Hi all, At 2021-01-29 at 21:35 UTC Google suspended Element from the Play Store without warning or notification.  We submitted an appeal asking for clarification at 23:18, and at 05:31 received a...

Spaces rethink grouping rooms and people, fundamentally improving Element and Matrix to better group conversations instead of viewing all rooms all of the time.

Gather round people: we’ve got a brand new design, we’ve got dramatically improved encryption UX, we’ve got new login, new settings, new…

Element One is here. Bring your WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram chats into Element.

We are incredibly excited to announce that Riot is now Element, and RiotX is out of beta!!

What is proposed is not an Online Safety Bill; it is an Online Surveillance Bill.

We’re launching Spaces— the next frontier for how to group rooms and people in Element and Matrix. Join the public beta!

Hopefully in-person meet-ups will prove much easier in 2022 - but, there’s still a need for video calls, so let’s face it, they’re here to stay. This makes it really exciting to present Element Call:...

Element has raised $30M of Series B funding, led by Protocol Labs and Metaplanet. Automattic and Notion Capital are also participating in the round.

We're announcing the first major release of Element X synchronised across both iOS and Android.

We’re incredibly excited to release major new versions of Element across all three platforms, introducing Voice Messages as a first class citizen!

Hi folks, We are incredibly excited to present the biggest change in Riot ever: as of the last 24 hours we are enabling end-to-end encryption by default for all new non-public conversations, together...

Element is built in Kotlin, so it has a much smaller and more maintainable codebase. The biggest focus has been on improving the user experience.

Element Matrix Services (EMS) now offers a fully-managed bridge for WhatsApp.

Element Matrix Services (EMS) now offers a fully-managed bridge for Signal.

Native Matrix connectivity for Gitter is a proof point for interoperability between messenger apps.

Element is one of 14 messaging apps blocked by the Central Indian Government which - we believe from media reports - relates to Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000.

Find the latest career opportunities and job openings at Element. Join Element to work on building a secure messenger and E2EE collaboration tool, building on Matrix; an open network for secure...

Element Matrix Services (EMS) is releasing a new service to help organisations migrate from Slack to Element.

The redesigned layout brings big changes. With a focus on improving users' workflows, the app is now cleaner, easier to browse, and faster to navigate!

Announcing a ground-breaking collaboration between Element and BigBlueButton, marking a significant step forward in the realm of virtual classroom technology in the education sector.

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We’re incredibly excited to share this news! In our view, being identified as a leader in The Forrester Wave for Secure Communications (Q3 2022) is a powerful validation of the benefits Element...

When GitLab proposed that Gitter could be stronger as part of the Matrix network, we knew we couldn’t miss the chance!

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Hello, Please make sure you upgrade Element immediately to address a critical security update. The update resolves two critical severity vulnerabilities in end-to-end encryption - that were respons...

The wait is over, they’re finally here! Message editing and reactions are live on Riot Web (1.3), Riot iOS (0.9.1) and RiotX (0.1.0) on…

Find the latest career opportunities and job openings at Element. Join Element to work on building a secure messenger and E2EE collaboration tool, building on Matrix; an open network for secure...

Hi all, It's almost four years since we launched Riot, and it's been a crazy journey - going from a relatively bare bones Matrix app through to today's all-singing, all-dancing encrypted-by-default...

We’ve launched a brand new version of Element, called Element Home!

We’re pleased to announce that our latest release includes the ability to export chat from all Rooms and DMs on Element Web and Desktop.

Element launches the ability to share your current device location on iOS, Android and Web!

Element Call Beta 2 includes encryption, spatial audio, walkie-talkie mode and lots more!

Over the last month we’ve made massive progress on implementing the new design of Riot which we previewed back in May (the work ended up…

The Digital Markets Act is pushing interoperability between messaging apps; it's a major win for consumers.

Experience the future of Element!

Exciting news for Riot users today as New Vector (the company set up by the team behind Matrix & Riot to keep development going) has…

EMS is now providing hosting for a fully managed bridge for text-based conversations in Discord.

We’re outrageously pleased to launch Chatterbox, an end-to-end encrypted embedded chat built on Matrix!

Riot Web 1.1 is here! The Riot Web devs have been hard at their craft, landing functional and aesthetic upgrades to timeline scrolling…

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It’s a major positive to see that interoperability is now baked into the DMA.

We’re very proud to have sponsored FOSDEM this year, and to have had extra skin in the game by helping FOSDEM go virtual.

Element has chosen to pursue future development of Synapse, Dendrite and associated server-side projects under the terms of AGPLv3.

We’ve released an early edition of Element X in the Google Play Store.

Available on iOS

After far too long a wait, Riot.im 0.14 is here (landing in conjunction with Synapse 0.27.3) and it’s a big one! We’re landing (big breath…

We're so excited to announce that Video Rooms is entering beta in Element, just as a new Room Search is exiting beta!

EMS is now providing hosting for a fully managed bridge for Telegram that supports both direct and group messaging.

Gitter is going fully native Matrix in Feb 2023. You can read more about the migration process and details in the pre-announcement blog post. No action is necessary and all of your rooms and content...

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Hey Riot users, We’ve seen a massive spike in video conferencing in Riot so far this week: ...and the free conferencing deployment we’ve been running for Riot on the old matrix.org infrastructure has...

Polls allow anyone with ‘send messages’ permissions to post a question in the form of a poll with up to 20 possible responses.

Details of Riot.im release 1.6.3

We’ve created a common cryptographic library implementation in Rust - codenamed Element R - for all our Element clients.

The latest release of Riot.im is here! We’ve added Jitsi integration to bring much improved video conferencing, plus hot on the heels of…

The first week of 2021 has sped the adoption of decentralised real time communication.

Riot.im 0.12 is here and by golly it’s a big one! The main headline is that WIDGETS HAVE LANDED!!! — small form web apps you can share with…

On the open Matrix network, possibilities for academia are endless; read our blog how education can become more accessible, inclusive and open for everyone.

79% percent of technology leaders at large organisations feel their sanctioned video conferencing tools fall short...

Including a better “Sign up and sign in” flow on mobile, as well as a new onboarding checklist on Element Web!