Release Notes
These release notes provide a chronological list of Eyeson product updates, API changes, new features, and bugfixes. If you have feedback or questions, contact support@eyeson.com.
2025
2025-04-14
- Update of the Eyeson Node Package Names (Tech blog article)
2025-04-04
- API Stream Forward (API Documentation, Tech blog article)
2025-04-01
- API layers endpoint now supports SVG images (API Documentation, Tech blog article)
2025-03-25
- Node.js plugin to define and create overlay or background SVG layer to use with eyeson-node
2024
2024-12-10
- Upgraded to VP9 as default video codec (Tech blog article)
2024-12-06
- Audio Passthrough for Custom UI (Tech blog article)
2024-12-05
- Subscribe to our Eyeson Status Page updates using the Atom feed with your preferred feed reader.
2024-12-04
- New GUI feature: Audio Passthrough (available in Device Settings)
- Device Settings dialog has been redesigned
2024-11-18
- New Eyeson Status page (visit status.eyeson.com)
2024-11-11
- API playback layout changes (Tech blog article)
2024-10-10
- Image type WebP support on layer API (API Documentation)
- New GUI feature: Dynamic HD
2024-09-11
- Data-Saving Modes: select Low or Medium quality to save bandwidth on slow connections or limited data
2024-07-17
- iOS SDK 1.4.0 supports permalink
2024-07-02
- Chat and “Share location” features available in mobile GUI (web)
2024-06-28
- eyeson-php v2.2.0 supports Permalink API
2024-06-25
- Permalink with expiration date
- Remove host user from permalink
- eyeson-node v1.3.0 supports Permalink API
- Permalink support to iframe-api (constructor)
2024-06-17
- New API feature: Permalink API (see API Documentation, tech blog article)
2024-06-10
- CPU pressure in Connection Info (in our prebuilt UI and also available for custom UI)
- Emoji-picker in Chat (in our prebuilt UI)
2024-05-28
- Layer id (API layer endpoint)
2024-05-13
- Share Location in Chat (in GUI, or via API)
2024-05-09
- Version 2 of the Streamdeck plugin. More details about the update here.
2024-05-02
- Automatic Picture-in-Picture mode (Chromium-based browsers only; must be enabled)
2024-04-22
- GUI updates:
- Prevent accidental tab-close pop-up (Chromium-based browsers only)
- Save Chat feature
2024-04-15
- Eyeson Stream Deck Plugin (Info Page, Elgato Marketplace)
- nodejs library to program dynamic overlay and background images to use with Eyeson meetings
2024-03-25
- GUI default microphone change detection (Chrome, Edge, Opera)
2024-02-01
- IFrame API (API Documentation, tech blog article)
2023
2023-12-20
- Extended image-type support for presentations with WebP & HEIC formats.
2023-12-12
- New API Feature: Meeting Observer (API Documentation, tech blog article)
2023-12-01
- New feature: YouTube Player
2023-11-09
- New feature: Call Control Devices, tech blog article
2023-10-13
- New feature: Share Tab Audio
2023-10-10
- Custom layout map API (see API Documentation, tech blog article)
2023-08-29
- API:
2023-07-13
- New feature: Enable widescreen video format (16:9)
2023-06-05
- We have released GUI with the new rebranding styles 🎉
2023-03-07
- New feature: Picture-in-picture camera on screenshare presentation
- To use this feature in your custom UI (API), see our tech blog article
2023-02-01
- Screencasting is now supported by our eyeson iOS mobile app
2022
2022-12-09
- Mic Indicator: lets the speaker know that their mic is working and all participants can hear them
2022-11-21
- Snapshot keyboard shortcut
2022-11-18
- Share screen as additional user: show both webcam and screen share simultaneously
2022-11-08
- New feature: Fit main content in layout Single, ONE+6, TWO+6
2022-09-19
- Guest join language selection
2022-09-07
- Stereo enabled by default (not supported in Safari; Blog article)
2022-09-05
- Widescreen (via API: tech blog article)
2022-08-23
- Picture-in-picture on mobile devices
2022-07-05
- Firefox full mic/cam change support
2022-04-27
- Feature Update: Picture-in-picture controls (mute camera/microphone, leave meeting) in Chromium-based browsers
2022-04-01
- Discontinue integrations due to low usage
