Drovio app releases¶

Release history of the Drovio app. The same binaries serve the Enterprise and the Cloud editions, so every entry below applies to both.

3.6.1¶

Released on 31 August 2026

Added Sign up and reset your password with a code sent by email
Added Sort the contact list by status or alphabetically, and keep that choice across restarts
Added Filter the contact list to show only the online or the pending contacts
Added The Drovio app is now available in Portuguese
Changed Microphone noise suppression has been reworked with a new denoiser
Changed Contacts waiting on an action now appear at the top of the list
Changed The rating prompt is now part of the main window on Windows and Linux, can be dismissed, and comes back at most once a day
Changed The Spanish translation now addresses the user formally
Fixed High CPU usage and a memory leak caused by cursor polling during sessions on macOS
Fixed Ctrl+Alt+Del now reaches the remote machine when Drovio runs in service mode on Windows
Fixed Drovio no longer burns a full CPU core while shutting down on Linux
Fixed Remote cursors could keep the wrong shape on Linux
Fixed Drovio opened its main window when the OS started it, instead of staying hidden
Fixed The menu bar panel could be misaligned on macOS
Fixed The session control bar was not excluded from capture on macOS
Fixed The spectator badge was wrong on the first join of a session where control is disabled
Fixed The contacts group name field did not show its input on macOS
Fixed Arch packages now carry the right extension

3.6.0¶

Released on 14 August 2026

Added Fresh paint: new UI with support for light and dark color schemes; enhanced UX including clearer mic/camera states
Added Wayland support on Linux: screen sharing, remote control and drawing all go through the desktop portals, so you no longer need an X11 session
Added The Drovio app is now available in French, German, Italian and Spanish
Added Linux ARM64 support
Added A session hub has been introduced, replacing both the camera and chat windows during sessions in an effort to get fewer windows
Added Organize contacts into groups; this replaces the 'add to favorites' feature
Changed Only a session bar shows up now when you join a voice chat session
Changed The active speaker is shown on the session hub whether their camera is on or not
Changed Avatar identicons have been replaced with username/email initials
Changed When on a remote screen, the video quality modes now include framerate capping in addition to resolution, and don't affect the camera stream anymore
Changed On macOS, the permission prompt gets clearer
Changed New ringtone
Removed The unused OpenSSL 1.1 dependency has been dropped from the Linux packages
Removed Support for macOS 12 and earlier has been dropped
Removed Support for Ubuntu 22.10 and earlier, Debian 11, openSUSE has been dropped
Fixed Windows/Linux DPI issues causing the mouse cursors and drawing to be offset
Fixed Participants who joined from a web browser were offered the presenter role swap, which they can't take
Fixed The screen highlighter could appear on the wrong screen when you hovered over an entry in the share menu while another app was in full screen
Fixed Many minor UI/UX issues and crashes
Security The websocket connection between the app and the server only supported TLS v1.2. This restriction has been lifted and TLS v1.3 support is now included

3.5.3¶

Released on 13 January 2026

Added Left-handed mouse management on Windows
Fixed Service mode is now compatible with Windows Server editions
Fixed Mouse inputs on JetBrains products can be blocked while hosting a session on MacOS and using a touchpad
Fixed Missing package dependency on Archlinux-based linux distributions

3.5.2¶

Released on 26 October 2023

Changed Drovio windows capture exclusion can be disabled from the 'Screen sharing' tab of the app preferences (requires to restart Drovio)
Fixed Being disconnected from the server while hosting a meeting (instant or scheduled) prevents new participants approval
Fixed On Windows, updated release of the app is always installed at the default location

3.5.1¶

Released on 31 August 2023

Added SSO vanity name is automatically filled in according to the one previously used
Added On Windows, default communication devices are now handled
Added On Windows, a notification is displayed during a session to warn the host about a possible degraded experience when the active window belongs to an elevated process and the app is not running as administrator
Fixed The 'Audio' tab of the preferences window is displayed instead of the 'Video' one after clicking on the settings icon of the videoconference window
Fixed On MacOS, re-opening the app too quickly after an update may open the outdated bundle and ask for system permissions
Fixed On MacOS Monterey (>12.3.0), the screenshare may appear as frozen on guests side except for the system cursor
Fixed On Windows, the 'Log in anyway' button is not correctly polished

3.5.0¶

Released on 16 August 2023

Added The videoconference system now handles voice activation detection
Added Drovio windows are excluded from the screen capture (except mouse cursors, spotlights and drawings) on Windows and macOS
Fixed During a session, host inputs might get blocked under specific circumstances
Fixed Searching for a contact using an email address does not work
Fixed Some captions from the 'Preferences' window are cut or not properly aligned
Fixed On Windows and Linux, a pending Drovio update is not applied if the machine has been restarted
Fixed On MacOS Ventura, sharing a specific window introduces system slowdown and spurious hangs
Fixed On Windows, names under mouse cursors disappear for a short amount of time when they are moved from one screen to another

3.4.1¶

Released on 24 April 2023

Added A default interaction mode can now be chosen from the 'Remote control' tab of the app preferences. This one will be automatically assigned to your guests when they join your new session.
Added System audio can be shared on Apple M1 machines (see our help center for more details)
Fixed Under specific circumstances, some guests in a running session may not hear each others
Fixed Closing the meeting window while being in a 'Waiting for host...' state after a call leads to an erronous app state and requires an app restart
Fixed On Linux (Plasma and Xfce), session invitations may not appear while the app is minimized

