v0.12.1 - Resumable Connections, OBS Stream Overlay, Device Linking & Voice Room Chat

[VitalikPro13]

No breaking changes. Self-hosters that run their own relays, please upgrade it according to the self-hosting guide, which covers both Docker and standalone users.

SECURITY

• Important security fixes, including safer saving of files people send you

CONNECTION

• Your connection to the relay is now a session that survives drops, so nothing you send or receive is lost when the network cuts out, you switch between Wi-Fi and mobile data, or the relay restarts
• Coming back after a drop takes about a second, and Hollow picks up where it left off instead of signing in and rejoining every conversation from scratch
• A connection that quietly died is noticed within seconds instead of more than a minute, and Hollow moves to a better network before the old one fails
• Phones reconnect in about a second when you open Hollow and no longer ask you to turn off battery optimization
• A phone shows as online only while Hollow is on its screen or you are in a call
• Catching up after time away no longer skips messages that arrive in the middle of it
• A device with a wrong clock can sign in again, and a banner tells you to fix the time

YOUR DEVICES

• Linking a phone and a desktop now works in either direction, even if the app goes to the background or the connection drops
• A newly linked device fetches the files from your last 7 days of chats, within your auto-download settings
• Servers, friends, blocks and profile edits now reach a device of yours that was away
• If Hollow can't open your data, it offers to repair the device or link it again and keeps the old data aside instead of deleting it
• Windows and macOS now protect your identity with the system keychain by default, once you confirm your recovery phrase
• All your devices now see when a new device is added, and removing one lists the devices that stay

STREAM OVERLAY

• A new Stream overlay page in Settings puts your voice room in OBS, with an image for each person that changes when they talk
• You choose whether you appear on other people's overlays

VOICE ROOMS

• Admins can turn off text chat in voice rooms, for the whole server or one room at a time
• Joining a voice room keeps your text channel on screen, and a half-typed message stays put when you switch chats
• The "Switch voice room?" prompt has "Don't ask again", and a new Voice rooms section in Settings turns it back on
• AI noise suppression is now on by default
• Your speaking light now works when you are alone in a voice room
• Fixed Windows freezing when someone left a voice room

CHAT

• Pasting on Windows now works while a dictation app or clipboard manager is using the clipboard
• Emoji on Windows now use the system's own emoji font, so they are no longer pixelated
• Press Up in an empty composer to edit your last message
• A new switch in Network settings hides link previews
• The "New" line now marks only messages that arrived while you were away
• Fixed two messages sent at the same moment turning into one
• Fixed a renamed server showing its old name until the next rename
• A temporary nickname now stays yours for as long as Hollow is open
• Fixed a friend sometimes not showing up after accepting your request
• A large file in a direct message now starts in about a second instead of eleven

PHONES

• Fixed Android notifications not appearing, and the test notification doing nothing on iPhone
• Sheets close when you pull them down anywhere, and the emoji, GIF and sticker picker opens as a tall sheet
• Dialogs keep clear of the status bar and the home bar
• You can search direct messages on a phone, and searching a meeting chat now finds messages
• When your UnifiedPush app has trouble, Home says so and Hollow keeps trying it unless you turn on falling back to Google

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