Media compared Element to Slack, WhatsApp and other instant messaging clients. Also, it integrates voice and video peer-to-peer and group chats via WebRTC.Įlement supports end-to-end encryption (E2EE) of both one-to-one and group chats. Features Įlement is able to bridge other communications into the app via Matrix, including IRC, Slack, Telegram, Jitsi Meet and others. For instance, the F-Droid version does not contain the proprietary Google Cloud Messaging plug-in. On Android the app is available both in the Google Play Store and the free-software only F-Droid Archives, with minor modifications. The Android and iOS clients are developed and distributed with their respective platform tools. Element is reliant on web technologies and uses Electron for bundling the app for Windows, macOS and Linux. Technology Įlement is built with the Matrix React SDK, which is a React-based software development kit to ease the development of Matrix clients. Element staff rectified the issue and the app was brought back to the Play Store. In January 2021, Element was briefly suspended from Google Play Store in response to a report of user-submitted abusive content on Element's default server,. In July 2020, Riot was renamed to Element. In April 2019, a new application was released on the Google Play Store in response to cryptographic keys used to sign the Riot Android app being compromised. In May 2020, the developers announced enabling end-to-end encryption by default in Riot for new non-public conversations. In 2016 the first implementation of the Matrix end-to-end encryption was implemented and rolled out as a beta to users. The app was renamed to Riot in September of the same year. History Įlement was originally known as Vector when it was released from beta in 2016. It is available as a web application that can be accessed through any modern web browser, as desktop apps for Windows, Mac, and Linux, and as a mobile app for Android and iOS. Įlement supports end-to-end encryption, private and public groups, sharing of files between users, voice and video calls, and other collaborative features with help of bots and widgets. VoIP communications, instant messaging, Videoconferences, social media, and other App IntegrationsĮlement (formerly Riot and Vector ) is a free and open-source software instant messaging client implementing the Matrix protocol. Basque, Bengali, Bulgarian, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), Esperanto, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Latvian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Spanish, Swedish
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