3.4.0¶

Released on 7 February 2023

Added You can apply visual effects on your webcam video stream: either blurring your background or applying a specific background image (predefined or custom)
Changed Closing the videoconference window stops the local webcam video capture
Changed Videoconference video streams are rendered using OpenGL hardware acceleration
Changed Webcam capture device can now be changed during a running session
Changed Drovio updates are automatically downloaded in the background and installed during the next app launch. You can also install it manually, from the update window, after receiving a download notification
Fixed Under specific circumstances, webcam video capture is not restored properly after a presenter role swapping
Fixed Several UI elements are not sized in a relevant way when resizing the videoconference window
Fixed Your avatar is not refreshed accordingly under unstable network conditions
Fixed Under specific circumstances, opening the chat window can lead to a crash
Fixed An instant meeting can be started even while already acting as guest
Fixed On Windows, hosting a session for more than two guests can lead to a high CPU usage
Fixed On MacOS, when acting as guest, changing the screenshare video quality leads to a crash if a local webcam is being captured

3.3.4¶

Released on 27 September 2022

Added You can now check your webcam video stream from the 'Video' tab of the app preferences
Changed The video chat window has been fully redesigned
Fixed On Windows, several UI elements may be misplaced while using the app on a multiscreen setup with identical screen models

3.3.3¶

Released on 18 August 2022

Added Start instant meeting and get meeting link right from within the app, even when you're already hosting a session
Added Sign in using your Google account
Changed On Linux, participant cursors are now handled separately and when the host just moves their cursor, it won't interrupt participant interactions anymore
Fixed Echo cancelation and noise suppression get disabled when a participant leaves an ongoing mob session, until they/someone else join the session again
Fixed Memory footprint remains high when idle after hosting a session
Fixed On Windows, the app is restarted infinitely when it crashes during init
Fixed On Linux under gnome, the main window sometimes disappears and restarting the app is required
Fixed On Linux, updating the Drovio app can fail due to missing dependencies that wouldn't get downloaded

3.3.2¶

Released on 20 July 2022

Added Contact and session chats now handle rich text. You can share URLs, code blocks and Emojis to your pairing partners (for the moment, Emojis are supported on macOS and Windows only)
Fixed On macOS, the contact list may not display all items when scrolling
Fixed On Windows while acting as guest, the remote video stream may suffer of scaling artifacts if it is displayed on a screen with a different scaling factor compared to the shared one
Fixed On Windows, the app may crash under specific circumstances

3.3.1¶

Released on 22 June 2022

Fixed Collected data during the session rating process is invalid after acting as a guest
Fixed On linux and under specific circumstances, a linkage problem prevents the app from starting

3.3.0¶

Released on 16 June 2022

Added Apple and Apple M1 packages have been merged into a universal package
Added You can now schedule a meeting or start an instant one from the 'Meeting' tab of your account management page. You just have to click on the 'calendar' button of the app main panel to access it. Calendar integration is already supported (through ICS) and the Google Calendar app is coming very soon.
Removed Email and URL invitations have been removed. You can now start an instant meeting by clicking on the 'calendar' button of the app main panel then share the meeting URL with your pairing partners
Fixed On Apple M1 machines, a kernel panic might be triggered under specific circumstances
Fixed Session records are stucked on the first frame when played

3.2.8¶

Released on 27 May 2022

Added When sharing a portion of screen, the rectangular selection for that screen is saved so you can later share the same portion again
Added On Windows and Linux, the shortcuts to accept or deny a call are now shown below the invite popup's buttons
Added Crash report sending can be disabled from the preferences panel, advanced tab
Fixed On Linux under Gnome, the main window gets hidden when sharing a portion of screen and might not get shown back
Fixed On macOS, chat, remote window and a few other floating windows get hidden when minimized and can't be restored
Fixed On Linux under KDE, the host session toolbar disappears when the host clicks outside of the main window

3.2.7¶

Released on 16 May 2022

Added VP9 video codec support. It can be selected as the preferred video codec (from the app preferences, 'Screen sharing' tab) if an abnormal CPU usage is noticed when hosting for several guests
Added Contact chat history can be consulted even if the contact is offline
Changed Contact chat history files are now sorted using their filename
Fixed A huge contact list may take a long time to load and is not refreshed smoothly when scrolling or filtering for specific contacts

3.2.6¶

Released on 9 May 2022

Added When you miss a call from your contacts, a badge now appears next to their avatars
Added Chat history is now saved locally on your computer
Added New shortcuts let you change the interaction mode during your sessions, you can enable them and modify the keystrokes in preferences
Added The green border changes to orange when a shared window gets hidden behind other windows and any interaction from the participants will bring it front
Added Use the escape key to quickly exit draw together mode when hosting a session
Changed On macOS, video encoding performances have been greatly improved thus reducing latency, especially when sharing large content
Changed We respect your privacy: when sharing a window, the participants will now only see that window, whether it gets behind other windows or not (Drovio windows might still be shown above, that will change in a future release)
Fixed On macOS and Windows, hosting a session may block mouse and keyboard inputs during the session lifetime. This behavior persists until app is restarted
Fixed On macOS, hosting a session with multiple participants may result in a very intensive CPU usage
Fixed On macOS, when waking a computer from sleep, especially a mac M1, the app hangs in an infinite signing in loop and activity monitor shows high CPU usage due to coreaudiod, requiring to force quit the app
Fixed On macOS, when in sleep mode, unplugging an audio device that was selected in the preferences wakes the computer
Fixed On macOS, the app might crash or show a transparent session toolbar after hosting multiple sessions on a mac M1
Fixed On macOS, remote control sometimes stops working, requiring to quit and rejoin the session
Fixed On macOS, Chrome does not always appear in the list of windows you can share depending on the current tab
Fixed On macOS, irrelevant system windows (like Status Indicator) may appear in the list of windows you can share
Fixed The app might crash when quitting it while on a remote session
Fixed The tool to select a portion of screen to share might be shown on the wrong screen
Fixed On Windows and Linux, the green border around shared content might not always be shown correctly
Fixed On Ubuntu 22.04 and Fedora 36, Drovio might not start due to a missing openssl dependency

