Troop Messenger's Versions Page - Best internal communication tool

JULY

2024

Enhancements

Edit Group Description

Now, you can edit/remove the group descriptions.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable group calls for Orange Members.

QR Code Scanner

QR code on the browser screen. Your phone will automatically scan the code, and you will be logged into the Troop Messenger browser app.

User Status

When a user’s system/PC is locked, the status will change to Away. When a user is inactive for 5 times, the status will change to Idle. TM admin can set idle status time from the Admin Dashboard>>Controls.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

Now, Screenshots and screen recordings can be allowed based on user roles. This is available for Desktop [Windows, MacOS]/Android/iOS

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Now, TM Admins can view who added a new Orange Member and when, along with the last active date and time in the Admin Dashboard>>Users/Orange Members>>View. If the Orange member did not log in at least once, the last logged-in will be shown as never. Also, TM admins can now deactivate an orange member using the delete button shown in the Admin Dashboard>>Users>>Orange Members tab of each user.

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue related to Bold; sometimes, when a URL is in the message, the text that a user bolded was not shown as Bold in the right panel. But the preview in the left panel was shown in bold.

FEB

2024

Enhancements

Mentions

When you search for fellow orange users with their first and last names, you can now see an orange dot on the bottom right of their profile image.

Group Name & Description Characters

We have increased the group name & description to 100 characters.

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Now, Admins can view who added a new Orange Member and when, along with the last seen online date and time in the Admin Dashboard>>Users Tab>>Orange Members. If the Orange member did not log in at least once, the last logged-in will be shown as never.

Bug Fixes

Fixed empty name and avatar shown when we edit a message

Fixed the issue of recent tabs shown as empty for screen sharing.

Fixed search user issue in Permissions of Orange Members.

Fixed issue with file name of Code Snippet in the left panel.

Fixed an issue where a user typed text to a reply message and then copy pasted a JPG/File; the typed text was getting lost.

NOV

2023

features

Call Takeover

You can switch your audio/video calls between all the platforms.

Now, you can PIN important messages and attachments in your mobile apps and find them all in one place in the user and the group profile.

Enhancements

Group Control

The TM admin has been given the privilege to Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message

User Status in Groups

Now, you can view the present status of users in the Group Profile.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is now enhanced. We have updated user and group profile tabs to icons.

Enhanced Contact Sharing

Added option to choose multiple Mobile Numbers and Email IDs in a 1:1 and Group chat while sharing a Phone Contact.

Shared Contacts View

You can view each contact's multiple mobile numbers and emails with a single tap.

Attachments

You can seamlessly share files directly from you're File media. Just select the file, drag, and choose the user or Group.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable 1:1 calls for Orange Members.

Delete Controls

TM admin can enable/disable the Delete feature for all the users and decide who can use the Delete feature.

Cattle Call with Self

You can now initiate a Cattle Call with yourself. Later, you can add users or copy the link and share it with others.

Mentions Controls

Now the admin can:

Enable/Disable mentions in One-to-One and Group Chat
Enable/Disable mentions to non-group users within a group
Enable/Disable to enter a Minimum of three characters after @ to show mention users

Airtime Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to enable responses for users to Admin messages. Once enabled, users can reply to admin messages in Airtime groups. Also, the admin can Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message.

Bug Fixes

Fixed duplicate messages issue on the Desktop.

Fixed orange members being unable to use the mentions feature in a group. While drafting a message in group chats, the orange member can now mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

MAY

2023

features

Create/Edit Group from Admin Dashboard

The TM admin or any authorized user can create or edit a group from Admin Dashboard-Groups, without being a part of it.

Group Chat History Availability

A newly added group member will have access to the group's chat history. This happens when the TM admin allows the control of 'Group Chat History for New Members' in the Admin Dashboard.

Enhancements

Chat Controls

TM admin can control chat access on the application. They can enable or disable 1:1 chat functionality for the users. Hence, the users can chat if only the chat functionality is enabled in Admin Dashboard.

Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to show or hide exited or deleted groups from the chat list panel and the global search filter.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

No one can capture a screenshot or perform a screen recording of the application unless it is allowed to them by the TM admin.

