What's New
This release contains security updates and bug fixes.
Vulkan Renderer Support for Intel, AMD, and Nvidia GPUs on Linux
Workstation 16.2.0 Pro supports Vulkan renderer on a Linux host with Intel, Nvidia, and AMD GPUs. Vulkan renderer provides support for Direct3D 11 (and earlier) and OpenGL 4.1 (and earlier) in the guest.
The Vulkan renderer support is limited to the following GPUs:
Intel Skylake and later GPUs (for example, Kaby Lake and Ice Lake)
AMD RDNA/NAVI14 and later GPUs (for example, the Radeon RX/Pro 5300 and 5500 series)
Note: Presently, for AMD GPUs, use the AMDVLK driver. You can download the AMDVLK driver from here:
https://github.com/GPUOpen-Drivers/AMDVLK/releasesNvidia Turing and later GPUs (for example, the RTX series)
Note: For pre-Turing GPUs, Workstation will use the legacy OpenGL renderer.
Important Fixes
This release of VMware Workstation Pro addresses the following issue:
Implemented clipboard-related security improvements suggested by Albert Priego Bravo of Group-IB.