3.2.5¶

Released on 21 April 2022

Changed On Linux, the 'Wayland detected' warning is now mentioning the related article from our help center
Changed The feedback banner at the bottom of the app has been removed and replaced with a feedback and roadmap option in main menu
Fixed On macOS, after granting Drovio a specific system permission, clicking on the 'Quit and restart' button does not restart it as expected
Fixed On macOS, the battery status menu constantly reports that Drovio is using significant energy, even when the app is idle
Fixed On macOS, the app in status menu is not shown correctly when using multiple screens or when using menu bar management tools such as Bartender
Fixed On macOS, the app sometimes crashes while using the Spotlight feature
Fixed On macOS, the app might crash when the computer is put to sleep or wake

3.2.4¶

Released on 1 April 2022

Changed Screen sharing is now active right after the host starts a session and before any participant joins in
Changed Drovio mouse cursor is now displayed and the host is able to draw on screen right after starting a session and before any participant joins in
Changed Internal audio settings have been improved in order to provide a better overall audio quality (echo and noise suppression)
Changed While hosting a session, the session toolbar is not displayed anymore in the list of windows you can switch to using alt + tab on Windows and Linux or cmd + tab on macOS
Changed The JetBrains warning dialog has been removed, please refer to our help center if you still encounter any issues with those apps during Drovio sessions
Fixed Cursor is hidden and control lost when selecting draw together before any participant joins in
Fixed When hosting a session, random crashes on any OS
Fixed On macOS, the app sometimes crashes when a user leaves an hosted session
Fixed On macOS, the app sometimes crashes when the host scrolls repeatedly
Fixed On macOS, the app sometimes crashes when closing the app
Fixed On macOS, the host can't interact with the portion of screen selection tool when in draw mode
Fixed On macOS, using the side or extra mouse buttons while hosting a session leads to an erratic mouse behavior, especially preventing JetBrains based products to receive mouse events and sometimes requiring to reboot the computer
Fixed On macOS and Linux, after some network changes or awakening from hibernation mode, the app is either stalled in an infinite 'Signing in...' loop or cannot be closed properly and needs to be manually killed
Fixed On macOS, high CPU usage can sometimes be noticed involving coreaudiod process as well and preventing the computer to go into sleep mode
Fixed On Windows, audio loopback automatically switch to system default input audio device after being enabled
Fixed When on a remote screen, the options to zoom have a different style than the other options

3.2.3¶

Released on 3 March 2022

Fixed On macOS and Linux, shared control management has been improved when involving mouse wheel events
Fixed On Windows, a mouse wheel event from the session host is not injected when acquiring control

3.2.2¶

Released on 2 March 2022

Added 'Draw on screen': session hosts can choose if drawings will be automatically faded out (enabled by default)
Added 'Draw on screen': an eraser mode has been added. Your drawings can be erased either partially with a right click or entirely with a 'Shift + right click' combo
Added 'Draw on screen': session hosts can also clear all drawings with a 'Ctrl + Shift + right click' combo
Changed The JetBrains apps patch has been removed
Changed The shared control is now kept during five seconds (instead of 0.5) while holding a key or a mouse button without any other action
Fixed Changing the video quality does nothing while participating to a session with the web client
Fixed The 'Share a portion of screeen' overlay can now be closed while in draw mode by pressing the 'Esc' key
Fixed On Windows, several UI glitches have been fixed
Fixed On Windows, when a desktop change occurs during a session (winlogon, screensaver or user session lock), the desktop video stream for the following sessions is totally black
Fixed On linux, an obsolete dependency has been removed to allow the app to start on ArchLinux systems without libstdc++5

3.2.1¶

Released on 7 February 2022

Added You can now add contacts to a 'Favorites' group to keep them within easy reach
Changed The 'Display sharing area border' setting section has been re-designed
Fixed On macOS, after displaying the 'Share a portion of screen' widget, guests are unable to send keyboard inputs on remote side until the app is restarted

3.2.0¶

Released on 19 January 2022

Added Apple M1 native package is available (currently in beta stage and downloadable from Drovio website)
Added Drovio is now ready for upcoming Microsoft Teams integration
Added Session hosts can share a portion of their screen
Added Shared content is highlighted by a green outline (enabled by default for window and screen portion sharing modes). It can be disabled or customized in the 'Screen sharing' tab of the app preferences
Fixed After being disconnected then reconnected to the session, a guest is unable to hear other guests or send inputs to the remote machine
Fixed Since macOS Monterey, switching to window sharing during a session or starting a session while sharing a window leads to a crash
Fixed On macOS, the app dock icon does not disappear as expected when closing specific dialogs with the Esc key
Fixed On Linux, some windows may not be detected by our window enumeration process
Fixed After a crash, the app tries to restart 5 times at most

3.1.7¶

Released on 25 November 2021

Added On macOS and Linux, the app can autostart right after the user login
Added On macOS, the video window can be minimized
Added 'Take survey' button at the bottom of the app to prioritize our roadmap
Changed You can now choose what you want to share before starting a screen sharing session with a contact
Fixed During a session, some guests may be unable to hear each other
Fixed After a crash, a guest may be unable to join back a running session
Fixed After a crash, you may be unable to access your Drovio account webpage when clicking on your avatar
Fixed Crash related to the shared clipboard management
Fixed Crash involving our logging engine
Fixed Users information may be inaccurate in the session chat
Fixed Irrelevant notifications when a user quits a session
Fixed Disabling 'Always show the session toolbar' prevents the toolbar to be displayed
Fixed Duplicated entries in the session user list may happen if some of them join back the session after being disconnected
Fixed On macOS, disabling modifier keys while acting as guest prevents some keys (like arrows or delete) to be sent remotely
Fixed On macOS and Linux, launching the app with a command may result in an empty UI
Fixed On Linux, pressing alt-tab while acting as guest can lead to a locked tab key
Fixed The session duration label on the app panel may be too large and does not fit its content

