{"id":5124,"date":"2025-05-05T13:48:41","date_gmt":"2025-05-05T13:48:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/?page_id=5124"},"modified":"2025-05-20T13:15:53","modified_gmt":"2025-05-20T13:15:53","slug":"release-notes-2021","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/support.alfaview.com\/en\/release-notes\/release-notes-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Release notes 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

alfaview Client Version 8.35.0 (20.12.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.34.0 (07.12.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Acoustic Echo Cancellation is now less sensitive, allowing you to be heard better when another person talks at the same time.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>We have fixed an issue where the group name would occasionally appear incorrectly in the title bar. We also fixed an issue where renaming a group would not immediately change the group name in the participant list.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>We have fixed a crash with screensharing and camera capturing.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.33.0 (23.11.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>We have fixed a potential crash on Android when copying the attendance report.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>You can now select the default device for the microphone in alfaview also on Windows and Mac. The default device will follow the operating system default.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Sound effects from alfaview now get filtered out while Acoustic Echo Cancellation is activated.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.32.0 (09.11.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Users with appropriate permissions can now copy the attendance report from the main room context dialog.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>The join and leave notification sounds can now also be heard on the discreet setting.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>We have fixed an issue where an incorrect resolution was selected on the second camera.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.31.0 (25.10.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.30.0 (12.10.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.29.0 (27.09.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (23.09.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Users can now delete all expired group links for a room with one action.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.28.0 (14.09.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.27.0 (30.08.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>You can now launch multiple instances of alfaview by using the command line option --allowmultiple<\/code>.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (17.08.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Rooms can now be further customized with the new \u201cFeatures\u201d tab in room settings. Note that these features only work for client version 8.25 or later.
– Feature to use 16:9 video aspect ratio for participant videos
– Feature to center participant videos on the stage
– Feature to disable minimum bandwidth usage setting<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.26.0 (17.08.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>You can now pop out VIPs’ videos on the stage. Available on all desktop platforms.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Acoustic Echo Cancellation is now enabled by default on all supported platforms.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Noise Cancellation is now enabled by default on all platforms.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>When Noise Cancellation is enabled, a separate voice activation level is used that can be changed in the audio settings.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (09.08.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Users with \u201cAdministrate Rooms\u201d permissions can now select a room type and number of subrooms when creating a new room.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Companies with rooms that do not match a room type in their quotas will see a warning on the \u201cRoom Management\u201d page<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.25.0 (03.08.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>We have added tooltips to the primary and secondary controls.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (27.7.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Guest users can now toggle \u201cRemember me\u201d before joining. The system will remember their settings (name and consent to our terms), which will allow them to join faster on subsequent joins. The same settings are used for all links from the same company. The settings are only \u201cremembered\u201d for 48 hours.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (20.7.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Company owners and users with related permissions can now set a custom privacy policy, which will be displayed to all guest users before they join.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Number of subgroups per room are now displayed in room management.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.24.0 (19.07.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Screensharing is now also available on Linux with Wayland using Gnome or KDE (version 5.22 or newer).<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Administration (15.7.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Users can now duplicate a room<\/strong>. Room name, user access, room mode, participant and spectator limits are duplicated. Guest and group links will not be duplicated. Only users with room management permissions can duplicate a room. The new button can be found in the room settings page.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Users can now rename group links<\/strong>. The option can be found under Room settings in Group links tab, in the context menu of each link. Note, this has no impact on links or the users using them, just how they are named on the admin web app.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>In the advanced room structure, multiple or all rooms can be selected with one click.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.23.0 (05.07.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.22.0 (23.06.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Admins can now rename room groups in the room settings.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/td>We have fixed an issue on Windows where automatic run at startup did not work for some users.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.21.0 (04.06.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Admins and moderators can now copy the chat history from the new group chat context dialog. You can open this dialog by right-clicking inside the group chat on desktop devices or double-tapping on mobile devices.<\/td><\/tr>
Feature update<\/strong><\/strong><\/td>Admins can now open various room settings from the main room context dialog which can be found in the participant list.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.20.0 (25.05.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Screensharing is now available on Android devices.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>We have fixed an issue on macOS where alfaview occasionally showed an empty window when launched.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.18.2 (11.05.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>We have fixed issues where launching alfaview 8.18.1 on a Windows 7 or 8 computer would fail (d3d12.dll<\/code> or api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll<\/code> missing).<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Further improved audio quality (macOS).<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.18.1 (04.05.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>You can now send direct messages to other users in the same room. Moderators can also send direct messages to a group or the whole room.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Fixes a dependency issue on Debian 10 (libxcb-util1)<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved audio quality when Acoustic Echo Cancelation is activated (Windows and Linux).<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.18.0 (27.04.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>The Compose key and numpad keys can now be used for writing chat messages on Linux.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>When using Speaker View (Android \/ iOS), the names of guest users are now displayed correctly.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>An audio quality issue on some macOS machines (\u201csizzling\u201d sound) was fixed.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.17.0 (13.04.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Acoustic Echo Cancelation has been improved. It is now also enabled by default on the Windows version of alfaview. MacOS and Linux users can manually enable it in the audio settings if needed.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.16.0 (24.03.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance and quality of Acoustic Echo Cancellation.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.15.0 (01.03.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Noise reduction is now available on all desktop platforms and Android: This new feature can help removing distracting background noises picked up by your microphone, such as keyboard typing.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>macOS Sierra 10.12 is no longer supported.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance and quality of Acoustic Echo Cancellation.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.14.0 (09.02.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Transcription and translation now supports Hindi.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance and quality of Acoustic Echo Cancellation.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.13.3 (02.02.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature update<\/strong><\/td>Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) is now available on all desktop platforms.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

alfaview Client Version 8.13.0 (14.01.2021)<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Feature preview<\/strong><\/td>Experimental Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) for desktops
<\/strong>If you\u2019re on the beta channel and have experimental settings enabled, a switch for \u201cEcho cancellation\u201d will appear in the settings sidebar. It allows you to join alfaview meetings without a headset.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>The device setup screen is now showing up on all platforms.<\/td><\/tr>
Resolved issues<\/strong><\/td>Improved performance, usability, and stability.<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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