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Okta Mobile for Android

Download: Go to Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads). See Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store.

Version: 4.24.1

Deployment date: May 1, 2023

Release summary

  • This version includes internal improvements and fixes.

Version: 4.22.0

Deployment date: April 18, 2021

Release summary

ClosedPast releases

Version: 4.21.0

Deployment date: November 1, 2021

Release summary

  • In environments where Google Play services aren't available, the Okta Mobile installation failed when admins downloaded and used installation software (APK files) from the Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads). (OKTA-429681)
  • Other internal fixes.

Version: 4.20.1

Deployment date: June 22, 2021

Release summary

  • This version includes several internal improvements and fixes.

Version: 4.19.0

Deployment date: April 19, 2021

Release summary

  • After admins set up a custom URL with CloudFlare, some end users received the error Unable to establish secure connection with Okta when using the custom URL in Okta Mobile for Android. (OKTA-361331)
  • Various internal fixes.

Version: 4.18.1

Deployment date: February 9, 2021

Release summary

This version includes several internal improvements.

Version: 4.17.1
Deployment date: 11-16-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • This release fixed potential security vulnerabilities associated with the implementation of toasts. (OKTA-327529, OKTA-311107)

  • On Android devices, users can now test beta versions of Okta Mobile using Google Play. To start testing, open Okta Mobile and go to Settings > Join beta. See Try new Android apps before they’re officially released. (OKTA-342894)

  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 4.15.1
Deployment date: 9-21-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • In some cases, when opening apps from Okta Mobile on Android devices, users weren't prompted with a choice to select either the native app or the website. (OKTA-297673)

  • Version 4.15.1 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This is an alternative way to access Okta Mobile Android installation software (APK files) in locations where the Google Play Store and Google Services are not available (for example, in China). For more information about downloadable Android installers, see Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store. (OKTA-334156)

  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 4.14.0
Deployment date: 8-03-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • Android device users were prompted for multi-factor authentication (MFA) even when the Okta sign-on policy was configured to bypass MFA on known devices.
  • When users entered an incorrect URL, Okta Mobile failed instead of displaying an error message.

  • Version 4.14.0 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This is an alternative way to access Okta Mobile Android installation software (APK files) in locations where the Google Play Store and Google Services are not available (for example, in China). For more information about downloadable Android installers, see Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store.

  • Other internal improvements.

Version: 4.13.0
Deployment date: 7-20-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • After signing in to Okta, users were prompted to authenticate with Okta Verify even if they hadn’t yet enrolled their device.
  • When signing in to Okta Mobile, entering an invalid domain URL generated a message that erroneously reported malicious activity.
  • Other internal improvements.

  • Version 4.13.0 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This is an alternative way to access Okta Mobile Android installation software (APK files) in locations where the Google Play Store and Google Services are not available (for example, in China). For more information about downloadable Android installers, see Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store.


Version: 4.12.0
Deployment date: 7-06-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

This version includes several internal improvements.

Version 4.12.0 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This is an alternative way to access Okta Mobile Android installation software (APK files) in locations where the Google Play Store and Google Services are not available (for example, in China). For more information about downloadable Android installers, see Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store.


Version: 4.11.0
Deployment date: 6-22-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • Users signing in to Okta from a known Android device received an MFA challenge although their org policy was configured not to prompt for MFA on known devices.

  • Other internal improvements.
  • Version 4.11.0 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This is an alternative way to access Okta Mobile Android installation software (APK files) in locations where the Google Play Store and Google Services are not available (for example, in China). For more information about downloadable Android installers, see Distributing Okta Android apps outside the Google Play Store.

Version: 4.10.0
Deployment date: 6-08-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

This version includes several internal improvements.


Latest version: 4.9.0
Deployment date: 5-20-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • In some cases, users weren’t automatically signed in to SAML apps.

  • Other internal improvements.

Version: 4.7.0
Deployment date: 4-13-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • Okta Mobile crashed when opening some native apps from within the Okta Mobile webview.
  • Other internal fixes.

Version: 4.6.1
Deployment date: 3-26-2020
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

  • After users enrolled in a work profile, Okta Mobile was sometimes unresponsive at the verifying enrollment step.
  • Users were not automatically signed in to SAML apps in some cases.
  • Internal fixes and enhancements.

Version: 4.5.1
Deployment date: 12-11-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

In addition to including fixes for several internally found bugs, 4.5.1 was released to address an issue in 4.5.0 that caused Okta Mobile to crash when some users opened an app from within the Okta Mobile webview.