3.1.6¶

Released on 7 October 2021

Added A tooltip indicating the account email is shown when the mouse cursor is hovering the user avatar
Added On Linux, screensaver and monitor extinction is automatically disabled during a session
Changed When the session host minimizes a window that was being shared, a waiting screen is streamed to guests instead of an automatic audio-only fallback
Changed Two extra checkboxes have been added in the rating dialog ('Screen sharing' and 'Controls')
Changed Contact filtering is now automatically disabled after sending the contact request
Fixed The app hangs during a call involving several users, triggering a disconnection on guests side and a stalled state on host side (required a process kill)
Fixed Starting a private chat session can lead to a software deadlock
Fixed When reactivating the video during a session, some ghost video frames may be sent during the video device initialization
Fixed Buttons tooltip are not shown as expected
Fixed Irrelevant audio fallback notifications can pop when starting the app or plugging an audio device
Fixed On macOS, the client window may stay hidden when joining a call if it was previously minimized
Fixed On macOS, sometimes the client window is unable to capture mouse move events
Fixed On Windows, the uninstaller can fail under specific circumstances
Fixed On Linux, unplugging then plugging the mouse during a session results in an erratic behavior
Fixed On Linux, right modifiers can be stucked in a pushed state

3.1.5¶

Released on 15 September 2021

Fixed The app may crash when a local or remote video capture device changes its capture resolution
Fixed The app may crash when starting a session with specific audio devices
Fixed On Linux, switching the current workspace while acting as guest can lead to a huge memory leak
Fixed On Linux, ending or leaving a session while using the ALSA audio module can lead to a software deadlock

3.1.4¶

Released on 7 September 2021

Added Session guests can now choose to disable modifier-based key combos that are not producing characters thus preventing them from being sent to the host's machine
Changed The app is now able to automatically switch back to a specific audio device after an unplug/replug sequence
Changed In the 'Register now' section of the app, the main button text has been changed from 'Log in' to 'Sign up'
Fixed The 'Unable to connect' dialog box will now show every time a connection fails
Fixed The app won't crash anymore if a negative packet loss statistic is gathered
Fixed Some dropdown menus needed to be clicked multiple times to show all of their content
Fixed The audio disconnection happening when switching roles between host and guest is now much shorter (1 second). Next step: no disconnection at all!
Fixed After starting a session, some hosts were unable to interact with their computer during the session lifetime
Fixed During the account verification step, clicking on 'Resend email' won't switch back to the 'Log in' page
Fixed On Windows, the app is now able to handle mixed-DPI screen setups properly
Fixed On macOS, a network reconnection won't trigger any high CPU footprint
Fixed On macOS, the app won't crash anymore when a user changes their screen setup while hosting a session
Fixed On macOS, the app didn't hide after clicking on the user's avatar or on the 'Account details' menu entry

3.1.3¶

Released on 5 August 2021

Changed Crash reports are now automatically sent, allowing the team to improve the app's stability and ensuring users still get a top-notch experience
Fixed On macOS, the app may crash the first time a user allows camera access after starting a session

3.1.2¶

Released on 12 July 2021

Changed A 'Remote desktop' tab has been added in the app preferences
Fixed Swaping the presenter role during a session involving 3 users or more while the video conference is active might lead to a crash
Fixed The app might crash during a P2P reconnection
Fixed Some buttons may appear to be blocked in pushed state
Fixed As a guest, consecutive clicks at different locations might be interpreted as double/triple clicks
Fixed On macOS, starting the app with the '--command' argument closes the app instead of sending it to the already running instance
Fixed On Windows, lock files access permissions prevent the app to be executed on different user sessions
Fixed On Windows, native UI controls now have the correct style

3.1.1.1¶

Released on 11 June 2021

Changed On macOS, the JetBrains apps patch is now disabled by default
Fixed The message displayed in the error window when the signin step failed can be irrelevant in specific cases
Fixed On Windows, Drovio drawables are offset when the top-left corner of the primary screen is not the same as the top-left corner of the virtual desktop

3.1.1¶

Released on 3 June 2021

Added Switching to 'Audio only' automatically sets the interaction mode to 'control'. The old interaction mode will be restored when switching back to screen or window sharing
Added On Windows, the app prevents the screensaver/screenlock to trigger during a session
Fixed On Windows and Linux, the host can be unable to interact with Drovio UI while in 'Draw together' mode
Fixed On Linux (with Plasma desktop environment), the 'Draw together' feature is now working as expected

3.1.0¶

Released on 20 May 2021

Added 'Draw' interaction mode: guests can draw on the shared screen
Added 'Draw together' interaction mode: session participants (including the host) can draw on the shared screen
Fixed On macOS, the app may generate heavy log files

3.0.5¶

Released on 12 May 2021

Fixed On Windows and linux, scrolling the contacts list can result in a crash if the screen DPI scale factor is over 1.0
Fixed The app may crash while starting a session or during a peer connection renegotiation

3.0.4¶

Released on 28 April 2021

Changed Focus policy on toolbar buttons has been changed thus preventing them to be triggered unexpectedly
Fixed Random crashes caused by non visible video chat window
Fixed On macOS, the camera device may appear as active (light on) even if no frames are captured
Fixed On macOS, the app is not hidden after clicking on the 'SSO' button (Enterprise edition)
Fixed On linux, switching to another workspace while acting as guest results in a large memory leak followed by a crash

