Version History

An overview of the most recent updates to our products, highlighting key improvements, fixes, and feature enhancements that strengthen performance and enhance your overall experience. As part of our commitment to maintaining the highest standards of security, we continuously advance our products to ensure they remain reliable, modern, and secure.

KioWare for Windows

v8.40

  • Support for Chrome 136
    KioWare for Windows has been updated to support Chromium 136.
  • Support for a Pertech Check Scanner
    The Pertech Check Scanner is now supported for secure, check-based payments.
  • Bug fixes
    Includes minor fixes and optimizations to ensure consistent kiosk performance.

v8.39

  • New Product Tiers

    KioWare is now offered in 3 flexible tiers: Starter, Essential, and Enterprise, each built to match your self-service needs. Starter includes core lockdown features, Essential adds more flexibility through customizable tools & accessibility support, and Enterprise offers robust device support & the option to manage your kiosk network remotely with our management solutions.

  • Updated to Chromium 131
    KioWare for Windows has been updated to support Chromium 131.

  • Support for PAX A80 Payment Terminal
    The PAX A80 is now supported for secure, card-present EMV transactions—ideal for unattended payment solutions.
  • New API Functions for Tabs and Popups
    New API functions let developers open tabs and popups: great for layered interfaces, help screens, or dynamic user interactions.
  • Various Bug Fixes & Improvements
    Includes minor fixes and optimizations to ensure consistent kiosk performance.

KioWare for Android

v4.9

  • New Product Tiers
    KioWare is now offered in 3 flexible tiers: Starter, Essential, and Enterprise, each built to match your self-service needs. Starter includes core lockdown features, Essential adds more flexibility through customizable tools & accessibility support, and Enterprise offers robust device support & the option to manage your kiosk network remotely with our management solutions.
  • Various Bug Fixes & Improvements
    Includes minor fixes and optimizations to ensure consistent kiosk performance.

v4.8

  • Support for communication with generic serial devices

    KioWare for Android 4.8 has implemented generic serial device support, including an updated API method allowing for communication with serial devices similar to that of the KioWare for Windows KioRawSerialDevice API. Supported data formats include string, hex, and decimal.

  • Added API method to retrieve device Bluetooth name
    KioWare for Android 4.x can now access the Bluetooth name of a device via an improved KioWareUtils API method.
    In addition, a new substitution variable has been added to allow users to add the device Bluetooth name to any string ($$BLUETOOTH_NAME$$).

  • Performance Improvements
    Users will see improved performance and reliability, most notably in relation to KioWare Server/KioCloud features and web app monitoring.

KioWare OS for Linux

v1.2

  • Updated to Debian 12
    KioWare OS for Linux now runs on Debian 12 (bookworm).
  • Updated to .NET 8
    KioWare has been updated to use .NET 8.
  • Updated to Chromium 123
    The browser version has been updated to version 123.
  • KioWare Server Improvements
    Heartbeats and custom app logs now support a wider range of data types. (Enterprise only)
  • Various Bug Fixes
    A variety of other fixes and improvements, including fixes to network updates and docked element sizing.

v1.1

  • Support for KioWare Server & KioCloud

    With access to KioWare Remote Kiosk Management, users can now leverage features such as heartbeat monitoring, statistics logging, custom app logging, remote content updates, and managed configs.

  • Added new screen orientation and resolution settings
    Allows more flexibility to customize how the interface displays across different devices and monitor setups.

  • Various Bug Fixes & Improvements
    Includes minor fixes and optimizations to ensure consistent kiosk performance.

KioWare for Chrome OS

v1.5.0

  • Various Minor Bug Fixes
    Various bug fixes and performance enhancements.

v1.4

  • Add Setting to Disable Screen Sleep

    An update to override a device screen timeout has been added to KioWare for Chrome OS. Along with forcing the screen to stay on globally, KioWare now supports specifying times during which a device screen timeout should be ignored. Any time outside of the specified range will allow screen timeouts to operate normally.

  • Various Bug Fixes
    A variety of other fixes and improvements, including resolving an issue with custom spacers improperly reflecting their assigned properties. Previously, setting the spacer’s URL or color value was ignored.

KioWare Server & KioCloud

v6.1

  • Various Bug Fixes & Improvements
    Includes minor fixes and optimizations to ensure consistent kiosk performance.

v6.0

  • Updated code base from .Net 6 to .Net 8

    This change enhances both security and performance of the KioWare Server & KioCloud.

  • KioWare License Server integrated into KioCloud
    Licenses that use KioWare License Server, a license type that allows flexible licensing windows, can now be managed via KioCloud.

  • Added ability for KioWare Enterprise to auto assign to a group
    KioWare Enterprise will have the ability to be auto-assigned to a specified kiosk management group.

  • Expiration date for Server Commands created by Triggers & Actions
    Server Commands created by Triggers & Actions can now be set to expire by a certain date or after a specified amount of time.

  • Various Bug Fixes
    A variety of other fixes and performance improvements, including optimizations to Reports.

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