Dates: January 12, 2026
Esper Agent Version: v9.2.2537
New Features and Announcements
Windows device management is now available in beta, bringing Windows into the Esper console alongside Android, iOS, and Linux. With the Windows device management, you can now:
- Provision Windows devices using Deep Links, making enrollment fast and simple from the Esper console and your Windows device.
- Configure and maintain devices with Blueprints and command-based management, ensuring consistent setup and ongoing fleet control.
- Troubleshoot and observe devices with remote view and control, reducing the need for hands-on access.
- Run script-based commands to diagnose issues, automate actions, and manage devices at scale.
For a complete list of supported features and setup guidance, see the Windows beta documentation.
- Select 1000 Device from D&G: You can now select 1000 devices at once from the Devices & Groups page. This improvement is available in the Advanced Devices & Groups view. For the best results, set your page to 200 total devices and select all devices from the current page (use filters to select applicable devices).
- Linux Provisioning Updates: We’ve added support for installing X11 and Wayland display packages in the CLI during Linux manual provisioning and during the package integration step for Linux seamless provisioning.
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Android Esper Agent Updates:
- Fixed an issue where the wipe device command would crash the Esper Agent on Android 14 devices.
- Fixed an issue where the Esper Agent would crash when it tried to fetch the device’s time zone.
- Added an error message for moments when the Esper Agent fails to disable OTA updates on some Lenovo devices.
- Fixed an issue during the provisioning process where app installations would cause the agent to stop responding.
- Fixed a rare issue where the Esper Agent stopped working because of permission restrictions on Android 10+ devices when accessing the device serial number.
- Fixed an issue that resulted in crashes on a few devices for CDSK provisioning.
- Updated Zebra XML Profile to grant Remote Viewer app special permissions.
Bug Fixes and Improvements
- During a File Manager session, you’ll now be able to search for files within folders as long as its parent folder is expanded at least once. Note that double-clicking a folder is not the same as expanding it. Click on the caret (>) to expand the folder.
In this example, the Internal Storage and Pictures folders have been expanded, making the android_seamless file searchable. Searches can be conducted even if the parent folders are closed during the session. However, the behavior resets after each session.
- Fixed an issue where Ubuntu devices would display “Your device hasn’t connected to Esper in over 30 minutes” in the Remote Viewer despite having a Last Seen < 30 min status.
- Fixed an issue in the Remote Viewer where Ubuntu devices would output several characters when typing a “$” from a Mac keyboard.
- Fixed a Blueprints UI issue where the apply policy account at the top of the blueprint did not match the actual policy account applied in the blueprint.
- We’ve removed the escape functionality when using the ESC key during a Remote Terminal session, to account for various shortcut set ups. You can still exit a Remote Terminal session by clicking on the End Session button. This change only affects Remote Terminal sessions (and not Remote Viewer sessions).
- We’ve removed the All Access radio button in User Management > Custom Roles > Linux Device User Management as it wasn’t relevant to that particular setting.
We’re excited to launch DevRel 180 over the coming days, and the Esper team is hard at work on the next release. Please contact Esper Support to share your thoughts on how Esper can improve future releases.