Restrict Login Controls

Organizations can restrict user login from the play store and app store when they manage TM mobile app from the MDM software. The TM Admin may exclude users from these restrictions.

Text Message Controls

Only those users (roles) can share, forward, and copy a text message based on the permissions enabled to them by the TM Admin.

Updated Profile Tabs

Updated user and group profile tabs to text.

Auto Close

You don't have to click the cancel button to close the third window panel (e.g., the View Profile window). It closes automatically by sending, replying, or forwarding a message

Bug Fixes

Fixed message time issue on the Recent Messages panel

Fixed a bug where duplicate group members were shown in Group Profile

Fixed a bug where the user was wrongly shown as offline

Feb

2023

features

Common Groups

Find the common groups you and your co-worker(user) belong to. Go to the user profile to view the list of Common Groups.

Pin important messages and attachments and find them all in one place in the user as well as in the group profile.

Video messaging

Send a video message to your co-workers across 1:1 and group chats. You can record the video either in portrait (9:16) or landscape (16:9) video resolution and while recording a video message, you can make a selection on the microphone and the webcam of your choice.

Extended Search

With the extended text search, you can apply text or keyword search on the filenames or on the captions attached to the text, image, and video file attachments to retrieve the right (desired) file attachment. While using the extended text search, you can enable the toggle switch to view the precise search results filtered out from the chat history or disable it to view the highlighted search results of the keyword/text from the entire chat history.

Auto-Delete

The TM-Admin has centralized access to set your chat history to auto-delete from the admin-dashboard controls. Your chat history from 1:1 and group chat gets auto-deleted based on the time, duration, and time zone they set. They can control the auto-deletion to only messages, only files, or both on messages and files. Also, they can randomly choose the users or groups on whom they want to implement the auto-delete. The deleted chat history can be permanently deleted or archived to the server based on TM-Admin’s selection.

Enhancements

Code Snippet Filter

Find the code snippet filter in the chat area filters bar. Apply it to the chat history to filter out code snippet messages.

Edit Captions

You can edit captions attached to the delivered(sent) image or text file attachments

Forward – With Caption

Now you can retain the captions attached to text, image, or video attachments as-is while you forward them to other users enabling the option "With Caption

Filters+Search

Now, the chat area's search icon has text search and chat area filters in it.

Platform Indicator

The online platform indicator at the user and group profile shows the platforms the user currently uses. It further helps you to see the platform from where the user is typing the message, either from an Android device, iOS, Desktop, or Browser.

However, the platform icon in a group is [only shown]/[shown only] while the group member types a message.

Dec

2022

Enhancement

Video Attachment Pop out

Copy the URL or click on the URL of the video attachment to open it in a browser view.

Audio Attachment Pop out

Open the audio attachment in a browser using the pop-out button and listen to it.

Multiple File Download

Now download multiple file attachments from the chat area to your PC in one go.

File Extension

Added attachment mime types for downloading

QRP panel new design

Check out the new look of the Quick Response Panel-QRP. Click the 3-dot menu to find the recently stored text files, images, contacts, code snippets, and canned messages for faster access and sharing.

View User – Admin Dashboard:

Now you can know by whom and when a new user has been added to Troop Messenger.

Tile Display

Now you can re-order or hide the display of the tiles (feature functionality) on the left vertical tiles bar from personal settings.

Code Snippet

Select ‘Text’ to write text, and while writing code, select ‘Code’ to enable Auto Detection of the programming code you write.

Message Info

The message info shows the platform, location, and IP Address from where the message has been sent.

BUGS

Fixed single-search conversation bugs. Now chats of the text search results applied on one conversation widow do not appear in the current conversations window.

Fixed recent chat sync issues in desktop.

Fixed Code Snippet message view sync across the chat list.

Aug

2022

features

Platform & IP Address based restriction

Troop Messenger allows the Admin to restrict users by IP address and platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS), among other things.

Enhancement

Calling

- Maximum of six group call participants can start the video
- Fixed call drop issues.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is enhanced, unlike earlier, which are supposed to be more intriguing.

Chat Deletion

Now you can delete all the messages in your and the sender's chat window.

Group Exits Filter

You can view exited groups using the filter option if you want to refer to old messages from the exited group.

