Steam Chat gets an overhaul
[color="orange"]Requires Beta[/color] https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/ryan-burgess/valve-introduces-a-revamped-steam-chat-set-to-take-on-discord/ [url]https://steamcommunity.com/updates/chatupdate#tryit[/url] Quality and Security Steam voice chat was rewritten from the ground up with a new WebRTC-based backend. As a result, voice chat uses high quality Opus encoding, voice traffic is encrypted, and all traffic is sent through Steam servers rather than directly to peers. This keeps your IP address private, which masks your physical location and also prevents network attacks. Rich Chat Formatting Ability to share images by pasting images or uploading image files into chat Embedding support for YouTube, Imgur, Giphy, Twitter, Twitch, and more Rich link previews for URLs /me command for emotes /giphy for random gifs that may or may not say exactly what you want /code command for styling blocks of code Group Chats Group chats are now persistent, you don't need to rejoin every time you start Steam @mention support for group chat members (@here, @all, @member, etc) Group chats are available on the web Group chats now support multiple text and voice channels Custom group chat invite links - shareable in and outside of Steam Custom notification settings per group chats and channels Saved groups have role-based permissions Voice Chat Voice chat updated to new WebRTC-based backend Voice chat uses high quality Opus encoding Voice chat traffic payloads are encrypted Voice chat traffic is now relayed through Steam servers for low-latency connectivity and for privacy so your IP is never disclosed to those you chat with Voice calls from blocked users are automatically blocked Voice chat open mic support is improved with better noise filtering and volume detection Voice channels include a special text sub-channel for voice members only Friends in voice chats in mutual groups are displayed in the Friends List Voice controls are displayed in the Friends List whenever a voice chat is active Voice chat now supports individual volume for other voice chat members When voice chatting in a group, users can create multiple channels without needing an admin to add additional channels. Unless saved, voice channels are automatically removed when the last voice member leaves User Interface In-game friends are now sorted to the top of the Friends List In-game friends playing the same game are grouped together in the Friends List Setting to promote the display of nicknames Expanding the Friends List window will dock chats in the window in a side-by-side view Setting to preserve chat window state after restarting Steam Client Steam Client now displays your Steam avatar and profile name together in the account dropdown Notification of unread messages appears at the top of your friends list Drag and drop friends: to invite to group chats, add to favorites, and add to friend categories Easily add multiple friends to group chats or categories with new find-as-you-type friend selection tools Chat History Can now scroll back to load up to two weeks of chat history Group chats also keep up to two weeks of chat history Improved display of timestamps, which are now always enabled Persona State New "Invisible" mode allows you to appear offline, but still view your Friends List and chat Updated display of friends who are "Away" Offline friend "Last online" time now more reliable Offline friends can be sorted by name or last online Steamworks Rich Presence API Added key to allow localized rich presence information to be displayed in the Steam Client In game friends can now show additional information such as level or match, in the Friends List and chats Friends in a party together are shown in a group in the Friends List, for games which have integrated with the Steamworks Rich Presence API Friend Category Management (Formerly "Tag As...") Can rename existing friend categories Added ability to add/remove multiple friends from a category at once Drag and drop to add friends to categories Friend categories (including built-in categories such as "Offline" or "In Game") remember their open or collapsed state Favorite friends and chats can be pinned to the top of the Friends List Adding Friends New friend management page makes it easier to manage friends, invites, groups, followed games, and more on the Steam Community New custom friend-request links that can be sent outside of Steam to allow you to more easily add friends Trading Added ability to view Inventory and send Trade Offers from right click menu Incoming Trade Offers from friends or users you are chatting with will show a notification and an inline message in chat Built-in option to easily share your Steam Trade URL in chat rooms New Architecture New chat features can be delivered without the need to update the entire Steam client Web chat now uses a websocket-based connection for much better reliability and speed Nearly every feature available to Steam Client chat is also available from a web browser Multiple Session Support Changing friend nicknames, categories, and other friends settings will now be synced between all your online sessions Messages delivered to sessions that have been idle are treated as "unread" Reliability Sending a chat message will now show an error if there was any problem delivering the message When sending a URL or something that looks like a URL, they will become clickable but maintain their original text All this on the web, too All of these features have been built to work not only in the Steam client, but also on the web. So you can continue conversations when you have access to a web browser but you're not logged in to the Steam client.
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https://www.kitguru.net/gaming/ryan-burgess/valve-introduces-a-revamped-steam-chat-set-to-take-on-discord/



https://steamcommunity.com/updates/chatupdate#tryit

Quality and Security

Steam voice chat was rewritten from the ground up with a new WebRTC-based backend. As a result, voice chat uses high quality Opus encoding, voice traffic is encrypted, and all traffic is sent through Steam servers rather than directly to peers. This keeps your IP address private, which masks your physical location and also prevents network attacks.

