TeamViewer Remote: It’s time for a new view!

JeanK · 2023-04-24T16:02:05+00:00

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Dear TeamViewer Community,

We are proud to announce the launch of TeamViewer Remote. TeamViewer Remote brings connectivity and security standards to the next level for remote support, remote work, and remote access.

The most significant change in TeamViewer Remote is a new connectivity approach, which allows you to connect to remote devices and users via session links. Session links eliminate the need for you to remember and share passwords, and thus, you can connect directly, making the user journey even more secure.

TeamViewer Remote is now fully available on the web, making remote control even more accessible. You can connect to remote devices from any browser via https://web.teamviewer.com/. The web solution is especially useful for users that are unable to install applications on their devices.

Furthermore, the new solution features a revamped interface, providing you with a seamless remote control experience. The user-friendly, well-structured, and intuitive interface enables you to navigate easily and control your remote access experience, increasing efficiency and productivity.

To switch to the new interface, please follow the instructions in this article: Switch to the new interface.

💡Hint: If you can't see the toggle, it means that your client version is too old. Make sure to update your client to the latest version. If you haven't installed TeamViewer Remote yet, you can download it from our website here or use the web version via https://web.teamviewer.com/.

As always, the Knowledge Base is an excellent resource for learning more about TeamViewer Remote, providing detailed instructions and answers to frequently asked questions. Please access it here: 📄 TeamViewer Remote Knowledge Base

TeamViewer Remote is delighted to offer you a new remote connectivity experience that is even more efficient, even more secure, and even easier to use.

Don't hesitate to share feedback via our Forum or the Feedback button at the bottom left of the interface!

Thank you in advance for your reactions, thoughts, and feedback!

/JeanK

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peterketteridge

I have been using teamviewer for I think 15 years and the new interface is so dissapointing and frustrating to use, I have to travel 3 hours to a customer site on Monday becasue they cant get Teamviewer working or supply me with an ID and password so I can remote in and configure the workstation. Honestly it is a joke that I have to travel to isntall remote access software so I can then drive back to my office and setup the workstation.

Why would you even do this to what was a great product? I dont understand why you would attempt to completely destroy your customer business. I have 100's of remote machines that I manage and have just recently paid for licensing I have about 8 months now to find and deploy a new remote access tool. I have already logged a ticket to downgrade my license to one user and one channel and next renewal.

Teamviewer have a solid customer base but now it appears you have alienated almost all of us, every single comment in here on the new interface is negative, why would you do this????

Melcom

I can't connect to the desktop application on my PC. When connecting to the account, it says: Account login error. So I have to shamefully use the WEB application. Why. I'm paying for a pro product and I got a failed Beta test. Please do something about it. There is a flood of new products on the market. I have the Premium version from one PC, I can't log in to multiple PCs at the same time. What did you do? It was such a simple system.

Wildsprite

I totally appreciate your enthusiasm about this however, what I do not understand is why Teamviewer needed to replace their perfectly good interface just to add links. This makes no sense and the new interface is just awful. I also do not understand the belief that taking away transfer queues from the free license is a good idea. taking away features generally makes you look bad to your userbase which could be potential customers. someone mentioned not being able to set permanent passwords anymore, this is also a bad idea. in the end all you are really doing with this update is alienating us. some of us were potential customers and others are existing customers considering their alternatives now. Please be aware I am fairly adept and can configure alternatives others would have trouble with and I'm considering that as of this moment. I would like to see Teamviewer fix this mess before it is too late. losing commercial customers is just bad.

https://community.teamviewer.com/English/discussion/129353/teamviewer-remote-it-s-time-for-a-new-view

Xavi3324

I have been trying to add new computers to a TeamViewer portal on my main computer by setting a standard password on the host machine and typing it in on my TeamViewer. The only way I'm able to add the machine to the portal and not have to enter the standard password every time I try to connect is via the web management console and not the actual application. It makes the jobs of the IT techs way more complicated than it should be. The older UI kept it simple enough where we did not have to worry about inputting the password every time we try to connect to user's computer.

If anyone faced this same problem and came up with a solution, please share.

stucoh

What a **bleep** of a redesign! I just spent 1.5 hours trying to connect to my 91 year old Mom's computer. Do you know how cranky a 91 year old Mom can get at 10pm? Used to be so easy. Connect to her ID and she gives me her password and bam I am connected to her computer.

All I got was "Connection Blocked" and "Must sign up for a FREE account". Ok I sign up for an account, verify through email and login but still receive the same 2 popups. So I tell my Mom to sign up , try to walk her through the sign up process over the phone . Finally get that accomplished and have her login to TV and I still get the same 2 popups. **bleep**?

