Whereby SDK & Product Updates in May

It's time for your monthly update from the Whereby team! We've made a whole bunch of improvements to our Browser SDK this month as well as some handy new documentation. Keep reading to find out more.

Highlights

• Last month we announced our accessibility compliance with WCAG 2.1 level AA, we're delighted to share more details in our docs including our latest conformance report. Read more here.

• New web component commandleaveRoom()which allows local users to leave the meeting room.

• New tutorial featuring our friends at Planet No Code on how to build no code video conferencing using Bubble and Whereby.

• Browser SDK with React hooks V3 released- A new and improved version with a load of new features. Check out the full announcement here.

SDK Changelogs

Check out our SDK repo changelog for a full list of changes and their commits.

• 3.2.0 Minor Changes

  • cb8e16e: Add participant menu for grid component

• 3.1.0 Minor Changes

  • 4d38962: Add support for new commands: toggleBreakout and togglePeople. Syntax fix in toggleChat command definition

• 3.0.4 Patch Changes

  • 470c96a: Including externalId in participant_join and participant_leave events

    • @whereby.com/core@0.16.3

• 3.0.1 Patch Changes

  • 465cf49: Fix small grid UI bugs

• 3.0.0 Major Changes

  • 869695f: - Introduce Provider to the Whereby browser-sdk

    • This is added so that we can have a shared state between all components and hooks

    • All usage of the library needs to be wrapped in a Provider.

  • 6d30526: Breaking change: require call to joinRoom() before joining a room session

• 3.0.0 Minor Changes

  • a442c75: Add spotlight functionality

  • 9e19728: Rebase beta version on latest main

  • 4e48abd: Add video grid component

  • 9171216: Improve grid component

  • af71f4e: Add a notifications system to core and expose notifications in the useRoomConnection hook

• 2.13.0 Minor Changes

  • 12a5471: Add support for leave meeting command

• 2.12.2 Patch Changes

  • 5cf454d: Delay resetting the store state until the next joinRoom() API request is called

  • Updated dependencies [5cf454d]

    • @whereby.com/core@0.15.1

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Have a great week

- Team Whereby