On: Matrix 2.0 Is Here

[tucnak]

I'm a big fan of Matrix, but I'm embarrassed to recommend it to my friends until Element X supports audio calls... It's been months since the leading-edge release, and I don't know what to think: there's Element Call, however it's neither supported by Element X nor real alternative to legacy peer-to-peer audio calls.

[Arcuru → tucnak]

Element X doesn't even support Threads or Spaces still, the two things that are absolutely required to organize discussions.

[Arathorn → tucnak]

Element X natively integrates Element Call for voip/video calls - this is one of the core things of this week's release. If you hit the video call button, it'll start off with video muted, and it should behave like a voice call (although there are a few bugs in the integration still, hence it being marked beta - especially on iOS, where CallKit + WebRTC stopped working in iOS 18. We're trying to work with Apple on it.)

[error_404_302 → Arathorn]

Unfortunately, that is not the case yet on Element X android (0.7.2 from google playstore). Microphone starts off as muted which is an inconvenience.

[EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK → tucnak]

Don't know about Element X, but Element supports voice calls very well.

[tucnak → EVa5I7bHFq9mnYK]

It does but it's also a battery drain on Android :-( Element X works much better.

[aniviacat → tucnak]

What do you mean by audio calls? I haven't used Element X yet, but judging from the store screenshots you can turn off the camera in video calls.

[tucnak → aniviacat]

I don't want to turn off the camera in the video calls; I wish to have normal audio-only calls like in any other app like Whatsapp where there's a "Phone" button that starts a call.