Okta Verify Release Notes

Download Okta Verify: For iOS from the Apple App Store or from Google Play for Android devices.


Okta Verify for Android

Obtaining Okta Verify for Android from the Downloads page

Okta Verify for Android is typically available on the Downloads page approximately two weeks following the initial release of the app. This provides an alternative way to access Okta Verify 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.

Latest Version: 5.6.0
Date of Deployment: 08-24-2020

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

This version includes internal improvements.

Okta Verify for iOS

Latest Version: 5.7.1
Date of Deployment: 08/31/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • In Okta Verify, users can now enable detailed logging and send the logs to their organization’s IT department for help with troubleshooting. See iOS: Enable Okta Verify logging

  • When end users scanned a QR code from Okta Verify to link their account to a third-party OTP, the generic term "Organization" appeared instead of the factor issuer.

  • Other internal improvements.

Release History


Version: 5.5.0
Date of Deployment: 08-03-2020

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • The Okta Verify translation was updated.

  • Version 5.5.0 is now available for administrators on the Downloads page. This provides an alternative way to access Okta 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.
Latest Version: 5.3.0
Date of Deployment: 06-04-2020

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

This version includes internal improvements.
Version: 5.2.0
Date of Deployment: 05-12-2020

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

This release includes several internal improvements.
Version: 5.1.0
Date of Deployment: 04-13-2020

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Customers can now contact Okta Support to remove the device location from Okta Verify push notifications. Okta estimates device location based on the IP address of the device. As this method reflects the network the device is connected to instead of its actual location, it can have some radius of inaccuracy. Though we believe that showing device location provides additional context that can help users make better MFA decisions, we understand that some customers may want to remove that context while we work to improve location accuracy.

  • Greater detail about how Okta Verify estimates device location is now available through the More info link that appears when users sign in to their org with Okta Verify open.

  • Internal fixes and improvements.
Version: 5.0.1
Date of Deployment: 11-13-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • If enabled for your org, Okta Verify push notifications can now leverage the power of Risk Scoring to provide a more secure, context-aware sign-in. For details, see Enable risk-based authentication for Okta Verify with Push.

  • Updated the color of text, icons, and other elements in the app

  • Reduced the time it takes customer org logo updates to appear in the Push challenge screen.

  • Various updates throughout the app in all Okta-supported languages.

  • Fixed an issue in which users were erroneously shown a notification about possible malicious activity.

  • Fixed an issue that prevented the Terms and Conditions page from displaying.

Version: 4.16.0
Date of Deployment: 9-04-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Updated the challenge screen and push notification interface for a more streamlined experience.

  • The app no longer returns to the home screen by default when a user responds to a push notification request.
  • The app icon now matches the launcher icon style set for all apps.

 
Version: 4.14.0
Date of Deployment: 7-31-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Fixed several back-end issues to improve app stability and performance.

 
Version: 4.12.1
Date of Deployment: 6-19-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or Okta Admin Console (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Improved accessibility support for screen readers.
  • Enhanced app colors and contrast plus other general accessibility improvements.
  • Added support for accounts that are unable to display a verification code as expected.
  • Added an in-app link to end-user documentation and updated the Third Party Notices link.
  • Added enrollment support to allow QR code scanning for devices without Google Play Services.
  • Removed app support for Android Wear.

 
Version: 4.10.0
Date of Deployment: 5-01-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • The UI and localization were improved to display accounts in a list format instead of the TOTP code view.
  • The app crashed on launch when a factor was deleted or removed. (OKTA-210874)
  • Some push notifications did not clear when tapped. (OKTA-218314)

 
Version: 4.8.0
Date of Deployment: 2-27-2019

Download: 

 Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Added language support for Vietnamese
  • Enrollment issues no longer occur in devices that are set to Arabic as the default language
  • Improved general enrollment experience

 
Version: 4.6.1
Date of Deployment: Dec-11-2018
Download: 

Google Play or via Admin Dashboard (Settings > Downloads)

Release Summary:

  • Push notification format improvements
  • Localization support for Norwegian Bokmål, Greek (modern), and Turkish
  • Security provider updates and general bug fixes

 
Version: 4.4.0
Date of Deployment: 11-06-2018
Download:  Google Play

Release Summary:

  • This Early Access release adds a new setting to enable FIPS-mode encryption for all security operations using the FIPS 140-2 standards. To learn more about FIPS standards, refer to FIPS 140-2 Security Requirements. For more information about this Early Access feature, refer to Using Okta Verify.


