Believe it or not: #deltachat is growing audio/video calls starting with the currently rolling 2.22 releases ... A few people already had two hour long stable calls :)

Calls are an experimental option while we continue to work on reliability, UX/UI revisions, and configuration of TURN servers on #chatmail relays and in clients.

We want calls to reliably work across all major platforms, networks and phones, including #UbuntuTouch

Feedback and debugging happens at support.delta.chat/t/help-test…

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in reply to Henrik Pauli

@phl email is only used for "signalling", for exchanging initial offers. Otherwise the setup uses a simple STUN/TURN server and webrtc in webviews on the clients. It's all pretty standard technology even if it's tricky to get it to reliably work across operating systems, platforms and devices. WhatsApp and Signal aren't doing it much differently. We'll write more about it when we release it as a stable option (probably still some time off).
in reply to Thom.

@s4rkn Can already replace #SignalApp for 1:1 chats especially if their phone number requirement is unacceptable to you. See github.com/chatmail/relay for hosting a relay.
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in reply to Ati

@opensourceopenmind Ok. So I made a call from DeltaChat on Pixel3A running @LineageOS calling DeltaChat on Pixel3A running @postmarketOS with @phosh I got a nice ringtone on PostmarketOS phone, and Ubuntu laptop and iOS phone 👍️ I've answered on Postmarket phone. Audio worked great, and I also got video from Lineage phone but not from Postmarket phone (no surprise to me though I have a working front camera on PM OS so theoretically it could already be done). So 10/10 overall. Great work!👍️
in reply to Ati

@opensourceopenmind @LineageOS @postmarketOS Although for DeltaChat text messages received on PostmarketOS I still only get notification banners with haptics, no sound. Working with Delta running both in foreground and background. To get notification sound I have to have chat with that specific person sending text open in DeltaChat. Again on foreground or background doesnt matter but chat has to be open. Other way - only haptics.
in reply to Ati

Do you run Delta Chat Desktop or DeltaTouch on the postmarketOS phone?

Requirement to have a chat open to have a notification sound is not expected. Could you open an issue at github.com/deltachat/deltachat… or
codeberg.org/lk108/deltatouch with more details?

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