Seriously, does any human actually test these so called upgrades before releasing to the public. What a **bleep**!

Mom is frustrated, son is extremely frustrated and now spending hours on the internet and this support forum to only find out it's not me!

Time to find a new product for sure!

Soundy106

This isn't going to sound terribly original, but I too just created an account specifically to register my utter hatred of this new interface. Like it's not even a subtle change, it's like... let's just throw everything in a blender and see what comes out the other side.

It used to be so simple: list of sites on the left, double-click one, and I'm in.

Now I have to go to the site list, find the one I want (no longer in alphabetical order - now it defaults to telling me which sites need upgrades!), double-cli... oh wait, that just slid a sidebar out covering everything. Ugh, close the sidebar... okay, hover over the site name... slide all the way to the right without the mouse jumping up or down a selection, THEN click Connect... wait, I can just type /connect <sitename> in the top? Well that makes it so much easier, now I have to take my hands off the mouse, then back again, when it all just used to be click-click-connected-done.

Seriously, this is just horrible. I haven't found a single aspect of it that's an improvement.

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Oh boy, and I just got an email telling me I've been promoted to Photon! Uhh... *bleep* does that even mean? Is this all a smartphone game now, where we get bonus points for participating? Can I spend the points (or my promotion) on some swag, or maybe a discount on my subscription?

Suggestion: take about a dozen guys off whatever team thought this Photon thing up, and put them on UI design until it makes sense.

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Oh yeah, and it keeps crashing. Solid work, guys.

Timoune974

this is just **bleep**

I paid to save time and with this new version, I just lost lot of time and my customer too.

You have just 6 month to correct this before we will migrate to another tools !!!!!

IDT_Group

How can I put the "prefer the classic TeamViewer ID and Password" option onto the front screen of the new UI?

As a help desk that pays for a TV subscription the only thing we need and use TV for is this function, to remotely connect to another TV ID session however the new UI has introduced much confusion for our team since this seemingly important option is buried under many additional mouse clicks for some seemingly obnoxious reason.

Things have been going downhill since version 10 from a user front end experience.

Mr_Huynh_Trong_Tanh

I have installed Teamview VPN but still no VPN in the control panel

Japanat

The new version overloads CPU on the remote computer, making it working bad, with lags and stuttery...

PowerIT

This is the worst update i have seen for a software. I am indeed very frustrated that you ruined a perfectly good software.

Why did you invest in making something more difficult????????????????????????

What used to be a simple intuitive process for anyone to use, especially people who have no idea how to install a software, let alone use it, now has become a garbage with endless clicks on random text just to find the id...

I hope this backfires and you lose all your clients. I may be too extreme but in this day and age it is the only way to learn.

It's as if teamviewer has gone woke 🤣. This rise in stupidity needs to be stopped ! You have to be taken accountable for your stupid decisions.

And who will make you? Why of course, us, the clients who pay for the software. With this in mind, my company will no longer pay for this new piece of what used to be beautiful software so as to not say this NEW **bleep** software 😘

I encourage everyone to do the same. There are plenty of other software out there that do what TV used to until you ruined it.

smathia

An absolute disaster. I am heartbroken that A simple clean interface has been completely dismantled. TeamViewer has become unusable

I have tried to connect to 3 different computers over the last couple of days with the new interface. What a disaster. They keep downloading and installing and nothing happens, they can connect to a session with via a link or email. Ive tried both the web version and the desktop versions on my end and their end....nothing. Totally useless and incoherent interface. Anybody have the same problems or any suggestions. Im on the free version so I don't get any help from support

Spanky_here6

First bud light , now this

PWC

By all means add new features and revamp the interface, but if teamviewer abandons completely the use of ID and password, I will not be renewing my license. This taking away of a critical access option is office-centric, profit-driven thinking at its worst.

DavidInfodev

As many comments above (or should I say all the comments above), I think you just made a big mistake with this new release. The old interface was simple to use, the new one is much more complicated. Have you ever heard about the KISS principle? And the interface takes too much space on the screen.

I could not find how to the start a meeting. This is the main function I use. Is it still possible?

Hopefully we can go backward to the old interface but I guess this would not be possible in the future. If you do not turn around I will not renew my commercial TeamViewer licence.

JeanK

Hello all,

First of all, I'd like to thank you for taking the time to share your thoughts, concerns, and feedback. I truly appreciate it and will pass the feedback on to the respective teams.

I'll try to answer the best I can to all your questions chronologically. Please bear with me, and don't hesitate to reply and keep the conversation rolling.

