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Amazon DCV releases version 2026.0 with Wayland support and new clients

Posted on: Oct 13, 2026

Amazon Web Services announces Amazon DCV 2026.0, adding support for the Wayland display server on Linux along with new macOS, Windows, and Linux clients. Amazon DCV is a high-performance remote display protocol that enables customers to securely access remote desktops and application sessions across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Amazon DCV 2026.0 includes the following key features and improvements:

  • Support for Wayland on RHEL 10, Rocky Linux 10, and Ubuntu 26.04, enabling Linux hosts and sessions to run on the modern Wayland display server
  • New macOS, Windows, and Linux clients, with gamepad support added to the macOS client
  • URL redirection, so configured links opened in a remote session launch in the local browser on the client device
  • Printer preferences redirection, giving remote sessions access to client-side printer settings
  • Performance improvements, including H.264 frame slice support and slice-based multithreading for more efficient encoding

Amazon DCV 2026.0 is available for use on Amazon EC2 in the China (Beijing) region, operated by Sinnet, and the China (Ningxia) region, operated by NWCD.

For more information about the new features and enhancements in Amazon DCV 2026.0, see the release notes to learn more and get started.