3.0.3¶

Released on 20 April 2021

Added On linux, the user is warned when starting Drovio on a Wayland-driven desktop environment
Added On macOS, if USE Together is installed on the system, Drovio asked the user if they wants to remove USE together when the app starts
Added On Windows, if USE Together is installed on the system, the Drovio installer asked the user if they wants to remove USE Together
Changed When the host wants to add another participant to the session, the contact tab is now displayed
Changed The 'Available' item in the user status dropdown has been replaced with an 'Online' one
Changed The system camera permission is now longer asked for every session, since it has been set as optional
Changed The video chat window is now resizable
Fixed Large contact lists may take some time to load when the app starts or seems to be unresponsive during contact filtering
Fixed The contact list search bar is case-sensitive
Fixed The contact list search bar content is not reset after a logout/login sequence
Fixed Contacts are now taken into account for the email input field autocompletion of the 'Invite people over email' panel
Fixed After recording a session, the 'Session recording' panel is not displayed
Fixed The empty item text in the video preferences combo box has been replaced by 'No devices selected'
Fixed On Windows, the app gets stuck in an infinite restart loop when trying to enable service mode
Fixed On Windows, the camera device may appear as active (light on) even if no frames are captured
Fixed On Windows, clicking on the window top-right close button restarts the app
Fixed On macOS, the session invitation popup may appear behind the active window while in fullscreen mode
Fixed On macOS, the video chat dialog is hidden when the host hides their session toolbar
Fixed On macOS Big Sur, the app starts off-screen
Fixed In the app preferences, the link to access the browser remote desktop access webpage is not correct
Fixed The default video device is now automatically selected when starting Drovio

3.0.2¶

Released on 24 March 2021

Changed The video conference window is now always on top (you can still hide/reopen it)
Fixed Video is displayed twice when there are no participants
Fixed Users might get prompted for a required update although there's no update available
Fixed When the host changes interaction mode during the session, it also impact selected interaction mode on guests' end
Fixed Clicking on account details or on the avatar may open the account management page twice or more
Fixed On Linux (KDE/Plasma), dark mode impact the app which leads to unreadable texts
Fixed On Windows, the first page of the 'Getting started' tour is not showing the 'Waving hand' emoji correctly
Fixed On Windows, font rendering is aliased or too bold
Fixed On macOS, when a participant is sending mouse moves continuously, other participants (including the host) may experience some difficulties sending inputs to the shared machine
Security On macOS, a guest might be able to interact with the app UI even with 'User' privileges

3.0.1¶

Released on 18 March 2021

Fixed On macOS, the app can fail to start

3.0.0¶

Released on 18 March 2021

USE Together is now Drovio

Added Drovio on linux is now publicly available
Added Knock on the door: you can now ask to join a running session
Added Video conference
Added Sign in with SSO (SAML)
Added Fair billing policy is now available for all teams
Changed New UI/UX providing an improved user experience
Changed The host can now send multiple session invitations at the same time
Changed The session URL can be shared before starting it
Changed On macOS, the Do Not Disturb mode is disabled by default
Removed Compatibility with macOS < 10.12
Fixed On linux, keyboard shortcuts are now handled properly
Fixed On linux, shared control experience has been improved

2.2.6.3¶

Released on 2 March 2021

Mandatory update to be on par with the latest changes and improvements before we officially release a new major version

Added Announcement: USE Together becomes Drovio

2.2.6.2¶

Released on 25 January 2021

Added Calls from within Slack can now be started with only audio being shared
Changed The 'How was your experience' dialog will appear less often if you click multiple times on 'Show less often'
Changed Users now get prompted (can be disabled) when sharing any JetBrains app with information on how to improve the experience with both those tools and USE Together
Removed On Windows, hardware encoding has been fully removed as the experience was not really smooth
Fixed The app may crash when sharing a Pro XDR screen
Fixed On macOS, scrolling may be somehow glitched during a USE Together session

2.2.6.1¶

Released on 13 November 2020

Fixed On macOS, USE Engine cursors and spotlights can be vertically offset on specific screen setups
Fixed On macOS, the host session bar is not always-on-top

2.2.6¶

Released on 12 November 2020

Added A guest can now see the network status of audio p2p connections with other guests in the session
Added A visual indicator in guests session toolbar is now displayed when the shared control feature is limited
Added A visual indicator in guests session toolbar is now displayed when the guest is defined as 'Spectator'
Added Interaction mode can now be globally set to spotlight by the session host
Added Spotlight sounds can be disabled from the app preferences
Fixed Contacts may appear as connected even if they got disconnected because of some network problems
Fixed On Windows, the session chat and users list windows can be displayed out of screen limits while hosting on a Hi-DPI screen
Fixed On MacOS, USE Engine cursors and spotlights are unable to go over a fullscreen window
Fixed The user can be stuck into an infinite signin loop

2.2.5.5¶

Released on 1 October 2020

Fixed The app crashes during startup on macOS Big Sur public beta 3 and later

2.2.5.4¶

Released on 9 September 2020

Fixed On macOS Big Sur public beta 2, the app crashes during startup

2.2.5.3¶

Released on 18 August 2020

Added On macOS, do not disturb mode is now enabled when hosting a session (can be disabled in the app's preferences)
Changed Better handling of temporary disconnections
Changed Clarified what information will be sent when reporting an issue
Fixed On Windows, the client stays minimized when joining a session from a URL
Fixed On macOS, the host session toolbar sometimes disappears when changing screen resolution
Fixed The contact list is not correctly displayed when there a lot of contacts and this can lead to a crash
Fixed The rating dialog is not automatically closed when signing out

2.2.5.2¶

Released on 15 July 2020

Added Client video quality preset is now saved
Changed URL invitations are reusable
Changed Contact list filter can be cleared by pressing the 'Esc' key
Fixed Audio connections can be definitely lost during a call
Fixed Shared clipboard management can alter the system clipboard behavior
Fixed During the account activation procedure, the app 'Account verification' page automatically switches to the 'Sign in' page
Fixed On macOS, if the client clicks on the middle mouse button while in spotlight mode, the call sound is looping on host side until the app is closed
Fixed On macOS, the 'Take the presenter role' window does not show up under specific circumstances
Fixed On macOS, the previous patch related to JetBrains tools did not fix all input issues
Fixed On Windows, the H.264 hardware encoder can produce coding artifacts when packet loss occurs
Security TLS v1.2 is now always enforced for any websocket connections