Version: 4.5.0.
Deployment date: 12-09-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.


Version: 4.3.2
Deployment date: 11-19-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

When opening the Okta Mobile for Android application version 4.3.1, end users were logged out of their account and shown the message “Detected possible malicious activity when establishing a secure connection to Okta.”


Version: 4.3.1
Deployment date: 11-06-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.


Version: 4.1.1
Deployment date: 10-24-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.


Version: 4.1.0
Deployment date: 10-4-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Release summary

We have updated our Okta Mobile Android icons to be adaptive icons. Adaptive icons can display a variety of shapes across different device models. For more information about Adaptive icons, see https://developer.android.com/guide/practices/ui_guidelines/icon_design_adaptive.

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.

Version: 4.0.0
Deployment date: 9-30-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Enhancement

Device Trust flows timed out on Office 365 applications on Android 6.

End users were unable to log into Twitter via Okta Mobile on Android devices.

Version: 3.14.2
Deployment date: 9-11-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Enhancement

To address changes introduced in Android 10, Okta Mobile 3.14.2 for Android notifies users to tap the screen to complete OMM-Android Enterprise enrollment.

Version: 3.12.0
Date of Deployment: 4-8-2019
Download:

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary

OKTA-195947 – Accessing SWA apps configured with per-app MFA failed from Okta Mobile for Android.



Version: 3.10.1
Date of Deployment: February 6, 2019
Download:

Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary

OKTA-206552 – Using Okta Mobile 3.10.0 for Android to SSO into SAML apps located on an HTTP endpoint failed.

Okta Mobile 3.8.1 for Android was released on August 30, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes support for the following features:

  • Custom URL Domain – This feature allows you to customize your Okta org by replacing the Okta domain name with a custom URL domain name that you specify. For details, see Configure a custom URL domain.
  • Enhanced Okta Mobile Security settings – Early Access customers can use new security settings available in the Admin console to manage PIN length and complexity. For details, see Okta Mobile Settings.

This release includes the following bug fixes:

  • OKTA-139053; OKTA-173244 — Internal bug fixes.
  • OKTA-164605 — Attempting to open new tabs or dialog boxes within apps launched from Okta Mobile for Android failed in some circumstances.
  • OKTA-177397 — When clicked from within Okta Mobile on Android, the link and button for uploading files to Box were inoperative.

  • OKTA-179615 — In orgs with Okta Mobility Management enabled, Okta Mobile reported an inaccurate serial number for some Android devices built by manufacturers such as Samsung. If such devices are currently listed on the Devices page in Okta, be aware that the initially-reported serial number may be updated.

Okta Mobile for iOS

Version: 6.30.0

Deployment date: May 02, 2022

Release summary

  • This version includes internal improvements and fixes.

ClosedPast releases

Version: 6.29.1

Deployment date: February 1, 2022

Release summary

  • Starting with this release iOS 13 is no longer supported. See Supported platforms, browsers, and operating systems.
  • The native app icons didn't appear correctly in the Okta Mobile App Store. (OKTA-404883)
  • Users couldn't delete scheduled events if they accessed Google Calendar from Okta Mobile. (OKTA-439182)
  • Other internal fixes.

Deployment date: July 2, 2021

Release summary

  • This version includes internal improvements and fixes.

Deployment date: June 1, 2021

Release summary

  • Although iOS Device Trust was enabled, some users couldn't access apps from Okta Mobile on iPad because the device was misclassified as macOS. (OKTA-392759)
  • Other internal fixes.

Deployment date: November 30, 2020

Release summary

This version includes several internal improvements.

Latest version: 6.18.0
Deployment date: 10-20-2020
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

This version includes several internal improvements.

Version: 6.16.0
Deployment date: 9-21-2020
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

  • On iOS devices, users can now test beta versions of Okta Mobile using TestFlight. To start testing, open Okta Mobile and go to Settings > Join beta. To learn about TestFlight, go to https://developer.apple.com/testflight/.
  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 6.12.0
Deployment date: 7-06-2020
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

  • In some cases, users weren’t automatically signed in to SAML apps.
  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 6.10.0
Deployment date: 5-26-2020
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

  • When accessing certain apps on Okta Mobile for iOS devices, a NSURLErrorDomain error occurred.

  • For improved security, beginning with this release, Okta Mobile works only with the default keyboard and ignores installed third-party keyboards.

  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 6.9.0
Deployment date: 5-12-2020
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

This release includes several internal improvements.