File Sharing

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Copy Message

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Myself

You don't have to enter your name to search your account; just enter 'Myself," you can view your account and your saved messages in it.

Contact Details

Now you can send the contact details by clicking the Copy icon in the user profile instead using the mouse.

Mentions

Now you can search for fellow users with their first & last name, including the space, without experiencing any deviation.

Preference Settings

Unlike earlier, your edited Preference settings will be saved and remain the same despite your logout.

Code Snippet

While editing the code snippet, a caution message will appear if you try to switch to the chats so that it reminds you to save it.

Upload Preview

You now have an improved preview for uploading files where you can see the file name, data usage, and other details accurately, making it easier for you to avoid submitting the incorrect file.

Apr

2022

Enhancement

Performance Upgrade:

We have improved the overall performance of the desktop app for providing a smooth user experience for the users of Troop Messenger.

Deleted/Exited Groups

Added the "Deleted/Exited Groups" filter to the global search filters of the chat list. Apply this filter to find all the groups that have been deleted by the group admin and the groups that you've exited from, all in one place.

Dec

2021

features

Multilingual

Your Troop Messenger’s mobile app is multilingual now! We have made it available to you in 13 international and regional languages for the time being, however, the list shall keep on increasing year on year to make your app’s usage experience more comfortable in your native language.

English
Italian
French
Spanish
German
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian
Portuguese
Arabic
Malay
Hindi
Telugu

Layout

Modify your Troop Messenger’s Chat interface layout as per your needs! The Left Panel setting of Layout from personal settings helps you customise the chat layout to auto-adjust, broad panel, or narrow panel, for a better look and feel.

Mentions

While drafting a message in One-to-One chats & group chats, the Mentions feature of Troop Messenger allows you to mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

UI Change

In this version upgrade, the functionality of the Groups tab, and Add User (Admin-Side) has been moved to a "+" button. Find this button on the chat list while you try to add new users, or while creating a new group.

Enhancement

New Controls for Admin: (For Edit, Recall, and Location tracking)
Now the Admin can customise the time for message editing, message recall, location tracking and who can perform these actions

JULY

2021

features

Cattle Call

Talk, Meet, Share, Teach, Sell, Connect, Manage and do a lot more with Cattle Call’s high-quality video meetings. Meet up now!

Agile scrum meetings, product review sessions, daily stand-up meetings, remote teams, online education and more! Schedule an enterprise-ready scalable video conference.

Schedule Meetings

Schedule team meetings within Troop Messenger at your preferred time and date! You can add the internal team members and invite the external stakeholders (guest users) while scheduling the audio-video conferencing call. A meeting invite link will be sent to the participant's email addresses allowing them to join the conference call directly, without downloading the application.
Quick Takeaways: You can

join the meeting by submitting the meeting id
find all the upcoming meetings in one place
express your interest to join meeting with; Yes, No, and Tentative.

Invite External Members

Now you can invite external members to Troop Messenger to join the audio-video conference meetings through Cattle Call. The external members; such as customers, clients, vendors, stakeholders, etc., can directly join the ongoing conference with the help of a meeting invite link sent to their email addresses.

* This version of CattleCall is a beta release. The final product is set to be released in mid-september'21. You may expect Bugs and may not work as expected. Our efforts will be to listen in to your feedback and constantly make corrections to make this a great product.

JUN

2021

features

File Deck

File Deck is a comprehensive file management module of Troop Messenger that acts as a central repository of the files shared across 1:1 and group chats! Also, it lets you add files from the local storage of your PC to it. Have faster access to all the files in one place, i.e., within Troop Messenger.

Key Points to note:

TM Files

TM Files is the place where you can find all the files shared across 1:1 messaging and group chats of Troop Messenger. Whether it is an image attachment, a text file, or a video, you get the complete information about the file, on which date it was shared, shared from, and to whom it was shared. Within TM files you can:

Filter out files by members, groups, and by orange members
View all the sent files in one place by applying the ‘Files Sent’ filter
View all the received files in one place using the ‘Files Received’ filter
Use the search filters to find files by their type, date, and by tags.
Preview the file on the UI.
Use the option of pop-out to view the file in a browser window.
Share, download, or delete a file.
Rename the file.
Add quick notes to the file using My Notes

MY Files

My Files is the place where you can create a new folder within it, upload a file or a folder from your personal computer’s local storage to the Troop Messenger cloud. You do not have to worry anymore about carrying any devices with you to access your files. You can simply log in to Troop Messenger to find all of them in one place. Within My Files you can:

Use the search filters to find files by their type, date, and by tags.
Preview the file on the UI.
Use the option of pop-out to view the file in a browser window.
Share, download, or delete a file.
Rename the file.
Add quick notes to the file using My Notes.

