Media sharing with audio: a new feature on Windows which allows you to additionally share audio from your computer.
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Pop out windows for media shares will not stay on top of other applications anymore.
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Direct messages you replied to now stay in your list and do not disappear automatically.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.60.0 (06.12.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.58.2 (24.11.2022)
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To make it easier to add new rooms, we have added a button on the home screen that allows you to open the room and department management directly from the alfaview client.
alfaview Client Version 8.58.1 (09.11.2022)
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Fixed a crash on macOS Ventura when the Continuity Camera feature is used.
alfaview Client Version 8.58.0 (07.11.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.57.0 (25.10.2022)
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Individual media shares can now be popped out in separate windows by double clicking on the thumbnails and via right click.
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Secondary menu panels (e.g. participant list) can now be popped out in separate windows by right clicking on the respective icon.
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Fixed application sharing issues while using Windows 10 in tablet mode (e.g. Microsoft Surface).
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.56.0 (12.10.2022)
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The microphone is now turned off completely when the microphone button is inactive. For technical reasons, the microphone indicator will still show as active on iOS.
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On Android and iOS, alfaview will now report if microphone permissions are missing.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.54.0 (10.10.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.53.1 (10.09.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.53.0 (31.08.2022)
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The shape of the blur area on face video streams was updated.
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Acoustic Echo Cancellation performance was improved in particular on Android devices.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.52.0 (17.08.2022)
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The shape of the blur area on face video streams was updated. We also fixed an issue where the blur would be applied incorrectly in some device orientations.
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We fixed an issue where sometimes a small noise could be heard by other participants in the room when returning from a break or when switching microphones.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.51.0 (03.08.2022)
Feature update
Speaker View A new video layout is now available. Using this view, the active speaker is shown in a larger area than the others. All the other participants are presented as thumbnails under the speaker video. When VIP attendees are present, the speaker view switches among them only. Toggle between gallery and speaker view via the status menu at the bottom left.
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Blur surroundings “Blur surroundings” is now also available on mobile devices. The visual quality has been improved and an option to control the focus area was added.
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Users can now pop out their own face video to a new window.
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Fixed a potential issue with delayed camera image on Android.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.50.1 (26.07.2022)
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Blurring of the background is temporarily disabled on mobile devices.
alfaview Client Version 8.50.0 (20.07.2022)
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It is now possible to blur the background of your face video stream.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.49.1 (08.07.2022)
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We have fixed a visual glitch with scrolling the participant list with a touchpad on macOS Monterey.
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We have fixed a problem which caused spectators to be unable to see participants’ videos.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.47.0 (10.06.2022)
Feature update
There’s now a red badge next to the settings button to indicate when a new update is available (for desktop devices except MSI package).
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.46.1 (07.06.2022)
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Fixed a problem where sometimes user’s desktop would be visible while sharing a full screen application.
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Fixed a problem where application sharing would be disabled.
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Application sharing is now correctly disabled on Windows 8.0. The lowest supported version is Windows 8.1.
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Fixed a problem which caused the camera menu to be enabled even when there were no cameras attached.
alfaview Client Version 8.46.0 (24.05.2022)
Feature update
You can now share a specific application window by selecting the option ‘Application’ in the media share menu. For now, this feature is only available on Windows 8.1 or later.
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You can now control your camera while you are in a meeting by turning the camera off or showing your video only to VIPs. You can find the options under the newly added camera button in the main menu.
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On Linux, alfaview now no longer has a dependency on a system-provided OpenSSL library.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.45.0 (12.05.2022)
Feature update
The raise hand feature is available by default in all rooms. See Room features for more details on the feature.
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We have added a new option in the settings menu with a link to the alfaview release notes.
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We have fixed a crash on iOS 12.
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Acoustic Echo Cancellation is now less aggressive on Windows and macOS, when using a USB or Bluetooth headset.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.44.0 (25.04.2022)
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We have improved our Acoustic Echo Cancelation.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.43.0 (12.04.2022)
Feature update
You can now leave a room easier via a button in the secondary menu.
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We have added a search button to the status menu.
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We have fixed a potential crash when switching audio devices.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.42.0 (28.03.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.41.0 (15.03.2022)
Feature update
Users with multiple accounts are now asked to select the desired account after logging in.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.40.0 (01.03.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.39.0 (15.02.2022)
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.38.0 (01.02.2022)
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Screensharing is now also available on Linux with Wayland using Sway.
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The second camera media share now picks better resolutions for some camera models.
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We have fixed an issue with screen sharing on macOS which prevented the mouse cursor from being captured under certain circumstances.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.37.0 (14.01.2022)
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Screensharing on Mac now uses less system resources.
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Improved performance, usability, and stability.
alfaview Client Version 8.36.0 (04.01.2022)
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We fixed an issue where bluetooth headsets could not be used with some iPads since alfaview 8.33.