Nextcloud Talk

Nextcloud

About this app

Use Nextcloud Talk to have one-on-one or group audio or video calls, create or join web conferences and send chat messages. All communication is fully encrypted and mediated by your own server, providing the highest degree of privacy possible.

Nextcloud Talk is easy to use and will always be completely free!

Nextcloud Talk supports:
* HD (H.264) audio/video calls
* Group and one-on-one calls
* Webinars & public web meetings
* Individual and group chat
* Easy screen sharing
* Mobile apps for Android and iOS
* Mobile call & chat push notifications
* Integration in Nextcloud Files and Nextcloud Groupware
* Fully on-premise, 100% open source
* End-to-end Encrypted calls
* Scaling to millions of users
* SIP gate: dial in by phone

The Nextcloud Talk app requires a Nextcloud Talk server to function. Nextcloud is a private, self-hosted file sync and communication platform, designed to put you back in control over your data. It runs on a server of your choice, be it at home, at a service provider or in your enterprise, and gives you access to your documents, calendars, contacts, email and other data. You can share with others even across different Nextcloud servers and work together on documents. Nextcloud is fully open source, giving you the option to extend them for your own use, participate in their development or simply verify they do what we promise.

Millions of users use Nextcloud daily at businesses and homes around the world. Business users rely on the professional support of Nextcloud GmbH, making sure they have a fully supported, enterprise-ready platform for productivity and collaboration, fully under control of their IT department.

Learn more on https://nextcloud.com/talk

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Ratings and reviews

Running NC 17 and trying this on multiple platforms/devices. Android app is better than iOS app. Notifications seem a bit more reliable on iOS though. Biggest thing preventing me from using it is unable to send locally stored files (photos videos etc) - can only send files stored in the cloud. Also would be nice to be able to respond directly from notification shade. Keeps getting better from what I can see. Keep it up with matching features for other alternatives (telegram) and I will switch.

I installed the Nextcloud snap on an Ubuntu 20.04 VM, and placed it behind a reverse proxy on my LAN. As others have stated, I do not reliably get notifications for either chats, or calls. Also had the grant access error that another poster described, and I am not able to send/receive voice or video when either of the connecting clients are outside my LAN. The "grant access" problem was a server setup issue that I fixed by modifying the server's config.php. I'm guessing the voice/video issue is also a server setup issue, but I have not figured it out yet. I am very excited about the nextcloud talk feature, and while annoyed at my ability to get the server configured, I don't want to give a low rating on this app for those issues. I am hoping though, that the app notification issues can be ironed out in the near term.

Many features are great and hit the basic points of functionality. I'm not left wanting some addition after a lot of the great work done. However there is a behavior that is extremely frustrating, if switching back to the app from another or canceling a send file dialogue, all of my typed message is lost when it returns to the conversation view on its own.

What's new

## Added
- Improvements for conversation creation

## Fixed
- Conversation list + chat does not load for very old server versions
- TextInput field is shown when user has no permission to write
- Call buttons sometimes disappear after 30 sec for federated rooms
- Avoid crashes that could happen when entering chat

Minimum: NC 17 Server, Android 7.0 Nougat

For a full list, please see https://github.com/nextcloud/talk-android/milestone/88?closed=1