Element X - Secure Chat & Call — version history

Version 26.07.4 is now available with a handful of small changes including: • Calls will always be shown using dark mode. • A fix for a bug that prevented you from opening chats under certain offline conditions. As always, the full release notes can be found at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/releases

Quick! Go out side and look up at that sky. If you’re lucky you might spot the latest Element X release in flight. This version adds the following new features: • The ability to flip an image before sending it. • Support for pasting markdown links directly onto selected text when writing a message. • Automatic rotation of video calls when using Picture in Picture. Additionally there’s a healthy amount of bug fixes including better handling of missed calls when coming back online, improved link detection in room topics and more robust navigation when tapping on a user. As always the full release notes can be found at https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-ios/releases

Good news, everyone! This release includes a lot of great new features. First of all, we now support live location sharing. This allows you to send real-time location updates in a room, so your family and friends can see where you are, even when the app is in the background or your screen is locked while you’re out jogging and listening to music. In group chats, only moderators can use this feature by default, but admins can easily change this in the room’s permission settings. We’ve also enabled searching the public room directory. You can now browse the wide range of public rooms your server has curated and find and join the communities that interest you. Last but not least, users can now request to join rooms that support this specific access setting. If you come across an interesting room that allows join requests and you don’t have an invite, you can simply ask to join and wait for a moderator to review your request and send an invitation. Moderators can view all pending join requests in the rooms they manage and decide whether to accept or decline them. At the moment, creating or configuring rooms with the “ask to join” setting isn’t supported, we only support existing rooms with this access type. Stay tuned for a future update!