JUN

2021

Enhancements

Document Preview

We have refined the experience of previewing MS Word, Excel, PDF files, and file pop-out to the browser. You should now be able to open these files for quick view without any failures

Added End Call Button

Now you can find an End Call button in the browser edition when you initiate a voice-video call

New Icons

Find the new icons for download, forward, and reply while you preview the document

BUGS

Now the company admin will be able to view the suggested user requests

Fixed the missed call log notification issues of group chat

Fixed the issue with voice message delivery. Now you will not find the recorded message in the input once it is delivered. It gets cleared!

Fixed the issue with voice message that was occurring while closing the select audio device pop-up. Now you can seamlessly start recording a new voice message

Now the admin will not see the Join Now approval request after the user connects to the call

You can now view the recent chat history even while a user removed log has been shown as the last message.

The issue with the user typing indicator was resolved. You will no longer find the phrase ‘undefined is typing”

Resolved the issue with message sync. Now the replied messages are synced to the desktop app, though it is offline

Resolved the issue with the message-read indicator of the desktop app that occurred during the internet disconnectivity. Now you can see the message read status with double green ticks instead of a single tick

Resolved the issues with recall message sync of a desktop app that happens with the disconnection of the internet. Now you will not find the recalled messages after connecting back to the network

Now the messages of active chat are marked as read after maximizing or opening the app

Now you will no longer find multiple message deliveries that were sent during the no internet connectivity times

You can successfully send a reply to an old flagged message

Now the logged-in user will find a single home company tab, which he/she is a part of

Fixed the issues with the recent user chat list. Now you will no longer find an empty user chat list

APR

2021

Enhancements

code snippet

Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view

Voice-Video Calling

IOS users can now see TM-calls in call logs.

Themes

Now, the dark and light themes of Android and iOS show different colored alternate chat listings

BUGS

Fixed random call drop issue

Fixed issues with message formats in all platforms

Search issue in the DESKTOP version has been fixed

Now, your Troop Messenger auto-reconnects you to the call in the scenarios of network drops and while you try to switch from one network to other.

Feb

2021

features

Themes

Now switch between Light & Dark themes as per your need. To activate, navigate to Settings > Choose Theme.

Jan

2021

features

Jointly Code

A new way of collaboration, specially developed for programmers enabling them to write or edit the lines of code on this jointly code editor when they share a group call. This editor supports a wide range of programming languages helping them to jointly work on any kind of code development while developing a software product or service. Themes, upload, forward, and save are the other functions that programmers can play around with within this feature.

QRP - Quick Response Panel

This panel stores the last 30 URLs, text files, images, videos, contacts, code snippets, canned and recent messages of your conversations chat area. It helps you quickly pick and share them across groups and individual users while sending a new message.

Fonts

Customize your Troop Messenger interface by applying a font of your choice. You can activate this by visiting personal settings > Fonts & Formats > Font Type. Choose them to preview how the selected Font Type looks like, before it reflects on the UI.

Formats

Format your messages as bold/italic/underline/strikethrough. You can find these formats below the ‘Type your message’ area. Also, you can enable/disable Formats from the personal settings > Fonts & Formats > Message Entrybox Icons as per your need.

Mattermost Migration Tool

Now you can migrate all your Channels & Direct posts data from Mattermost to Troop Messenger using this tool. To migrate, navigate to Admin Dashboard > Advanced > Migration Tools > Mattermost Importer Tool.

enhancements

Enhanced Left Railing
Find the new look of the enhanced left railing with the change in icons and in the background colour.

Dec

2020

features

Code snippet

The code snippet feature of Troop Messenger is available across the single-user and the group conversations window! It helps you write, copy, and paste, the code in many programming languages that the code editor supports. You can make your developers work on the code snippet from their window, or a team of developers can write their share of code and work together collectively on it from the group conversations window. While you can view it across all platforms, the facility of writing and editing is available only on the web and desktop editions.