Okta Verify 4.2.0 for Android began deployment on September 5, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following:

  • When enrolling a device, new Okta Verify users are now prompted to grant the camera permission for QR codes to be scanned successfully.

  • Push notifications that have expired after 5 minutes of inactivity no longer persist and are now removed silently.

Okta Verify 4.0.1 for Android began deployment on August 15, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following:

  • Early Access: Added support for admins to require user data storage in the Android hardware-backed keystore. This feature improves user security based on the Federal Identity, Credential, and Access Management (FICAM) architecture. For information on how to enable this feature, refer to the section Hardware Key Storage on Android Devices in Okta Verify.

Okta Verify 3.12.0 for Android began deployment on June 12, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following:

  • OKTA-167166 - Verification request notifications that are approved from a locked device no longer redirect to the challenge screen. For more information about verification request notifications, refer to Using Okta Verify.

Okta Verify 3.10.0 for Android began deployment on April 17, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following:

  • Adds support for Okta's Custom URL Domain feature, scheduled for Early Access availability in early May.

Okta Verify 3.8.0 for Android began deployment on February 8, 2018 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following bug fixes:

  • OKTA-139288/147690 – When signing in to Okta, some users received a second in-app MFA challenge after completing the initial challenge.
  • OKTA -142172 – When tapping separate push notifications to sign in to separate Okta orgs, access to the first org succeeded, but access to subsequent orgs did not.
  • OKTA-146460 – Some text in the Okta Verify MFA push notification for Android was incorrect.
  • OKTA-151330 – Mobile device users were able to approve or deny Okta Verify MFA challenges from locked screens.
  • OKTA-151596 – After tapping Accept in Okta Verify to sign in to Okta, the authentication flow became stuck on the loading page.

Okta Verify 3.6.0 for Android began deployment on December 12, 2017 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following bug fix:

Bug Fix:

  • OKTA-147690 – When signing in to Okta, some users received a second in-app MFA challenge after completing the initial challenge.

Okta Verify 3.2.1 for Android began deployment on November 6, 2017 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following bug fix:

  • OKTA-117445 – After receiving a push authentication request, attempting to open the app instead of tapping the notification action buttons sometimes caused the app to quit unexpectedly.

Okta Verify 3.2.0 for Android began deployment on October 23, 2017 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes the following bug fix:

  • OKTA-142820 – Under rare circumstances, the app became inoperable immediately after it was launched.

Okta Verify 3.0.0 for Android began deployment on September 25, 2017 and is available from the Google Play Store.

This release includes performance and UI enhancements, as well as the following features and improvements:

  • Okta Verify now supports multiple accounts, allowing you to use the app to authenticate into multiple organizations. ClosedScreenshots

  • For additional clarity and transparency, the legal information in Settings now includes separate menu items for Third Party Software Notices, our Privacy Policy, and our Terms and Conditions.

Okta Verify 2.8.0 for Android was released on November 2, 2016, and is available from the Google Play Store.

Okta Verify now honors the language set on your device.

Bug Fixes

  • OKTA-96682 - The Okta Verify app crashed after the splash screen appeared.
  • OKTA-78777 - Okta Verify with Push failed to allow the device to communicate with the server.
Latest Version: 5.4.0
Date of Deployment: 08/03/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • On iPads, the QR code scanner didn’t rotate correctly in landscape mode.

  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 5.3.1
Date of Deployment: 06/29/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • On iPads, the QR code scanner didn’t rotate correctly in landscape mode.

  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 5.2.1
Date of Deployment: 06/17/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

Beginning with this release, Okta Verify for iOS also supports native display on iPads.

 
Version: 5.2.0
Date of Deployment: 06/08/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • The Help link in Okta Verify was pointing to the wrong documentation page.
  • Other internal improvements.
Version: 5.1.1
Date of Deployment: 05/06/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

This release includes several internal improvements.
Version: 5.0.7
Date of Deployment: 04/16/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

In addition to including the fixes and enhancements provided by 5.0.2, this release fixed the following:

  • End users who upgraded to Okta Verify 5.0.2 either could not accept Okta Verify push notifications or the acceptance had no effect.
Version: 5.0.2
Date of Deployment: 04/14/2020
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

    Features/Enhancements

  • Customers can now contact Okta Support to remove the device location from Okta Verify push notifications. Okta estimates device location based on the IP address of the device. As this method reflects the network the device is connected to instead of its actual location, it can have some radius of inaccuracy. Though we believe that showing device location provides additional context that can help users make better MFA decisions, we understand that some customers may want to remove that context while we work to improve location accuracy.