Rich Chat Formatting

Ability to share images by pasting images or uploading image files into chat
Embedding support for YouTube, Imgur, Giphy, Twitter, Twitch, and more
Rich link previews for URLs
/me command for emotes
/giphy for random gifs that may or may not say exactly what you want
/code command for styling blocks of code

Group Chats

Group chats are now persistent, you don't need to rejoin every time you start Steam
@mention support for group chat members (@here, @all, @member, etc)
Group chats are available on the web
Group chats now support multiple text and voice channels
Custom group chat invite links - shareable in and outside of Steam
Custom notification settings per group chats and channels
Saved groups have role-based permissions

Voice Chat

Voice chat updated to new WebRTC-based backend
Voice chat uses high quality Opus encoding
Voice chat traffic payloads are encrypted
Voice chat traffic is now relayed through Steam servers for low-latency connectivity and for privacy so your IP is never disclosed to those you chat with
Voice calls from blocked users are automatically blocked
Voice chat open mic support is improved with better noise filtering and volume detection
Voice channels include a special text sub-channel for voice members only
Friends in voice chats in mutual groups are displayed in the Friends List
Voice controls are displayed in the Friends List whenever a voice chat is active
Voice chat now supports individual volume for other voice chat members
When voice chatting in a group, users can create multiple channels without needing an admin to add additional channels.
Unless saved, voice channels are automatically removed when the last voice member leaves

User Interface

In-game friends are now sorted to the top of the Friends List
In-game friends playing the same game are grouped together in the Friends List
Setting to promote the display of nicknames
Expanding the Friends List window will dock chats in the window in a side-by-side view
Setting to preserve chat window state after restarting Steam Client
Steam Client now displays your Steam avatar and profile name together in the account dropdown
Notification of unread messages appears at the top of your friends list
Drag and drop friends: to invite to group chats, add to favorites, and add to friend categories
Easily add multiple friends to group chats or categories with new find-as-you-type friend selection tools

Chat History

Can now scroll back to load up to two weeks of chat history
Group chats also keep up to two weeks of chat history
Improved display of timestamps, which are now always enabled

Persona State

New "Invisible" mode allows you to appear offline, but still view your Friends List and chat
Updated display of friends who are "Away"
Offline friend "Last online" time now more reliable
Offline friends can be sorted by name or last online

Steamworks Rich Presence API

Added key to allow localized rich presence information to be displayed in the Steam Client
In game friends can now show additional information such as level or match, in the Friends List and chats
Friends in a party together are shown in a group in the Friends List, for games which have integrated with the Steamworks Rich Presence API

Friend Category Management (Formerly "Tag As...")

Can rename existing friend categories
Added ability to add/remove multiple friends from a category at once
Drag and drop to add friends to categories
Friend categories (including built-in categories such as "Offline" or "In Game") remember their open or collapsed state
Favorite friends and chats can be pinned to the top of the Friends List

Adding Friends

New friend management page makes it easier to manage friends, invites, groups, followed games, and more on the Steam Community
New custom friend-request links that can be sent outside of Steam to allow you to more easily add friends

Trading

Added ability to view Inventory and send Trade Offers from right click menu
Incoming Trade Offers from friends or users you are chatting with will show a notification and an inline message in chat
Built-in option to easily share your Steam Trade URL in chat rooms

New Architecture

New chat features can be delivered without the need to update the entire Steam client
Web chat now uses a websocket-based connection for much better reliability and speed
Nearly every feature available to Steam Client chat is also available from a web browser

Multiple Session Support

Changing friend nicknames, categories, and other friends settings will now be synced between all your online sessions
Messages delivered to sessions that have been idle are treated as "unread"

Reliability

Sending a chat message will now show an error if there was any problem delivering the message
When sending a URL or something that looks like a URL, they will become clickable but maintain their original text

All this on the web, too

All of these features have been built to work not only in the Steam client, but also on the web. So you can continue conversations when you have access to a web browser but you're not logged in to the Steam client.

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