2.2.5.1¶

Released on 16 June 2020

Changed Swapping the presenter role from the host now display a quick notification
Changed Revert the behavior where the contact tab was displayed instead of the session tab after starting a session
Fixed PyCharm, IntelliJ and other JetBrains tools won't accept any inputs coming either from the host or the guests after those apps have lost the focus due to a guest click, on macOS
Fixed Invite popups are sometimes shown at the wrong location on macOS
Fixed Swap menu doesn't hide when clicking on the user's avatar
Fixed The visual indicator when a session is being recorded is not shown anymore on the app's client
Fixed When the host session toolbar has the focus, escape can hide it
Fixed Clipboard doesn't work when in service mode on Windows
Fixed Pressing the escape key on the invite popup make the invite timeout and does not exactly behave like the ignore button
Fixed Usernames can't be filtered when they contain special characters
Fixed The contact list is sometimes reset although a username filter was applied
Fixed Sometimes, keyboard interaction with the main UI can instead be injected into the app's client

2.2.5¶

Released on 29 May 2020

Added SSO is now supported (SAML and/or OpenID Connect) for the Enterprise (on-premises) offer
Added Spotlight interaction mode: guests can now highlight specific screen/app areas without disturbing shared control
Added The host can now swap the presenter role with any participant
Added A VUMeter for the input audio device have been added in the app audio preferences allowing users to check if the selected device is receiving a signal
Changed On Windows, the app window is no more hidden on new session start, allowing the user to invite more people in it
Changed The session chat button has been moved from the top level of the session toolbar to the 'more' menu
Changed Cursors on host side are now displayed only one time
Fixed The user can be stuck into an infinite signin loop
Fixed The shared screen/app selector in the session bar may refuse to open when clicking on it
Fixed On macOS, stereo audio output is not supported on mac book pro speakers in order to prevent echo issues since the mic is located under the left speaker on old models
Fixed On macOS, the session bar on host side may not being displayed
Fixed On macOS, the app may be displayed on the wrong screen
Fixed Inviting several guests at the same time may lead to a crash
Fixed Special characters like '{}[]' are not injected from a Windows guest to a macOS host
Fixed On macOS, pressing the 'Enter' key in the 'Join a remote desktop' dialog triggers the 'Cancel' button instead of the 'Join' one
Fixed On Windows, the app window is opened after a UAC prompt even if it was minimized before
Fixed On Windows, a user cannot share Windows 10 system apps like 'Sticky Notes' or 'Calculator'
Fixed During a swap, the previous presenter receives 'has quit' notifications for each of his guests
Fixed On macOS, a guest can block modifiers state on host side while changing the focus from the client to another window
Fixed Frame grabber is constantly running even after the session ends

2.2.4.1¶

Released on 30 March 2020

Fixed On macOS, the app does not start on macOS 10.10 to 10.12 due to a dependency update in 2.2.4 (ffmpeg)

2.2.4¶

Released on 26 March 2020

Added Change the video quality during sessions to lower the latency when your machine can't handle the remote resolution or when the connection is bad
Added Swap the presenter role right from the session toolbar on the app's client
Added On the client, disable alt+tab on Windows/Linux or cmd+tab on macOS to prevent from sending that to the remote machine
Changed Hardware encoding is now disabled by default as it produces various artifacts on some NVIDIA GPUs
Changed Most of the shortcuts are now disabled by default due to some incompatibilites with some apps
Changed Session recording is now performed separately in order to support video quality changes, producing better videos but at the expense of a slight CPU usage increase
Fixed On macOS, users can't type on the remote screen using the app's client and need to click outside then back on the client to make it work
Fixed On Windows, holding alt gr while the host is typing prevents the guest from being able to type
Fixed On Windows, holding ctrl or alt while clicking outside of the app's client may keep those keys pressed
Fixed Adding any whitespace before or after an email when adding a contact fails
Fixed On macOS 10.15, a crash occurs and the app is restarted when using ctrl space to switch the input source
Fixed On macOS, keyboard inputs won't work anymore on the client when clicking outside of it while the toolbar menu is displayed
Fixed Log file sizes may increase quickly when the app can't deal with some audio device
Fixed When a user invited with a link copied to the clipboard leaves a session, a notification is shown again
Fixed When users try to create an account although it already exists or when clicking on back before an email address is verified, signing out is displayed and users need to restart the app
Fixed When a contact is added, a user online notification may appear although this is disabled in preferences

2.2.3¶

Released on 10 March 2020

Added We all use different screen resolutions. You can now zoom in/out and scale the remote screen video to fit your client's window
Added Use keyboard shortcuts to do some quick actions during your sessions (swap, end the call...), you can change them in preferences, shortcuts tab
Added Access the user list (people in the session) from the session toolbar
Added Quick access to your contact list from the session toolbar when you host the session (Invite more people)
Changed The remote screen now appears way less blurry when on the same screen resolution
Changed The rating prompt auto closes itself after sometime and can now be shown less often
Changed On macOS, permissions are now globally handled and a unique window will ask you to set them
Fixed On Windows, ctrl key combos can break on host's side
Fixed On Windows, modifier keys are not correctly restored when the host take back the control
Fixed On Windows, some combos using the ctrl, alt gr keys may break the keyboard state, requiring to press those keys once more
Fixed On Windows, can't use the mouse to select a window when doing alt + tab during a session
Fixed On Windows, ctrl + alt + key combos don't work correctly
Fixed On Windows, modifier keys are not synced correctly between guests and the host
Fixed On macOS, a sound can be heard when the app starts
Fixed On macOS, the app does not work correctly with Bartender 3
Fixed On macOS, fixes a memory leak with the contact list and after multiple sign in/sign out
Fixed On macOS horizontal scolling from the trackpad is not handled
Fixed On macOS, copy/pasting cells on Numbers pastes sometimes nothing
Fixed On macOS, launching commands from Slack can make the app crash
Fixed Commands from Slack don't work when signed out

