Here to give an update on where things currently stand and to clear up a few points:
First, we’ve been putting a lot of effort into Hardware Acceleration. This is a highly complex and time-intensive feature, and it’s not something that can be “simply” added and released in a few weeks. I don’t like bringing up our team size all the time, I really don’t, but the reality is that with the number of developers we have, it simply takes time to properly implement a feature of this scale.
Right now, our goal is to release beta3 within the next few weeks. There are still a few details we need to sort out, especially regarding macOS screen sharing and hardware acceleration. On top of that, we also need to ensure that 2FA works reliably with the Community Forum. Aside from those points, we’re really close to the next beta release.
As a little teaser, the next update will be called the “Foundation I” Update. It will deliver major performance improvements with significantly reduced memory usage, introduce P2P streaming with single-encoding, add drag-and-drop support for activities in the sidebar, and much more that we’ll cover in the release announcement.
We also have some great news for our Linux users:
I also want to point out that the developers working on product features and general implementation are not the same people handling licensing or pricing. These are completely separate areas, so progress on one does not take resources away from the other.
Hope this cleared some things up!