/JeanK

ecueil

Having a premium account for many years now , we need to be able to use TeamViewer to connect to another pc via ip address at our local network .

This is a crucial MUST HAVE feature for the industry , that the new TeamViewer Remote does not have.

The TeamViewer (Classic) is perfect . Just Keep the TeamViewer (Classic) forever!

B123

https://community.teamviewer.com/English/discussion/129353/teamviewer-remote-it-s-time-for-a-new-view

The most significant change in TeamViewer Remote is a new connectivity approach, which allows you to connect to remote devices and users via session links. Session links eliminate the need for you to remember and share passwords, and thus, you can connect directly, making the user journey even more secure.

Users who were sharing their PC already had the ability to disconnect a session and renew their password. You could just have added an option to renew the password automatically after a chosen duration.

The user-friendly, well-structured, and intuitive interface enables you to navigate easily and control your remote access experience, increasing efficiency and productivity.

It's objectively more complex: more clicks, more steps, list of sessions missing details (e.g which remote PC it is for), having to deal with two types of IDs (Session ID and TeamViewer ID). See: https://community.teamviewer.com/English/discussion/129541/new-ui-is-too-complex

The security argument seems tenuous, but it's definitely not easier to use.

Preben_FURUNO

So - clearly it is not time for a new view.

When can we expect a correction of this user interface?

Spanky_here6

My comment removed LOL. the "NEW" interface is trash and i agree with every one here. It waste time and is much harder to use

DiceAir

I agree with every single comment above. This has to be the worst update ever. Will maybe think about alternatives. For me it was always easier to just have everything in front of you. When a user calls in then simply say to open up teamviewer and then just read the id and connect.

Also another thing is that I can't connect to another pc via ip address saving me the hassle to remember the id or to create account for each device/pc I use.

Thanks but whoever decided to change the interface must really be fired

JFDIT

I have to add my thoughts as a TeamViewer user for over 15 years, 15minutes more with this new interface will be too long

The functionality that has made the product a mainstay of my one man business have all appear to been removed and i agree with every comment in this post so far

the view of client devices is confusing

the "upgrade" process is not intuitive or simple

the custom device information which i have spent years populating appears missing

etc etc

And would you believe I was asked whether I liked the Beta release and I said NO NO NO..... but then why listen to real users

PCDom

I haven't used the new UI yet, but based on the experience I've had with their user feedback program, and the marketing around this new UI (ie, not a single screen shot or process highlight, all pretty people at desks and high level marketing nonsense), it's no surprise they've stuffed up big time. And that they feel the need to increase pricing continuously and charge prohibitively and without flexibility for add-ons.

So I've used **Third Party Product** and **Third Party Product** and they're more reliable but not as easy to use as TeamViewer.

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Julthefast

We wasted about 6h of work yesterday because of the new update.

There just isn't a simple way for the customer to give us a code and us to remote in, then install and enable the VPN.... time is money.

Good thing this came weeks before we have to renew our license contract... guess we won't.

AndrewMorison

Guys - How do we save a Password? Are you kidding me..

I'm not sure if you have worked this out, but you have just made your product unusable.

Or is this just a way of forcing poeople to use Managed devices which we don't want to use, which has a license cap?

Feels like it..

Prove me wrong..

Andrew Morison.

Ryan2222

Sorry, I had to register an account just to voice my disgust with these significant changes. They have caused seriously difficulty across the business. I'm currently rolling back to an earlier version while we looking for an alternative supplier.

Preben_FURUNO

I agree with all of the above. Normally a new UI is just something that we get used to, as we find our way around, but this?

I can no longer (simply) add a remote computer with a fixed password and allow the support team to connect. This is actually quite important in many of our work cases.

Please revert the changes for that particular function, and give us back the list of Computers and Contacts as it was before this update.

Viss

Talk about a slap in the face! I just installed Teamviewer on a new machine and like those that posted above, I don't post often but this sucks!

Might be time to migrate.

Oh, and seriously, going to bleep out **bleep**?, is teamviewer going woke? If so I'll find a new solution.

raptordrew

Good job, guys. I found out the hard way while working with a client that the new UI apparently REQUIRES a login ID to get you anywhere. I'm not spending 30+ minutes each time I set up a new client to get them to create an account. I will not be renewing my license next month, you've just lost myself as a customer (and probably a load of others).

SubSolar

It looks like you can no longer set a permanent password for unattended access? I'm guessing this is so you have to sign in and then grant Easy Access, thus limiting the number of computers you can can connect to based on your plan?