As we were getting ready for our April release (v2.6) at Biba HQ (more on the definition of what HQ means for Biba in another post) - there was palpable excitement. Our last release went out March 17, and 28 days later it was hard not to look at all the team had done in 4 weeks and be excited.
When it was time to write blog posts and other release notes, we ended up with this list: Attachments and Emoji, Launchpad, and Bug Fixes and Stability. Now while that list may work for the 4 bullet points that accompany the release in Google Play or the App Store, it did not even come close to covering all that the team had accomplished in one short month!
We realized the problem was not how much we could get done in a month, but instead how we told people about all that we accomplished. So we bring you “Bug Fixes and Stability for 2.6” - it’s a pretty impressive list!
Bug Fixing and Stability Version 2.6
- Improvements to User Interface
- Floating toolbar with quick links to Leave, Mute and Video.
- Less frequently used call controls moved to the More menu.
- Conference bridge number at the bottom of Call Roster for easy access when you are in a call. One click to copy so you can easily distribute to your attendees.
- Clearer differentiation between "End Call" and "Leave" (this was a frequent request from customers).
- Auto minimize the Biba window when you start a screen share.
- Video User Experience - we first rolled out video conferencing in January, added video calling last month and made some great UX changes in this release.
- Call controls in the Video Window.
- Pop-up video when others join and manual enable when you are ready to share.
- View-only video so you can see other participant's video even if you aren't sharing.
- Video auto-pause if network connections are bad (we optimize for audio).
- Choose to pause and resume selected video tiles - including your own.
- Ongoing Improvements to New User Experience - Look for another big push around this next release (yep only 28 days from now!)
- Choose to automatically send an invitation to join Biba to anyone that you add to a meeting invite that includes meet@biba.com
- Better notifications when users are added to a Room and new contacts join Biba.
- AirPlay - Use Apple AirPlay to share your screen for an in person meeting. Screen and video can be projected on an in room screen or TV without interrupting audio from the device.
And if all that was not enough, we fixed a total of 506 bugs over the last 28 days! And that is what bug fixing and stability mean at Biba!
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