I use VMware in the enterprise. When I started many years ago we used apps to access our VMs. However, it’s all been through the web for several years now.
There is a little companion app that the website can launch to view a console. It has a couple features the web console lacks. That said, last time I tried to download it (during the Crowdstike issue) it was locked away behind Broadcom’s walls and needed an account to get it, so we had to use some jump servers where it was already downloaded. We didn’t have time to deal with their nonsense. If memory serves, it used to download from the vCenter, but not anymore.
There is a little companion app that the website can launch to view a console. It has a couple features the web console lacks. That said, last time I tried to download it (during the Crowdstike issue) it was locked away behind Broadcom’s walls and needed an account to get it, so we had to use some jump servers where it was already downloaded. We didn’t have time to deal with their nonsense. If memory serves, it used to download from the vCenter, but not anymore.