6 May 2022 Release

Release Highlights

Highlights

  • Enables the new WebRTC syntax for Chrome browsers 96 and above (Unified plan)
  • Enables VP9 codec
  • Enables device selection in mobile Safari (with https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=179363 being fixed, users should now be able to switch between devices in call)

UX improvements

  • Fixes window resize issue in tile view
  • Fixes virtual background timeout
  • Reset a breakout room when the conference is left or failed
  • Open the reactions menu on hover instead of click
  • Updates the Arabic, Dutch, French, German, Portuguese and Russian translation
  • Fixes 2 byte char duplication occurring for some languages
  • Fixes an issue in polls with duplicating value to the next input on keypress
  • Fixes "Shared video" control issue
  • Fixes a "Settings" dialog crash
  • Fixes iOS Web chat (on iOS web the chat input would move from the bottom when the keyboard was open)
  • In Lobby - display the entire message in the reject notification
  • Fixes not showing the correct getUserMedia helper text in the pre-meeting screen
  • Custom notifications for recording highlights

JaaS APIs

  • Adds breakout room configs to hide auto assign and footer menu buttons
  • Adds "reservations_enable_max_occupants" to allow optional "max_occupants" payload from API to influence max occupants allowed for a given room

Versions

Release version

  • Jitsi Meet: 6085
  • Jitsi Videobridge: 2.1-664-g341f15af
  • Jicofo: 874

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