System Requirements for Horizon Client for Chrome

The device on which you use Horizon Client for Chrome must meet certain software requirements.

• Device models

  Chromebook, Chromebox, or a device running ChromeOS Flex

• Operating systems

  One of the following:

  • ChromeOS 75 or later, running on a Chromebook
  • ChromeOS 108 or later, running on a Chromebox
  • ChromeOS Flex 103 or later

• CPU architecture

  ARM64, ARM, or x86

• Horizon deployments

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

  • Horizon 8 version 2006 or later
  • Horizon Cloud Service - next-gen
  • Horizon Cloud in Microsoft Azure Note: If client systems connect from outside the corporate firewall in a Horizon 8 or Horizon 7 deployment, use a Unified Access Gateway appliance so that client systems 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.

• Horizon Agent

  Latest maintenance release of Horizon Agent 2006 or later

• Smart card authentication

  See Smart Card Authentication Requirements.

• Third-party firewalls

  Firewalls must allow inbound traffic on certain TCP ports. See Firewall Rules for Client Web Browser Access.

• Display protocol

  Blast

• System Requirements for Geolocation Redirection

  Horizon Agent and Horizon Client, and the virtual desktop or RDS host and client machine on which you install the agent and client software, must meet certain requirements to support the Geolocation Redirection feature. See System Requirements for Geolocation Redirection.