11 November 2025 Release

Release Highlights

Viewer Role Enhancements: Expanded controls for demoting users to viewers, including new options in moderation menus.
Desktop Sharing Moderation: Desktop sharing controls now allow moderators to enable or disable screen sharing for participants.
Audio Track Management: Improved conference join/leave logic to reliably stop and remove audio tracks.
Polls Component (Jitsi Meet & Videobridge): Polls now handled as a dedicated XMPP component for improved separation and scalability.
Configurable Participant Permissions: New options for managing participant controls, including disabling private chat and synchronizing mute states.

Developer Guide: Added architecture documentation for contributors and code assistants (CLAUDE.md).
Flexible Page Sizes: Android SDK builds now support flexible page size and C++17.
ELF Alignment Tool: New script for verifying ELF alignment in Android builds.

Audio Muted Bug: Fixed rare issue where remote user appears muted despite being the dominant speaker.
Fresco/Giphy Conflict: Removed forced dependency resolution for Fresco to fix GIF animation bugs with Giphy SDK on Android.
Proguard & Build Cleanup: Tidied up Android Proguard rules and build scripts to fix obsolete exclusions and Dropbox build issues.
JavaScript Sandbox Removal: Deprecated and removed JS sandbox modules for security and simplicity across platforms.
Participant Pane UI: Improved handling of viewer and moderator roles, removed label duplication, and updated icon usage.

Standardized Language Keys: Language file keys now use standardized format (e.g., es-US, fr-CA, pt-BR, zh-CN, zh-TW).
Expanded Translations: Major updates and new translations for Bulgarian, French, Italian, Latvian, Portuguese, Sardinian, Spanish, Chinese, and more.
Accessibility: More UI elements now have descriptive accessibility labels and strings.
Chat & Communication: Added new strings for chat status, reactions, file sharing, subtitles, and participant controls.

Config & Example Updates: Clarified and expanded configuration options (desktop sharing frame rate, lobby hangup button, private chat disable, language keys).
Build System: Improved Makefile, Webpack, and Metro configuration for easier multiplatform builds.
Giphy Analytics Stub: Added stub to prevent unnecessary event handlers and improve privacy.

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