v0.13.0

Native audio device handling

This release delivers a significant upgrade to the audio experience, with a particular focus on mobile devices. We've enhanced Element Call to provide a more native, phone-call-like experience when used within Element X.

Key improvements include:

• Support for earpiece audio output on both Android and iOS
• Convenient toggle button in the main menu to switch between earpiece and loudspeaker modes
• Proximity sensor integration that automatically turns off the screen when the device is held against your ear in earpiece mode

These changes represent a major step forward in making Element Call feel like a natural extension of your device's native calling capabilities.

What's Changed

✨ Features

• Audio device controls for mobile native audio device selection by @toger5 in #3270
• Mute camera in earpiece mode by @toger5 in #3351
• Earpiece switcher and overlay by @robintown in #3347

🙌 Improvements

• Improve the reliability of state changes in widget mode by @robintown in #3177
• Disable device switching when in controlled audio devices mode and non update_state widget driver compatibility by @toger5 in #3290
• Build Docker image on slim base by @AndrewFerr in #3204
• add onAudioPlaybackStarted callback for controls by @toger5 in #3309
• Apply new timing constants to MatrixRTC session by @fkwp in #3332
• Add onBackButtonPressed controls api by @toger5 in #3357
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.14.0 (#3371) by @toger5 in #3374
• Increase opacity of the EarpieceOverlay background for better visibility by @toger5 in #3381
• Update earpiece overlay button text for clarity (#3370) by @toger5 in #3380

📄 Documentation

• add tools section to self-hosting guide and adding Matrixtester to it by @fkwp in #3326

🐛 Bugfixes

• Fix lk-jwt-service config in example compose file by @AndrewFerr in #3279
• Fix creating two lk rooms if there is no local store setup (fixes a resulting disconnect bug) by @toger5 in #3293
• Only use ios platform logic when in controlled media device condition by @toger5 in #3295
• Fix Playwright tests by @fkwp in #3294
• Break loop in acquiring media on Safari by @robintown in #3311
• Always render audio from the current set of participants by @robintown in #3317
• Fix react errors in settings tab by @toger5 in #3314
• Avoid reactivity bugs in how we track external state by @robintown in #3316
• bump js-sdk to latest develop (containing a fix for membership manager resend join event) by @toger5 in #3333
• bugfix: #3344 Reconnecting to the same SFU on membership change by @BillCarsonFr in #3361
• Fix white borders in PiP mode android (Fix scroll issues in small documents) by @toger5 in #3362
• Fix initial selection when using controlled media by @toger5 in #3363

💾 Developer Experience

• Add nginx upstream group of servers for JWT Service by @fkwp in #3283
• Add developer build mode to GitHub action build-element-call.yaml by @fkwp in #3323
• fix: Force the docker image for lk-jwt-service to be pulled everytime by @fkwp in #3325

Others

• Improvements to audio renderer logging. by @toger5 in #3308
• Expose keep alive event configurarion in ec config and update defaults. by @toger5 in #3303
• Skip unnecassary media devices permissions requests (video feed flicker when opening settings) by @toger5 in #3353
• Localazy Download by @RiotRobot in #3367

👒 Dependencies

• Reset to develop branch of matrix-js-sdk by @robintown in #3285
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.1 by @renovate in #3292
• Update all non-major dependencies by @renovate in #3186
• Update LiveKit components by @renovate in #3172
• Update dependency @vector-im/compound-design-tokens to v4 by @renovate in #3036
• Update dependency vite to v6.2.7 [SECURITY] by @renovate in #3301
• Update all non-major dependencies by @renovate in #3305
• Update dependency @vector-im/compound-design-tokens to v4.0.3 by @renovate in #3306
• Update dependency @livekit/components-react to v2.9.9 by @renovate in #3307
• Update embedded package dependencies by @renovate in #3304
• Update react monorepo to v19 (major) by @renovate in #2874
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.4 by @renovate in #3327
• Update dependency @vector-im/compound-design-tokens to v4.0.4 by @renovate in #3338
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.5 by @renovate in #3343
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.6 by @renovate in #3348
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.7 by @renovate in #3350
• Update dependency @livekit/components-react to v2.9.10 by @renovate in #3349
• Update dependency livekit-client to v2.13.8 by @renovate in #3352
• Update dependency @vector-im/compound-web to v8 by @renovate in #3355
• Update LiveKit components by @renovate in #3364

New Contributors

• @jmartinesp made their first contribution in #3313

Full Changelog: v0.12.2...v0.13.0

Docker full package

Element Call is available as a Docker image from the GitHub Container Registry.

The image provides a full build of Element Call that can be used both in standalone and as a widget (on a remote URL).

docker pull ghcr.io/element-hq/element-call:v0.13.0

Embedded packages

This release includes the following embedded packages that allow Element Call to be used as an embedded widget
within another application.

NPM

npm install @element-hq/element-call-embedded@0.13.0

Android AAR

dependencies {
  implementation 'io.element.android:element-call-embedded:0.13.0'
}

SwiftPM

.package(url: "https://github.com/element-hq/element-call-swift.git", from: "0.13.0")