16 November 2021 Release

Release Highlights

UX improvements

• Search participants added in the Participants list
• "Performance settings" on the top bar replaces "Video quality"
• Show participants context menu overlaid in a portal
• Make pre-join avatar match the other avatars
• Places dominant speaker first in the Participants list
• Fixes filmstrip scrolling issue (disables default over-scrolling policy)
• Polls UI improvements
• New default colors for avatar backgrounds
• New raise hand indicator background color
• Pre-join screen alignment improvements
• Sorting the raised hand participants in Participants list in the order they raised their hand
• Removes participant left from raised hand queue
• Drawer component improvement
• Hides/Shows toolbar on tap on mobile web

Quality improvements

• Fixes screen sharing not shown for some participants (https://github.com/jitsi/lib-jitsi-meet/commit/cee62a61b45e56c4d0adc61beb2b78091ec30684)
• Fixes delay in pre-join screen when joining a conference (especially visible in large conferences)
• Performance optimizations for large calls
• Fixes a bug in Safari where remote audio is not being played out if the user joins audio and video muted from pre-join screen
• Fixes an issue on Safari where black video is rendered sometimes
• Fixes an issue with recorders showing "All recorders are busy" even after recording has started

JaaS APIs

• Exposes Advanced Moderation to the iFrame API
• Gets brandingDataUrl & dynamicBrandingUrl directly from the config
• Adds config for enabling disabling VP9
• Exposes knocking event and approve/reject command
• Adds config to disable screen sharing as virtual background
• Adds recording download link available event

Versions

Release version

• Jitsi Meet: 5478
• Jitsi Videobridge: 575
• Jicofo: 814

Changelog

• Jitsi Meet
• Jitsi Videobridge
• Jicofo

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