Element X - Secure Chat & Call

New Vector Limited

About this app

Element X brings you both sovereign & seamless collaboration built on Matrix.

The collaboration capabilities include chat & video calls with the modern set of features such as:
• public & private channels
• room moderation & access control
• replies, reactions, polls, read receipts, pinned messages, etc.
• simultaneous chat & calls (picture in picture)
• decentralized & federated communication across organizations

All this comes in a secure & sovereign fashion without compromising responsiveness or overall usability of the app:
• enterprise-grade single sign-on
• easy & secure login & device verification via QR-code
• end to end encryption & zero trust
• protection against MITM & other cyber attacks

If you’re a new user, use the new Element X app from the start. Compared to the current Element app you will get:
• greatly enhanced performance, sleek user interface and overall better user experience
• enterprise-grade support for single sign-on (OIDC)
• QR-code based login & device verification
• natively integrated Element Call for video calls
• continuous improvements, bug fixes and new features

If you’re an existing user, using the current Element app - check out the new Element X and start planning your transition. The current Element app will be phased out and will only get critical security updates.

Own your data
Matrix-based, Element X lets you self-host your data or choose from any free public server (the default is matrix.org, but there are plenty of others to choose from). However you host, you have ownership; it’s your data. You’re not the product. You’re in control.

Interoperate natively
Enjoy the freedom of the Matrix open standard! You have native interoperability with any other Matrix-based app. So just like email, it doesn't matter if your friends, partners or customers are on a different Matrix-based app - you can still connect.

Encrypt your data
Enjoy your right to private conversations - free from data mining, ads and all the rest of it - and stay secure. Only the people in your conversation can read your messages.

Chat across multiple devices
Stay in touch wherever you are with fully synchronized message history across all your devices, even those running Element legacy app, and on the web at https://app.element.io

The application requires the android.permission.REQUEST_INSTALL_PACKAGES permission to enable the installation of applications received as attachments, ensuring seamless and convenient access to new software within the app.

The application requires the USE_FULL_SCREEN_INTENT permission to ensure our users can effectively receive call notifications even when their devices are locked.

Ratings and reviews

I keep having issues with it mixing up message history. Sometimes it mixes up chunks of messages out of order, sometimes they go missing, I was reading some messages and then they completely vanished until I relaunched the app. Only pluses, it syncs faster, looks better, shows image captions, but that's about it. It's missing important features like spaces and embeds. Element really needs to get their s#1t together.

The app was well designed, but only remained operational for a few days. Made sure it was up to date as well. It has stopped working for 2 weeks now, no new messages. Keeps saying its offline. It was a total run of 1 and a half months of ussage. Guess i'm going back to the old element.

I've been using Element for some time and I'm sorry to say that it was a better user experience than this newer Element X. At least three reasons: - Element X lacks a phone call button (only video appears as an option); - it has no easy to access the emoji button; - it lacks the option to send, optionally, images at full resolution (an option to inactivate image changes is present but not convenient). I hope that the user interface can include in future versions the nice options Element had.

What’s new

Main changes in this version: bug fixes.
Full changelog: https://github.com/element-hq/element-x-android/releases