I’m very happy to announce the general beta release of Zulip’s next-generation mobile app for Android and iOS! For over a year, we’ve been rebuilding mobile Zulip from scratch atop a new technical foundation powered by Flutter. The new app offers a sleek new design and a faster, smoother experience than the old app built on React Native. For those of you just tuning in: Zulip is an open-source team chat application designed for seamless remote and hybrid work.

Platform Release 716 contains 308 new features, improvements, and bug fixes from Windows Agent 24.45, Mac Agent 24.45, Web 24.47.1, Server 24.45, and BI 24.42 as well as other components since the last release. See the highlights below. For a full rundown, check out the complete Release Notes.

Workspaces that extend beyond internal team collaboration and utilize Rocket.Chat to engage with citizens, customers, or patients will experience a structural yet seamless shift going forward. We’re excited to introduce a suite of powerful new features designed to elevate secure and confidential cross-channel communication between organizations and customers or citizens.

Explore M-Files' modern product vision and experience unparalleled consistency and efficiency with the new M-Files Desktop, designed to revolutionize your digital workspace. The modernized Desktop client ensures you enjoy a uniform user experience across all platforms. Master one intuitive interface and carry your knowledge effortlessly between web and desktop environments. We will showcase how you can.

We’re excited to announce the release of ESS 24.10, the latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the Element Server Suite! This is an important milestone as it brings Element X to customers who require the six monthly LTS releases of ESS.

Just announced, the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Team Collaboration Applications 2024 Vendor Assessment (doc, October 2024) recognizes Slack as a Leader. “Slack enables an ease of channel-centric collaboration across different modalities in a way that few products can,” said Wayne Kurtzman, IDC Research Vice President of Collaboration and Communities.

Rocket.Chat is proud to be included in the Forrester Wave: Secure Communications Solutions, Q3 2024. The Forrester Wave: Secure Communications Solutions, Q3 2024 lists the providers that matter the most, showing how each measures up and helping security experts select the right one for their needs. ‍The full report is exclusively available to Forrester clients or for purchase on Forrester's website.

The Matrix Conference saw the official launch of Element X! That means Element X is now the mobile app that almost all Element users should be using for messaging; both in the workplace and for personal use. Some large customers that self-host are still using the classic mobile Element apps. Once those customers have migrated, Element X will simply become ‘Element’ and the classic mobile apps will be retired.