[Blink] New Blink WebRTC for Desktop release version 4.2.0

[Adrian Georgescu]

A new Blink WebRTC desktop version is now available for Mac, Windows and Linux.

Version 4.2.0 Mon Nov  9 2026 16:00:00

  * Added contact groups support, with new components for the contact list and info panel
  * Added avatar support: avatar picker, crop modal and avatar store
  * Added avatar support in UserIcon and the address book provider
  * Added blink-addressbook integration with notifier, write filter and contact lookup rules
  * Added PSTN phone number replacement preferences
  * Added Wayland screen-sharing support
  * Added videodetector util and use it in video calls and conferences
  * Added better quality video when appending video to a call
  * Added better second line in contact list entries
  * Added more spacing in form elements and a Material text field styled like Bootstrap
  * Added authorization header for file uploads
  * Use new offline queue
  * Simplified message storage and improved speed
  * Show local user icon in conference when video is disabled
  * Mirror own video in active speaker mode
  * Highlight screensharing button more while screensharing
  * Updated escalate to conference modal
  * Changed conference domain
  * File contacts in/out of tel group based on phone number
  * Replaced a JS component with a TypeScript one
  * Fixed missing audio call icons and extra call buttons
  * Fixed answering incoming video calls
  * Fixed removal of video track in call
  * Fixed device switching with no audio
  * Fixed mute icon
  * Fixed restoring conference state
  * Fixed video not switching back to self in conference
  * Fixed screensharing in conferences
  * Fixed participant audio manager and don't assume audio streams in a participant
  * Fixed statistics in conferences and chat calls
  * Fixed race condition causing message state to stay pending after removeMessage
  * Fixed race condition between message history and addressbook
  * Fixed loading zRTP device id
  * Fixed event propagation error when event is already gone
  * Fixed addressbook ready function running multiple times
  * Fixed warnings, missing keys and deprecated syntax
  * Updated Electron and adjusted code for newer Electron versions
  * Updated dependencies: sylkrtc.js, blink-addressbook, electron-builder, Parcel, ipaddr.js and wavesurfer.js
  * Skip building 32 bit and armv7l versions

The app can be downloaded from:

https://ag-projects.com/endpoints/

Source code is available at:

https://github.com/AGProjects/sylk-webrtc