2022-03-01
- Bugfix for Firefox: enable microphone change during meeting
2022-02-02
- New Feature: Device-loss handling (automatic switch to next available mic)
2022-01-27
- Feature Update: Virtual background improvement
2021
2021-12-20
- New Feature: Verify your connection quality directly in the meeting
2021-11-25
- Feature Update: Enter or leave full-screen mode by double-clicking on the video
2021-11-15
- Bugfix for Safari: Correct display of presentation canvas on small screens
- Adjust dialogs for improved user experience
2021-10-15
- Feature Update: Virtual background blur now works with Safari
- Bugfix for Safari: Revitalize broken audio/video with a click
2021-09-22
- Bugfix for Safari: Display virtual background in self-view video
2021-09-16
- Feature Update: A custom image can now be used as virtual background
2021-09-15
- Bugfix for Firefox: ScreenCam toggle video
2021-09-01
- New Feature: Virtual Background
2021-08-30
- Feature Update: New “One + 6” and “Two + 6” video layouts
2021-08-02
- New Feature: Share your screen instead of your camera with the ScreenCam feature
2021-07-13
- Improved microphone detection and support even when muted
- Bugfixes for Firefox device selection and Safari picture-in-picture mode
2021-06-30
- Feature Update: One-click present button for Snapshots
2021-04-26
- Inactivity timer is now set to 120 minutes
2021-04-13
- Feature Update: File Presentation now with video files
- Feature Update: new snapshot display and one-click download button
2021-03-26
- Feature Update: Screen Sharing now with audio
- Sharing browser-tabs with computer audio is now available using Chrome or Edge (Chromium-based)
- On Windows, full screen sharing with audio enabled
2021-03-24
- Feature Update: New video podium layout settings available
- New custom layout for 9 videos
- Additional “auto fill empty spots” and “arrange users by voice activity” settings for every layout setup
- Eyeson API usage: see API Documentation and our Developer’s Blog
2021-03-22
- The new Chrome live caption feature (Chrome 89.0+) also works with eyeson
2021-02-24
- Live Streaming is now possible with RTMP services requiring username/password (
rtmp://<user>:<password>@<host>/<application-name>
) (details)
2021-02-12
2021-02-08
- New, optimized preview page for mobile devices
2021-01-27
- “Reload” or “Try again” buttons on error pages to quickly reconnect
- Prominent “Exit” button and guest-leave confirmation dialog
- Bugfix: Incoming calls on iPhone/iPad now continue meeting video smoothly after ringing
2021-01-22
- Participant list visible in meetings joined from mobile devices
2021-01-18
- End of support for Microsoft Edge Legacy (≤ v44) on Eyeson (Edge 79+ supported)
- Name banners shown when alone in a call and in SFU mode; always toggleable
2021-01-05
- New feature: Push-to-talk (press and hold “m” key to talk when muted)
2020
2020-12-16
- Web accessibility improvement (see: help center article)
- Eyeson supported on iPhone and iPad in Chrome and Firefox since v14.3
2020-11-09
- iPad switch-cam support added
- Giphy integration and talk-while-muted detection on mobile view
- Mobile view style updates
2020-10-30
- iPad file presentation support
2020-10-21
- API: Russian language settings
2020-10-20
- iPhone switch-cam support added
2020-10-19
- New tool: Quick Test
- Presentation image rotation
2020-09-23
- API: French language settings
2020-09-15
- Bugfix: File presentation annotation draw offset fixed
- Touch support for presentation annotation
2020-09-01
- Detect talking while muted
2020-07-27
- Option to prevent guest name suggestions (room settings)
2020-07-16
- Safari SFU mode (desktop and mobile)
- Picture-in-picture support in Safari
- Drag-move small self-view in SFU mode possible
2020-06-22
- Chat style updates
2020-06-16
- API: Hide chat option (see API documentation)
- New Feature: Kick user out of meeting (not available to guests)
2020-06-15
- New feature: End meeting for all
2020-06-02
- New feature: Lock meeting Make your meetings extra secure by locking them so no one else can enter