Loudtalks

Public channels are fun but sometimes you want to have a channel just for your family, friends or classmates. Now you can — just set the channel password and share it within your group.

When creating a channel Loudtalks Lite allows you to specify the channel password. If you do so the others will have to provide the correct password to connect to your channel. If you already have a channel and want to add a password to it there is a new ‘Edit channel’ option in the channel context menu, which is only available to the channel admin and allows to set or change channel password and description.

The feature is available in the most recent release of Loudtalks Lite across platforms. Go and get the update now:

Loudtalks Lite for Windows

Loudtalks Lite for Android

Loudtalks Lite for BlackBerry

Loudtalks Lite for Windows Mobile

I’m proud to announce the initial public beta release of Loudtalks Lite for Android. You can download it now from Android Market.

This release is a big improvement over the previous version distributed to a limited group of testers and I want to thank everyone who sent the feedback — we fixed tons of bugs with your help!

Version 1,1 available today has the same features as BlackBerry app, which we also updated today but the user interface was redesigned to work better with touch-based devices.

We are working to add the following features, currently missing from BB & Android releases:

1. Voice history
2. Public channels admin controls
3. Private channels

The long anticipated Loudtalks client for BlackBerry platform is available for download today. Please join the beta test and report any issues you face. To download the application visit http://loudtalks.com/bb/ on your BlackBerry.

The application allows you to talk to other BlackBerry users as well as to users of Windows desktop and Windows Mobile apps if they are using the new version of the client (at least 1.3).

This beta release (version 1.0.1) has the following limitations:

1. No messages history
2. Changing online status has no functional effect unlike Windows version where setting status to Away or Busy allows to receive the messages without playing them back right away
3. Impossible to view the list of the users connected to a public channel

Please share any feedback you might have!

Loudtalks Cloud and Loudtalks Mesh clients for BlackBerry are expected within 2 weeks once the beta test of Loudtalks Lite is completed.

Today we have published a major update to Loudtalks Cloud client software — version 1.2.

Loudtalks Cloud client software version 1.2 has the following key differences from the previous 0.9.* releases:

1. Reduced data usage and power consumption when idle. The new version uses 2.5 times less data while running in the background
2. Faster status updates especially in the cases when one of the contacts lost network connectivity. With 1.2 detecting a client, which suddenly dropped off the network will take about 30 seconds — four times faster than before
3. Improved reliability. We moved large portion of processing from the client to the cloud, which increases software stability and helps to address issues faster
4. Compatibility with upcoming BlackBerry and Android releases

Important! The new version is not fully compatible with 0.9 releases (only communication via channels will work between 1.x and 0.9.x clients, direct communication between them is not possible), therefore it’s important to update the client software on all units in your network.

Changes in pricing
If you are using a premium service plan, your subscription plan monthly fee will not change. New customers pricing increases on average 50% starting today. You can check out updated Loudtalks Cloud prices here.

We are still offering a free service plan, which lets you use your private push-to-talk network for up to 10 users.

After more than 3 years in beta we are announcing 1.0 release of Loudtalks Lite. We have been hard at work on this release for several months and along with bugfixes it brings in important architecture changes. People who use Loudtalks Lite on their mobile devices will benefit the most from the new features of 1.0.

Version 1.0 is not compatible with 0.9.* releases!

That means if you are using 1.0 and your contacts 0.9 there will be issues seeing each other online status and communicating. If you notice such issues please tell your contacts to upgrade to the latest Loudtalks Lite.

Release notes

- Improved network and power efficiency — the application now uses less bandwidth and power especially in stand by mode
- Disabled audio mixer code in Windows Mobile release to address lock up issues on various devices
- Compatibility with upcoming BlackBerry and Android Loudtalks Lite releases

Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows
Download Loudtalks Lite 1.0 for Windows Mobile

Please report any issues with 1.0 in comments or by sending us a message via application’s “Report a problem…” function.

Starting with version 0.9.0.79 available today we support Wndows CE 5.0 and 6.0 in all our products including Loudtalks Lite, Loudtalks Mesh, Loudtalks Cloud and Loudtalks SDK.

Here are some screenshots:

Release notes

All platforms

- Fixed: Fragments of audio from previous message would sometimes re-play when receiving the new one

Windows Mobile

- Support Windows CE 5.0 and 6.0
- Improved GUI (use full screen dialogs instead of popups)
- Fixed: Some keys fail to operate until phone reboot after assigning PTT hotkey in Settings

Update: It’s released! Download Loudtalks Lite for BlackBerry.

This is a quick update on the status of BlackBerry port of Loudtalks app. The initial plan was to release it in August however for various reasons it has been delayed and still not ready. However we didn’t abandon it and still motivated to release it as soon as possible.

Here is what to expect:

1. The application will run on all BlackBerry devices running OS 4.5 and later (the oldest one supported is probably Curve 8100)
2. The first version out will be Loudtalks Lite with Loudtalks Cloud client coming out later
3. Initial release will not be inter-operable with current Loudtalks for Widows and Windows Mobile but we will provide interoperability in 1.0 release for all platforms coming next
4. While working on the port we also seriously redesigned Loudtalks internal architecture to improve battery life and reduce data use

Current development version screenshots:

All developers using Loudtalks SDK are advised to download and use the new version based on 0.9.0.77 core.

Change log
- Updated codebase to match Loudtalks Cloud client version 0.9.0.77
- Extended ICustomization interface to add OemConfigFile and OemConfigData methods, which allow our white-label partners to load their custom branding data
- Removed SetFocus method from IContact
- Added UpdateContacts, ShowContacts, OpenHistory, CloseHistory, ExpandContact, SelectContact to IPtt interface
- Fixed status bar menu in mobile ActiveX
- Fixed typos in docs
- Updated sample code to reflect API changes
- Updated Loudtalks API to support direct contacts

Download Loudtalks SDK

Loudtalks Lite 0.9.0.77 is released last Friday and will be available through automatic update today.

Release notes:

All platforms

1. [new] Intelligent jitter buffer to improve sound quality over slow/unreliable network
2. [new] Message indication synchronized with message playback
3. [new] Added adaptive jitter-buffer to improve sound quality
4. [new] Show milliseconds in history messages duration
5. [fix] Sometimes channels search returns 0 results

Windows Mobile

1. [new] Extended audio settings — audio device selection, option to turn off audio device power management

Known issues

1. Some screen readers don’t read correctly Contacts and History items

Download Loudtalks Lite for Windows

Download Loudtalks Lite for Windows Mobile