  • Greater detail about how Okta Verify estimates device location is now available through the More info link that appears when users sign in to their org with Okta Verify open.

  • Improved Okta Verify in-app messages on Apple Watches to support risk-based authentication.

    Fixes

  • Approving the Okta Verify push notification failed to authenticate some users on iPOD iOS 12 devices.

  • Push notifications didn’t display on Apple Watches when the Okta Verify app was open.

  • Okta Verify crashed when users with multiple accounts tried to delete an account.
Version: 4.4.0
Date of Deployment: 11-06-2019
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

 
Version: 4.2.1
Date of Deployment: 9-30-2019
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • Redesigned Okta Verify for Apple Watch, which now supports multiple accounts.
  • Added Face ID support for orgs that enable biometric authentication.
  • Redesigned the challenge screen interface for a more streamlined experience.
  • Improved app color scheme for accessibility.
  • Fixed an issue that affected progress bar animation when scrolling in the app.

  • Launching the app once now fixes an issue for users who restored the app from an iCloud backup onto a new device.

 
Version: 3.16.0
Date of Deployment: 7-31-2019
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • Added a tutorial that explains how to use actionable notifications for approving or denying requests.
  • Fixed an issue that prevented push notifications from displaying correctly when the appis restored from iCloud (OKTA-239403).
  • Fixed some issues to improve appstability.

 
Version: 3.14.0
Date of Deployment: 5-29-2019
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • Improved accessibility support for screen readers.
  • Enhanced app colors and contrast, plus other general accessibility improvements.
  • Improved security to disable any enrollments that are backed up to iCloud.
  • Fixed an issue with push notification approval on Apple Watch after a device reboot (OKTA-221426).

 
Version: 3.12.0
Date of Deployment: 4-17-2019
Download: 

Apple App Store

Release Summary:

Enhancements

  • UI and localization improvements were made to list all available accounts instead of displaying the TOTP code.

  • The in-app help link now redirects to Okta documentation.

Bug Fixes

  • The app crashed when a push notification for an enrollment challenge was accepted and Touch ID was enabled. (OKTA-211678)
  • The Cancel button was not displayed for new users that attempted to add an account after installing the app. (OKTA-218075)
  • The TOTP code did not display for devices that do not support Touch ID and Face ID. (OKTA-218580)
  • Users could bypass Face ID verification for TOTP by disabling the Face ID setting. (OKTA-218589)

 
Version: 3.10.0
Date of Deployment: 2-11-2019
Download:  Apple App Store
  • Added language support for Vietnamese.
Version: 3.8.2
Date of Deployment: 04-03-2018
Download:  Apple App Store

Release Summary:

  • OKTA-164635 – A screen layout issue in iOS 10 caused the app to crash.

 

Okta Verify 3.8.0 for iOS began deployment on March 19, 2017 and is available from the Apple App Store.

Enhancement

The instructions available through the information icon are now provided in all Okta-supported languages.

Bug Fix

This release includes the following bug fix:

  • OKTA-150333 - Okta Verify for iOS did not fill the entire screen on iPhone X devices.

Okta Verify 3.6.0 for iOS began deployment November 8, 2017 and is now available from the Apple App Store.

This release includes the following enhancements and bug fixes:

Enhancements:

  • Okta Verify now supports localization into Turkish, Polish, Indonesian, and Malay.
  • For additional clarity and transparency, the legal information in Settings now includes separate menu items for Third Party Software Notices, our Privacy Policy, and our Terms and Conditions.

Bug Fixes:

  • OKTA-140272 - Attempts to approve push authentication requests failed if the user had enrolled in Okta Verify through SMS or email, rather than the QR code.

Okta Verify 3.4.0 for iOS was released March 29, 2017 and is now available from the Apple App Store.

This release included general performance enhancements and bug fixes, as well as:

New Feature

We added localization support for 24 languages.

Bug Fixes

  • OKTA-111605 - Fixed an issue in which certain users did not receive push challenges when the app was in the foreground.

Okta Verify 3.0.0 for iOS was released on November 1, 2016 and is now available from the Apple App Store.

This release includes the following:

  • A cleaner end user experience with a streamlined TouchID design.
  • Enhanced security, allowing view of the one-time passcode (OTP) only after a successful TouchID or PIN authentication.

  • Ability to authenticate multiple accounts and organizations, including accounts outside of Okta.ClosedScreenshot

  • Convenient, in-app ability to enable camera access for Okta Verify. ClosedScreenshot