Today we released Nextcloud 16 and with this release comes also Nextcloud Talk 6.0. This release introduces a series of improvements, including the brand new Commands, usability improvements, persistent one-to-one conversations and more. Of course, the new Talk supports Projects, enabling users to connect a chat to files, folders and tasks. This release also adds compatibility for audio and video calls in Microsoft Edge and Safari.
As this release brings so many improvements, we’ve written 4 other blogs with more details about the main features:
This will enable the hackernews script, so users can type /hackernews best to get a list of the best Hacker News articles shared in the chat. Users can also ask for /hackernews top and /hackernews new!
Commands supports aliases which enable multiple names that execute the same commands. Each script can be configured to show its input just to the user or to all chat participants, or even nobody (in case the script is just meant to kick off something). Scripts can also be limited to execution by moderators, logged-in users or all chat participants.
More extensive documentation for this feature can be found on Github.
User Experience improvements
To help users learn about what is new or get tips to get the most out of Talk, the new Talk updates conversation is provided to help users discover some features.
New is the @all command which mentions all participants in the conversation.
One-to-one conversations are now persistent and can not be turned into group conversations by accident. Also when one of the participants leaves the conversation, the conversation is not automatically deleted anymore.
Users can now use the “arrow-up” key to repost their last message.
Android app updates
The latest version of Talk for Android brings a series of improvements with it as well.
The focus for this release has been on security.
Support for locking the app via screen lock or biometrics
Screen security: prevents screenshots and recording
Incognito keyboard: tries to prevent personalized learning as you type
Enable/disable previews: enables or disables showing previews of external photos and videos
These can all be found in the settings.
There has also been a number of feature improvements:
Support for sharing files into chats
Support for the Talk updates conversation
Support for the persistent one-to-one conversations
Initial support for Commands (rendering results)
Support for @all mentions in group and public conversations
iOS app updates
The iOS app was updated with many of the same features of the Android app, including:
Support for sharing files into chats
Support for read-only conversations (like the Talk updates chat)
Support for the persistent one-to-one conversations
Initial support for Commands (rendering results)
Support for @all mentions in group and public conversations
Besides these, the iOS app introduced:
CallKit support
Screen sharing support (viewer)
More
More changes have been made to Nextcloud Talk and its apps, from improved connection reliability to an option for administrators to restrict access to the Talk app in the administration settings. The new Talk is available for Nextcloud 16 for installation from the app store. Earlier Nextcloud releases have access to a subset of functionality through earlier Talk versions.
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Minor Nextcloud updates are released, as well as an update to the desktop client.
As always, minor releases include stability and security improvements that are designed to be a safe and quick upgrade.
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