After the security incident at Matrix.org, we have decided to publish a new Riot.im Android app on the Google Play Store out of an abundance of caution. The fresh app is still called Riot.im but internally it has a different application identifier (im.vector.app). Because of this new id, the new app appears in Google Play as a completely different application. This also prevents an automatic update from the old to the new application.
After February’s release of Riot Web 1.0, it was time to take a step back, take some deep breaths, and to think big thoughts about the future. And then (ultimately) to write the very best of those thoughts on day-glo post-its and stick them to a large glass wall: the roadmap was born.
Hot on the heels of Riot Web 1.0 we’ve released updates to Riot Android and iOS with all new colours and automatic secure key backup for your encryption keys so you’ll never again lose your encrypted messages! Plus, the Riot Website (https://riot.im) has had a complete and beautiful overhaul! Now featuring much more useful and up-to-date information and much less eye-injuring purple.
Gather round people: we’ve got a brand new design, we’ve got dramatically improved encryption UX, we’ve got new login, new settings, new room list and we’ve got dozens and dozens of stability and performance enhancements! That’s right: it fillets, it chops, it dices, slices! We’re out of beta: it’s Riot 1.0.
Dear HipChat and Stride users, You only have a few weeks left to find a new home! But fear not, Riot is here, and moving across to one of our hosted Modular.im chat servers is easy with our dedicated HipChat migration tool.
Over the last month we’ve made massive progress on implementing the new design of Riot which we previewed back in May (the work ended up getting stuck behind all the performance and encryption improvements we’ve been working on).
Are you craving your own dedicated Matrix homeserver, but don’t want to run your own? At last, we’re incredibly excited to introduce Modular: the world’s first ever “one click” paid service for all your Matrix hosting needs!
Today we’re excited to announce the launch of Riot.im Web 0.17, landing a dramatically improved launch time and a ~70% reduction in memory use on Web! iOS users will already see the speedup (since 0.7.6 which landed October 5); for Riot.im web/desktop users we’ll be turning the feature on gradually over the next week — you’ll see a notification next time you start the app, when the speedup has activated.
Riot.im Web 0.16 is here, and it lands some serious upgrades to core functionality, including: replies, a brand new composer and (at long last) full integration with Jitsi web conferencing!
As many know, we’ve been working on a massive UI/UX refresh for Riot.im over the last few months; starting with Riot/Web and aiming to make it radically simpler and more intuitive whilst still exposing the full power of Matrix.
