System Requirements for iOS Clients

The iOS device on which you install Omnissa Horizon Client, and the peripherals it uses, must meet certain system requirements.

• Operating systems

  • iOS 16.x
  • iOS 17.x
  • iOS 18.x
  • iOS 26.x
  • iPadOS 16.x
  • iPadOS 17.x
  • iPadOS 18.x
  • iPadOS 26.x

• Omnissa Horizon deployments

  Horizon Client for iOS requires the latest maintenance release of one of the following deployment types:

  • Omnissa Horizon 8 2006 or later
  • Omnissa Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
  • Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure

• (Optional) External keyboards use and manual configuration

  iPad Keyboard Dock and Apple Wireless Keyboard (Bluetooth). Manual keyboard configuration features require Omnissa Horizon Connection Server and Horizon Agent 8.4.0 or later.

• Smart card authentication

  See Smart Card Authentication Requirements.

• Touch ID authentication

  See Touch ID Authentication Requirements.

• Face ID authentication

  See Face ID Authentication Requirements.

• Horizon Connection Server and Horizon Agent

  Latest maintenance release of Horizon 8 2006 and later releases.

  If client devices connect from outside the corporate firewall, use an Omnissa Unified Access Gateway appliance so that client devices do not require a VPN connection. If your company has an internal wireless network to provide routable access to remote desktops that devices can use, you do not need to set up Unified Access Gateway or a VPN connection.

• Display protocols

  • PCoIP
  • Omnissa Horizon Blast

• Network protocols

  • IPv4
  • IPv6 For information about using Horizon in an IPv6 environment, see the Horizon 8 Installation and Upgrade document.