many stores using UEM	23.8.0
Introducing picture-in-picture mode	23.3.5
Rapid scan	23.3.5
Support for an enhanced Single sign-on (SSO) experience for web and SaaS apps	22.3.5

Support for adaptive audio

This feature is in technical preview from 23.11.0 release.

Citrix Workspace app for Android supports HDX adaptive audio. This feature is designed to provide users with exceptional audio quality and low latency.

Notes:

• This feature is a request-only preview. To get it enabled in your environment, fill out the Podio form.
• You can provide feedback for this technical preview by using the Podio form.

You can configure this feature by enabling the Adaptive Audio policy.

For more information, see the Audio policy setting article in the Citrix Virtual Apps and Desktops documentation.

Support for multi-window session sharing apps on Samsung DeX

This feature is in technical preview from 23.11.0 release.

The 23.9.5 version of Citrix Workspace app introduced a separate session window for end users to have a desktop-like experience. However, only one session window was supported.

Starting with the 23.11.0 version, Citrix Workspace app supports seamless multi-tasking and provides users a desktop-like experience. It allows you to open multiple apps within the same session to run simultaneously. These apps open in separate windows.

For example, when you open Citrix Workspace app and start the Google Chrome browser, Microsoft Paint, and Microsoft Word all three apps open as a separate window. To view the number of open app session windows and to switch to another app session window, use the App switch icon from the session toolbar.

Notes:

• This feature is a request-only preview. To get it enabled in your environment, fill out the Podio form.
• You can provide feedback for this technical preview by using the Podio form.
• The first app that you start might take a minute to sign in to the session and load your user profile.

Use case

When you open some apps on the DeX screen, you can still open apps from Citrix Workspace app that is on your mobile device. When you start an app session on your mobile device screen, a dialog appears to close the existing session on DeX. On the mobile device, the app opens in a single window mode.

If you click the Citrix Workspace app icon on the DeX screen when an app window is opened on the device screen, but the app is in the single window mode. You must exit the app session window mode on the DeX screen, and then open the app again to access the multiple session windows mode.

You can do the following:

• Click the pin button on the upper right of the window to pin the window app. The pinned window stays on top always.
• Access the session toolbar button on all the app windows.
• Minimize, maximize, move, and close the app window.
• Switch apps and multi-task using mouse clicks, double click, drag, and keyboard strokes.

Limitations in the feature

• The preview window title in the Samsung DeX taskbar shows Workspace instead of the actual app name.
• Server-oriented window size change isn’t supported. In other words, if the size of the server-side window is set or limited, any requests to change the size from the client side aren’t successful. This setting results in a discrepancy between the local and remote window graphics.
• The client-side window has a minimum window size. In other words, the minimum size of a window on a 1920x1080 resolution DeX screen is 220x220 with the title bar, and the available rectangle size is 220x189.
• Certain menu options might extend and appear out of the parent app boundary. The extended menu options might appear in the other app windows.
• The preview image of an app in the taskbar might overlap and cover another app’s preview.

Separate session window from Citrix Workspace app for Samsung DeX

This feature is in technical preview from 23.9.5 release.

Previously, when you started a virtual app or a desktop session, it opened in the Citrix Workspace app UI window. With this arrangement the end users had to tap the Home icon from the session toolbar and disconnect the session to access another app or desktop from Citrix Workspace app. The single window mode restricted the desktop experience on the Samsung DeX.

Starting from the 23.9.5 version, Citrix Workspace app introduces a separate session window that makes multi-tasking more efficient and user-friendly. With this feature, you can have a desktop‑like experience.

For example, when you open the Google Chrome browser, it opens as a separate window as shown in the following screenshot.

Known limitations in the feature

Only one session window is supported. In other words, the existing session window closes when opening a new session window.

Notes:

• This feature is a request-only preview. To get it enabled in your environment, fill out the Podio form.
• You can provide feedback for this technical preview by using the Podio form.

Add many stores using UEM

This feature is in technical preview from 23.8.0 release.

Administrators can now use Unified Endpoint Management (UEM) solutions to configure many stores for managed Android devices.

Note:

• You can provide feedback for this technical preview by using the Podio form.

The details for each store can be added to a JSON file. This JSON file can then be uploaded while configuring the app configuration policy. The details include:

• store URL

• store type (optional)

  Note:

  • If the store type isn’t provided, then the default interface is considered as native.

