Many thanks to all the people who participated in the TeamTalk v5.3 beta testing! The final TeamTalk v5.3 release is now ready for download.

If you haven’t followed the beta releases then here’s a summary of all the new features in TeamTalk v5.3.

TeamTalk v5.3

TeamTalk now supports Facebook login so users do not have to remember username and password for their favorite TeamTalk servers.

TeamTalk server administrators can enable Facebook logins by adding a user account with the username “facebook”. This means that any Facebook user can log on to their TeamTalk server.

Once a Facebook user is logged on to a TeamTalk server it’s possible to see their TeamTalk assigned username using the View User Information dialog box. The assigned username visible in TeamTalk can be tracked back to the person’s Facebook profile.

Using Facebook logins on a TeamTalk server can be used to prevent abuse, which happens a lot unfortunately, so a person can be banned and not easily log in again from another location.

Another new feature is the ability to ban users from joining a channel. Previously it was only possible to ban people from the entire server. To ban someone you must either have a user account with ban ability or be operator of the channel. To remove the ban again you can click Channels menu-item and then “Banned Users from Channel”.

Also in the new v5.3 release it’s possible to use profiles when you run multiple TeamTalk instances. When you create a new TeamTalk instance from the Client-menu you’ll be asked to either choose an existing profile or create a new one.

New Features List

Default Qt client

• Facebook web-login for Facebook enabled TeamTalk servers
• Profiles for running multiple TeamTalk clients (Ctrl+N)
• Ban users from channel
• Ban option for username and/or IP-address
• Option to ban subnets using wildcards, e.g. 192.168.0.*
• Option to lock nickname (Facebook name)
• Abuse prevention tab in user account administration
• OPUS audio codec updated to v1.2.1
• WebM (VPX) video codec updated to v1.6.1
• TeamTalk client for Windows no longer supports Windows XP
• TeamTalk clients for Windows updated to Qt v5.8
• TeamTalk clients for Debian Linux updated to Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch) and Qt v5.7 (PTT behaviour changed)
• TeamTalk client for Mac requires minimum macOS 10.9 (Mavericks)

Accessible Windows client:

• Facebook web-login for Facebook enabled TeamTalk servers
• Profiles for running multiple TeamTalk clients (Ctrl+N)
• Ban users from channel
• Ban option for username and/or IP-address
• Option to lock nickname (Facebook name)
• Abuse prevention tab in user account administration
• Tell operator state using Ctrl+G
• Send text message from Online Users dialog
• Move multiple users (Store for Move menu-item)
• French language now supported
• Arabic, German, Turkish, Chinese updated
• OPUS audio codec updated to v1.2.1
• WebM (VPX) video codec updated to v1.6.1
• Windows XP is no longer supported

Android client:

• Facebook web-login for Facebook enabled TeamTalk servers
• Toggle subscriptions in User Information activity
• URLs in text messages are now clickable
• Added Indonesian language thanks to Muhammad Gagah
• OPUS audio codec updated to v1.2.1
• WebM (VPX) video codec updated to v1.6.1

iOS client:

• Facebook web-login for Facebook enabled TeamTalk servers
• Ban user from channel with accessible action
• OPUS audio codec updated to v1.2.1

Server:

• Facebook user authentication
• Ban users from channel
• Ban option for username and/or IP-address
• Fixed brute force login prevention using ban feature
• Limit number of issued commands by clients
• TeamTalk server for Windows no longer supports Windows XP
• TeamTalk server for Mac requires minimum macOS 10.9 (Mavericks)
• TeamTalk server for Debian Linux updated to Debian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)
• TeamTalk server Raspberry Pi updated to Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 (stretch)

Download TeamTalk v5.3