Version: 6.7.2
Deployment date: 3-31-2020
Download: Apple App Store

End of support for Okta Mobile Connect (OMC)

As of Okta release 2020.02.0, February 2020, Okta Mobile Connect (OMC) is no longer available for use. Mobile users can no longer see the 1-click Sign in with Okta Mobile option through OMC. Instead, users are redirected to the Okta Sign-in page to enter their credentials and set factors. Admins should communicate this change to their iOS-device users who are assigned Box and Workday.

See FAQ: Okta Mobile Connect Known Incompatibility with iOS 13 & Planned End Of Life.

Fixes

  • Okta Mobile for iOS crashed when users tried to save images or videos from the WebView in the application.
  • Users were not automatically signed in to SAML apps in some cases.
Version: 6.3.0
Deployment date: 11-4-2019
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

An error occurred when launching the Enviance app through Okta Mobile for iOS and then tapping certain options that opened a new tab.


Version: 6.3.0
Deployment date: 11-4-2019
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

An error occurred when launching the Enviance app through Okta Mobile for iOS and then tapping certain options that opened a new tab.

Version: 6.2
Deployment date: 10-21-2019
Download: Apple App Store

Fixes

  • Some SAML apps returned a 403 error in the Okta Mobile iOS browser.
  • Some OIDC apps on iOS devices got stuck on a blank page.
  • PeopleSoft widgets did not work as expected on the Okta Mobile iOS browser.
Version: 6.1
Deployment date: 10-07-2019
Download: Apple App Store

End of support for PPTP

In alignment with Apple policy to no longer support PPTP for use with iOS 10 and macOS Sierra, Okta removed the PPTP option from VPN settings (OMM > VPN). For details, see this Apple statement.

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.

Version: 6.0
Deployment date: 9-23-2019
Download:

Apple App Store

Features

  • No account list is displayed when there is only one account for an app (Safari Action Extension) – Users who enabled the Safari Action extension no longer need to select an account from the UI when only one account is available. Okta now selects the account by default.

  • Browser tabs are not duplicated for the same app – If a user opens an app from their Okta Mobile dashboard and then taps the same app again, the browser tab for the existing app instance is reused instead of duplicated.

    Support for an upcoming feature expected to be available in the 2019.10.0 Preview release.

Fixes

This release fixes several internally found bugs.

Version: 5.26.1
Deployment date: 9-9-2019
Download: Apple App Store

Features

  • Various accessibility improvements
  • Alignment with iOS 13 and iPadOS 13 zero day support

    • App sign-on policies that apply to macOS devices will also apply to iPadOS+Safari requests

    App sign-on policies that apply to macOS devices will also apply to iPadOS+Safari requests — Apple has changed the way that Safari reports the device user agent on iPads running on iPadOS. Due to this change, Okta cannot differentiate between app requests coming from macOS devices and app requests coming from Safari on iPadOS devices. To mitigate the effects of this change, Okta urges admins to take the following actions:

    • To prevent iPadOS devices from bypassing iOS app sign-on policies configured in Okta (if any), configure a Deny/Catch-All app sign-on policy rule that applies to macOS and iPadOS devices. Place this rule last among the rules you create, just above the Default rule (ApplicationsApplicationsappSign On tab).
    • To prevent iPadOS device users from being affected by macOS policies app sign-on policies configured in Okta (if any), advise users to perform one of the following options:
      • Option 1. All websites accessed from Safari (iPadOS 13 and higher) – In iPad settings, go to Safari settingsRequest Desktop Website and then turn off the All Websites setting.
      • Option 2. Per-website basis – Open Safari, tap Aa on the left side of the search field, and then tap Request Mobile Website.
      • Option 3. Access the target app through its Native App version or through Okta Mobile instead of through Safari.

    End of support for Okta Mobile Connect on iOS 13 and iPad OS 13

    Beginning with Okta release 2020.02.0 in February 2020, OMC will no longer be available for use. Mobile users will no longer see the 1-click "Sign in with Okta Mobile" option through Okta Mobile Connect. Instead, users are redirected to the Okta Sign-in page to enter their credentials and set factors. Admins should communicate this change to their iOS-device users who are assigned Box and Workday. Learn more.

Fixes

This release fixes several internally-found bugs.

Version: 5.20.1
Date of Deployment: 12-12-2018
Download: Apple App Store

Release Summary.

This release includes fixes to bugs that Okta found during internal testing.

Okta Mobile 5.18.0 for iOS was released on June 15, 2018 and is available from the Apple App Store. This release includes several internal bug fixes.