Unless otherwise marked, all features discussed below apply to Sophos Mobile installed on-premises, managed in Sophos Central, or hosted “as-a-Service”.
Sophos Mobile as a Service
Sophos Mobile in Sophos Central
Added support for Chromebook Security Management
The support for Chrome OS as a client platform has been added to Sophos Mobile 9.5.
Enhanced Android Device Management
Enhanced Windows 10 Device Management
Usability Improvements
Other New Features and Enhancements
New Features in Intercept X for Mobile (formerly known as Sophos Mobile Security)
Sophos Secure Email Improvements
This description consolidates improvements to the Sophos Secure Email app since the release of Sophos Mobile 9.0. Certain features may have been already delivered in an interim app release.
Discontinued Features
Platform Changes
Upgrade Path
Note: Updating to Sophos Mobile 9.5 is possible from version 8.5 or higher. Former versions have to be updated to version 8.5 first. Please see: Sophos Mobile Control: Updating from version 5.0 or lower to version 8.1.
Sophos Mobile Control (SMC) client applications should be updated to the most recent version before the update to prevent any communication issues. The SMC app version 8.6 and 9.0 have been successfully tested with Sophos Mobile 9.5.
After following this procedure, the Sophos Mobile server was successfully updated.
More info - Check out the Sophos Mobile documentation page here!