In an increasingly mobile-centric world, more and more consumers are using apps. In 2019 alone, 204 billion mobile apps were downloaded worldwide — a 45% increase from 2016. In response, companies are scrambling to serve their customers on mobile. With so many businesses hopping on this bandwagon, it’s no longer enough just to create an app. Companies also have to create an engaging, user-friendly mobile experience.

After the security incident at Matrix.org, we have decided to publish a new Riot.im Android app on the Google Play Store out of an abundance of caution. The fresh app is still called Riot.im but internally it has a different application identifier (im.vector.app). Because of this new id, the new app appears in Google Play as a completely different application. This also prevents an automatic update from the old to the new application.

Hot on the heels of Riot Web 1.0 we’ve released updates to Riot Android and iOS with all new colours and automatic secure key backup for your encryption keys so you’ll never again lose your encrypted messages! Plus, the Riot Website (https://riot.im) has had a complete and beautiful overhaul! Now featuring much more useful and up-to-date information and much less eye-injuring purple.

As another update to Riot.im mobile lands on Android (0.8.3) and iOS (0.6.12) — just a very quick update today to say that iOS now supports quick reply on iPhone and Apple Watch

Hello Riot.im fans! As the latest release of Riot.im lands on the App store, Google Play and (we’re pleased to say once again) FDroid, Phase one of Matrix Communities is now live across all platforms.

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 dark theme the really dark theme comes to Android (true black for maximum OLED battery-saving goodness), and experimental widgets-for-mobile lands in Riot.im mobile labs!