2.2.2¶

Released on 11 December 2019

Changed A notification is now displayed when you copy an invite link to your clipboard
Changed The session toolbar can now be hidden even when nobody has joined the session
Removed No more extra confirmations when changing a user’s privileges during a session
Fixed On Windows, mouses cursors may be offsetted when hosting due to custom screen scaling
Fixed Hiding the session toolbar with the shortcuts may cause mouse and keyboard input issues
Fixed Clipboard data transfer performances have been improved

2.2.1¶

Released on 25 November 2019

Added Hide the client and host session toolbar from the menu or with CTRL+ALT+H on Windows or SHIFT+CMD+H on macOS
Fixed A log rotation issue prevents the app from being closed when it has been running for a few days
Fixed The swap presenter role dialog does not hide when ending a session without accepting or ignoring it specifically first
Fixed A sound is played when the swap presenter role dialog is shown

2.2.0¶

Released on 21 November 2019

Added Share your clipboard and copy/paste text and images from/to the host screen seamlessly (only the app client is supported for now)
Added Sign in with your GitHub identity
Added Retina image quality support on macOS (can be enabled in preferences)
Changed Session toolbar polish
Changed The right pane has been removed from the app client, a light session toolbar is now displayed instead
Changed No more extra confirmation when ending a session or signing out
Changed Less intrusive new update notifications
Changed The app client does not launch in fullscreen mode by default anymore
Changed On macOS, we're now also asking for permission to control the computer when a session is started if the user didn't give it
Changed On macOS, session invites now follow any space change
Fixed Audio devices plugged in after the app is launched may sometimes be ignored, leading to no audio
Fixed The default audio device on the app may not match the system one
Fixed On Windows, the app crashes when an unsupported audio device is plugged in
Fixed Forcing sign out when in a session from another computer is not resetting the status back to available
Fixed On Windows, changes to the keyboard layout when the app client is shown are not supported
Fixed On macOS, a black border appears on the app when in dark mode

2.1.6¶

Released on 12 September 2019

Fixed After the OS has been in sleep mode, user signed in with Slack could be signed out and has to enter his credentials again even if 'Automatically sign in' has been checked

2.1.5¶

Released on 21 August 2019

Added A sound will be played when a session invite is received as well as when a notification is displayed on Windows and macOS (can be disabled from preferences menu)
Changed Default avatars are now identicons, should be familiar to our dev fellows
Changed New keyboard shortcuts to accept or ignore a session invite (displayed below the corresponding buttons)
Changed Smoother email verification when creating an account
Fixed On Windows, win + keys combos don't always work when the host is macOS (equivalent to cmd + keys)
Fixed On Windows, sleep mode can make the app restart multiple times and crash
Fixed On Windows, mouse cursors were incorrectly displayed when sharing a Microsoft Office app
Fixed On macOS, host cursor moves erratically when guests simply move their cursors without even clicking
Fixed On macOS, contact list scrolling is not smooth
Fixed Some windows can be displayed outside of the screen and with weird images due to display pixel ratio handling
Fixed Automatically sign in with Slack does not always work after the OS has been in sleep mode
Fixed Stability improvements

2.1.4¶

Released on 20 June 2019

Added You can now sign in with Slack. It's simple, fast and secure! Slack can be interfaced with your Single Sign-On (SSO) provider and handles two-factor authentification
Changed Sign in/sign up cosmetics

2.1.3¶

Released on 11 June 2019

Added Premium plan support, allowing you to join anyone's screen and still get unlimited remote screen control
Added You can now sign out remotely another already signed in app instance when the message 'already connected' shows
Added Add a button to instantly verify email and proceed with the registration
Changed Reduce max framerate to 20 when in automatic framerate mode (default)
Fixed On macOS, some special characters can't be typed using certain dead keys on various keyboard layouts
Fixed On macOS, shift + shift from the app client on IntelliJ produces nothing
Fixed On macOS, fn combos and/or arrow keys prevent users from doing some key combos such as cmd + num on IntelliJ and can also block remote keyboard inputs until the app is restarted
Fixed Notifications and rating window shows up when a user swap the presenter role
Fixed On Windows, service mode does not always automatically start correctly
Fixed On macOS, the screensaver shows up in the middle of a session

2.1.2¶

Released on 2 May 2019

Changed Disconnections from the server no longer end ongoing screen sharing sessions
Fixed On macOS, keys can get stucked when the host starts to type while a guest is typing
Fixed On macOS, when using ShiftIt, ctrl+alt+cmd+arrow don't do anything
Fixed On macOS, cmd+`, cmd+-, cmd+shift+-, cmd+[0-9] don't do anything
Fixed Clicking multiple times on the add button when adding a contact can show an error message

2.1.1¶

Released on 1 April 2019

Fixed Random mouse lag when joining a screen from app client
Fixed Scrolling on a large contact list on macOS shows duplicated contacts
Fixed Can't seek in recorded session videos
Fixed Alt+key combos from macOS app client to a Windows host produces nothing
Fixed Random lag when no audio output device is connected on Windows
Fixed Cmd+key combos on macOS sends key multiple times on some apps and user needs to do another action to stop it
Fixed Keyboard inputs don't work on some macOS apps (eg. VMware Fusion), character a or 3 is sent when pressing any key

2.1.0¶

Released on 20 March 2019

Added Record your session to re-watch it later on
Added New lightweight session bar to quickly change what you're sharing, mute your mic, record or end the session
Added You can now join a screen with the app when receiving an email/link invite
Added You can now join a remote desktop session (machine permanently accessible) from the app
Changed Host doesn't block guest inputs anymore when simply moving their mouse cursor
Changed Session duration is now shown on the session bar and on the session tab
Fixed No audio between two guests when a network issue occurs, guests have to rejoin
Security Security fix concerning the swap feature