• store name (optional)

Note:

• UEM supports one cloud store and many on-premises stores.

The JSON file must be in a key-value format. For more information, refer to the following sample JSON data:

Note:

• The sample JSON data is related to Microsoft Intune. The JSON data might vary for other UEM solutions.

{
    "kind": "androidenterprise#managedConfiguration",
    "productId": "app:com.citrix.Receiver",
    "managedProperty": [
        {
            "key": "stores",
            "valueBundleArray": [
                {
                    "managedProperty": [
                        {
                            "key": "url",
                            "valueString": "test.cloud.com"
                        },
                        {
                            "key": "storeType",
                            "valueInteger": 1
                        },
                        {
                            "key": "displayName",
                            "valueString": "1"
                        }
                    ]
                },
                {
                    "managedProperty": [
                        {
                            "key": "url",
                            "valueString": "test2.cloud.com"
                        },
                        {
                            "key": "storeType",
                            "valueInteger": 2
                        },
                        {
                            "key": "displayName",
                            "valueString": "2"
                        }
                    ]
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "key": "restrict_user_store_modification",
            "valueBool": false
        }
    ]
}
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Notes:

• (default) If the integer is set to 1, users can view the native or the default store loading.
• If the integer is set to 2, users can view the store inside a web interface.

To upload the JSON file that contains store configurations, select Enter JSON data from the Configuration settings format drop-down list.

Introducing picture-in-picture mode

This feature is in technical preview from 23.3.5 release.

Citrix Workspace app for Android supports picture-in-picture (PiP) mode, enabling you to shrink your desktop session, SaaS app, or web app, to a floating window. You can move this window freely around the screen and place anywhere. PiP mode frees up the home screen of the Citrix Workspace app for you to complete other tasks.

To use this feature:

• In your desktop session, tap the Home button on the session toolbar.

  or

• While using a SaaS or web app, tap the ellipsis menu (…) > Minimize.

Tap on the floating window to view the app in full screen and close the app by tapping the X icon on the floating window. The floating window appears automatically in full screen when you minimize another app.

Note:

• This feature is a request-only preview. To get it enabled in your environment, fill out the Podio form.

The PiP feature is supported on both on-premises and cloud deployments. However, for cloud deployments, you can:

• minimize web apps to a PiP window.
• switch between a desktop session and a web app by tapping on the floating window.

Note:

You can keep only two apps active at a time. One in full screen mode and the other minimized as a PiP:

• 2 web or SaaS apps
• 1 web or SaaS app and 1 virtual app or desktop session

Rapid scan

This feature is in technical preview from 23.3.5 release.

If you’re signed into Citrix Workspace app, you can use the Rapid scan feature to scan many documents and transfer those scanned documents into the desktop session.

Note:

• This feature is a request-only preview. To get it enabled in your environment, fill out the Podio form.

Prerequisites

• Client drive mapping (CDM) must be enabled for the store.
• Rapid Scan requires read and write access on your device. To enable access, follow these steps:
  1. From your profile, tap application Settings > Store settings.
  2. Tap your current store.
  3. Tap Device Storage and then select Full access.

How to use the feature

To scan the documents:

1. From the in‑session toolbar, tap the rapid scan icon.

   

2. Tap ADD IMAGE to start scanning.

   

   The camera app opens and you can start taking the photos.

3. (Optional) Crop the scanned document. After cropping to the required size, tap CROP.

   

4. Choose from the options to save the file in the required format.

   

5. Tap Save.

   All the scanned documents are accessible inside the folder CitrixRapidScanDocuments on the external storage of your device. You can access the scanned documents through:

   • File manager on your device
   • Client drive mapping (CDM) on your virtual desktop.

Support for an enhanced Single sign-on (SSO) experience for web and SaaS apps

This feature is in technical preview from 22.3.5 release.

This feature simplifies the configuration of SSO for internal web apps and SaaS apps while using third-party identity providers (IdPs).

The enhanced SSO experience reduces the entire process to a few commands. It eliminates the mandatory prerequisite to configure Citrix Secure Private Access in the IdP chain to set up SSO. It also improves the user experience, provided the same IdP is used for authentication to both the Workspace app and the particular web or SaaS app being launched.

You can register for this technical preview by using this Podio form.

Technical Preview to General Availability (GA)