2.0.6¶

Released on 7 March 2019

Fixed Some users can't potentially sign in/use the app when on a very slow connection
Fixed On Windows, setting display scale ratio can make the app bigger than the screen
Fixed On Windows, the app is launched with admin rights when the installer ends

2.0.5¶

Released on 18 January 2019

Added Connection quality is now displayed next to each user with information about the P2P connection when hovering it
Added On MacOS, dock icon is now visible when a window is opened
Added App client can now start in windowed mode, can be set in preferences
Fixed cmd + / from a MacOS guest with US Qwerty keyboard makes MacOS host cursor change to ? and users can't type anymore, forcing the host to restart the app
Fixed On Windows, app client may show a black screen on some machines instead of the host screen / app
Fixed System audio sharing does not work on Windows 7
Fixed USE Engine has to be closed on MacOS before switching user sessions
Fixed alt + enter from a Windows host does not work on a Windows host sharing IntelliJ
Fixed After some time, users behind restrictive network can't share a screen / app or chat with other users, needing to restart the app
Fixed Fix typos and some misleading messages

2.0.4¶

Released on 30 November 2018

Fixed MacOS 10.14 does not always ask for microphone permission, leading to screensharing sessions with no audio
Fixed cmd + alt + key from a MacOS guest does nothing on a MacOS host
Fixed cmd + click from a MacOS guest does not work on a MacOS host sharing IntelliJ
Fixed Moving cursor on the black borders of the app client does move the remote cursor too
Fixed Pending invites on session tab are hidden when swapping
Fixed Fix some typos
Fixed Improve stability

2.0.3¶

Released on 14 November 2018

Added A window asking you to rate your experience appears after a screen sharing or call session ends so you can easily send us your feedback
Changed Latency has been greatly reduced on the app client (web client is still impacted by latency)
Changed The host can now move their mouse cursor without interrupting guests who are currently typing / clicking
Changed Mic state on main interface is now synchronized with mic state on the client
Changed Hardware encoding on MacOS is now only used when sharing a screen with web client on Safari to improve experience, latency and bandwidth usage
Changed App client now better handles unstable Internet connections
Changed Update window now displays the changelog
Removed Session quality settings are removed from the clients, quality now adapts itself to your available resources
Fixed Changing audio input / output devices produce nothing when in a session with the app client
Fixed Scroll wheel on Windows 7 can cause a crash when hovering a dropdown menu
Fixed App client on Windows may be shown below task bar
Fixed In call status may remain after a session ends, forcing the user to restart the app
Fixed A black screen may appear instead of the remote screen after swaping the presenter role
Fixed Lag may be experienced after swaping the presenter role

2.0.2¶

Released on 28 August 2018

Added DPI scaling support on Windows
Fixed Audio input muted state
Fixed Mouse inputs issues on MacOS

2.0.1¶

Released on 16 July 2018

Added User can now report an issue directly from the app
Changed 'User is online' and 'new message' notifications can be disabled from general settings
Fixed Keyboard inputs issues with ctrl combos
Fixed Mouse inputs issues on MacOS

2.0.0¶

Released on 11 July 2018

Added User avatar
Added User status
Added Contact list
Added Instant messaging with contacts
Added Session presenter and a user can now swap their roles using the 'swap' feature
Added Native client
Changed Major interface rework

1.5.2¶

Released on 28 March 2018

Added Automatic gain control
Added New screen / app frame grabber on MacOS which offers better support for MacBook Pro Retina
Changed Better email formats support (W3C compliant)
Changed Accept any username with length from 1 character to 100
Changed Audio chat stability enhanced
Fixed USE Engine Windows uninstaller could not stop the process
Fixed Issues with audio enable / disable button

1.5.1¶

Released on 26 February 2018

Added Allow a user to completely hide web sidebar (user list) for integration purposes
Added Automatically sign in when USE Engine is launched
Changed An invited user now receives a warning dialog when his browser may not be supported
Fixed Audio chat echo cancellation was not working correctly when there were more than 2 users connected
Fixed Audio chat on Opera was not always working correctly
Fixed Issue when there was no audio input on the machine
Fixed Capitals on email were not accepted
Fixed Issues with audio enable / disable button
Fixed USE engine could be launched multiple times in some cases
Fixed 1.5.0 retrocompatibility issues

1.5.0¶

Released on 7 February 2018

Added Audio chat
Added Proxy support on USE Engine
Added Hardware H.264 encoding on MacOS
Added Hardware encoding can now be enabled / disabled
Changed Less restrictive passwords
Changed USE Engine does not require administrator privileges anymore
Changed User inputs handling reworked
Changed Chat messages max length is now 4096 characters
Fixed Mouse and touch events could not work simultaneously
Fixed Mouse scrolling issues
Fixed Windows app sharing did not work on some maximized apps such as Word

1.4.1¶

Released on 20 December 2017

Added Retina support on MacOS
Added System audio streaming support for MacOS
Added Automatic framerate on USE Engine based on CPU usage
Changed Ask user to add USE Engine to accessibility list on MacOS
Fixed Command key was not sent on MacOS
Fixed Room names with whitespaces was not working
Fixed Cursor position was incorrect when primary screen changed on Windows
Fixed Local user inputs conflicts with some user special key inputs

1.4.0¶

Released on 15 November 2017

Added USE Engine for MacOS
Added App sharing
Added Random room names
Added User invitations with email or by sharing an URL
Fixed Excessive CPU usage on USE Engine
Fixed Memory leaks

1.3.0¶

Released on 22 September 2017

Added File sharing
Added System audio streaming (desktop audio)
Fixed Random disconnections between USE Engine and USE Signaling
Fixed Cursors offseted on a 4K resolution