Roles - Admin Dashboard

The roles such as TM-Admin (Troop Messenger-Admin) defined for every Troop Messenger account are now explicitly seen under the Users tab of the admin dashboard. The TM-Admin can create new roles and set permissions on them to allow/restrict the use of the services of view, create, edit, and delete on the features and facilities of the application.

enhancements

Passive user's status in multi-user call.

UX improvement while forwarding messages in web/desktop app.

bugs

Fixed unread messages badge count issue in desktop app

Oct

2020

features

Join Now

The Join Now facility of the group calling(audio-video) feature allows the users to join the ongoing call. You may not find such an exceptional facility in any other team calling applications.

Group Calling

The Group Calling facility enables the users of the group to join an audio/video group call to talk and have face-to-face work conversations with each other. While initiating a group audio call from the group conversations window, the host can transition it to a group video call.

Once after the call has been initiated:

The users/participants can be added to an ongoing call.
The ‘Join Now’, facility helps the users to join the ongoing call.
They can reject a group call by replying to the call with the selected customized messages.

Enhanced Group Profile

Find the newly added ‘Logs’ and ‘Settings’ buttons in the group profile section.
The Logs feature gives a detailed history of the activities performed by the group admin/moderator. It shows the actions of; group creation, adding or removing users, making or removing users as admin/moderator by date and time.
The Settings feature of the group profile allows the group admin to exit the group by making any other user as a group admin.

Also, this feature helps the group admin to delete:

All messages and files of the group
Only messages of the group
Only files of the group
Group

enhancements

UI Change on Conversation Window

The one-on-one and the group conversations window has undergone a minor UI change. The former with voice calling, video calling, and screen sharing icons, while the latter with a group calling icon placed at the top right corner of the chat area. Also, a new 3-dot menu has been added on the top right corner with the functionalities of keyword search and advanced data filters housing in it.

Group Admin Settings

The admin can delete all group messages/attachments at once.
Group admin can delete anyone’s message in a group.

Admin Dashboard – Controls

TM Admin can allow/restrict the group admin, group moderator, or him/herself to choose to delete the chat history of all messages and files, or only messages, or only files from the Groups section of the Controls tab.

Jul

2020

features

Remote Screen Controlling

Alongside Screen Share, now the users of Troop Messenger can give and take control of the remote desktop screen to access the contents of it with the help of the feature, Remote Screen Controlling.

Screen Sharing in Browser

Now present the contents of your screen to the remote user by sharing them directly from the browser edition of Troop Messenger with the facility of Screen Sharing, along with the ability to control remote desktop from it.

enhancements

Screen Sharing

You can initiate a video call while screen sharing.
You can initiate an audio call while screen sharing.

Screen Sharing

The mobile users of the Troop Messenger application can only view the contents of the remote desktop/browser while receiving screen share Besides, they can also initiate a video call while viewing a remote screen share.
Now you have the facility to switch to video call from the audio call while doing a screen share.

bugs

Fixed a bug of Read Receipt: Now the Read Receipt icon gets cleared from the chat list.

Fixed an issue of Audio/Video calls with Bluetooth headset.

Fixed a bug that was causing wallpaper to stretch in the chat screen.

Fixed a bug in image editing that was not allowing to draw.

Fixed image stretching issue in image editing.

Jun

2020

enhancements

Cattle Call

Added Audio only facility in Cattle Call

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Fixed app hang/crash issue after
previewing a document

Jun

2020

enhancements

Screen-sharing

Added zoom-in & zoom-out facility

bugs

Fixed bugs in Group Controls

Fixed app crash issue while recording a voice message

Jun

2020

enhancements

Group Controls

While letting access to create a group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

Airtime Group Controls

While letting access to create an Airtime group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

May

2020

features

Airtime Group

Only group Admin/Moderator can send messages. It is more like a group that is purposed for Broadcasting. The normal users cannot send any messages in Airtime group.

enhancements

**New Controls for the following (TM Admin can control these features):

Voice Message

Enable & Disable option
set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Images

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Audio

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Video

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

File

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Meta Link

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Burnout

Enable & Disable option
The admin can choose who can initiate Burnout.

Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately

Airtime Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Airtime Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately.

**Option for enabling Auto Renewal - Recurring charges i.e. TM-Admins will be able to do Auto-Renewal in the Billing Section.

Apr

2020

features

Contacts

Admins can view added contacts and edit selected profile information of team members.
To view contact, click the contact icon in the left sidebar. Search for a member, then click the ellipsis (three vertical dots) at the right side of the contact name and choose the ‘View Profile’ option.
To edit profile, click the ellipsis an opt for ‘Edit Profile,’ make your changes and click Save.
Team members can also add new contacts. At the top of the screen, click the ‘Add Contact’ icon. Then, enter the personal information, company info, and address of each contact, and click save. The added contact will appear in the contacts directory.

Google Drive integration

Google Drive boosts real-time collaboration with tools like Google Docs, Sheets, and Slides. In a matter of minutes, Troop Messenger lets you connect Drive and unlock your productivity superpowers. Add the Google Drive app on Troop Messenger to share, store, edit, and access files on a secure cloud-based platform.

Dropbox Integration

Dropbox is a modern workspace that brings together all your files and cloud content - enabling seamless backup, sync, and share. Without a single line of coding, Troop Messenger enables you to integrate Dropbox to automatically organize and back-up your files.

enhancements

Global search and filters

Quick app intro banners, after sign up

"Myself" notation for self-contact

Improved desktop sync mechanism

Added member search option in group profile

Quick loading of user/group profiles

bugs

Individual search issue (messages were repeating when scrolled up)

Desktop sync issues

Fixed YouTube link issue

feb

2020

features

Preferences

A new Preferences tab has been added to Settings. From here you can perform the following actions for Troop Messenger to Auto Start.

You can:

on/off the application launch on login.
on/off the application launch to notification area to login.
on/off the app running in notification area when the window is closed.

Meta-Popup Links

Now know more information about the link you share.

enhancements

Quick rendering of self profile.

Added Divider for Logout button.

Allowed forward & copy options while reply is active.

Removed meta pop up link for Youtube videos.

Added "last year" option in text search.

Added Close icon for user / group profile on left panel.

Retained active text message as caption while added attachment(s).

Now open text files, PDFs in Google doc pop-out.

Made UI/UX changes in iBuzr panel.

UI updates in 3 dots menu.

UI updates in Navigation menu.

UI updates in image editing.

bugs

Fixed a bug in video conference where primary cam was getting selected irrespective of cam selection.

Fixed XSS security bug in attachment caption.

Fixed Calendar picker design issue in text search.

Fixed crashing issue in Android Oreo when an image is selected from gallery/camera.

Fixed multiple notifications issue.

Fixed ANR issues in Recent List.

Fixed Message Recall issue.

Performance improvements.

jan

2020

features

iBuzr

iBuzr is helpful for a quick chat. We have 2 types- Canned and Suggested Messages.

Canned Messages are predetermined responses to the questions that can be sent instantly without typing the message. Canned messages need to be manually added in settings.
Suggested Messages are responses to the questions which are frequently used by you.

enhancements

Bug fixing and performance enhancement.

Fixed VoIP call issues.

dec

2019

features

Cattle Call

Cattle Call, a new name for Video Call Conferencing, from Troop Messenger! Now, let your teams have face-to-face work conversations with live meetings, webinars and more with Cattle Call.

Key Takeaways

Add unlimited participants during or before the Cattle call.
Give video access to a maximum of six participants, and let others listen to the audio.
Initiate chat to share your views
Mute/unmute yourself, or you can mute/unmute all participants.

Meta pop up links

Now know more information about the link you share

enhancements

Video full screen

Now, Troop Messenger allows you to preview/watch the sent/received video files in full screen across its desktop version.

Caption for all type of attachments

Apart from images, now you can add a caption to all the other types of attachment files while you upload them to Troop Messenger.

Read receipt Filter

Added Read Receipt Filter to Advanced Filter Group for Browser and Desktop.

Quick Product Tour

Have a quick walk-through around the features and functionalities of Troop Messenger. This tour makes you learn and understand how and where to access them.

Pop-out

Troop Messenger allows you to view documents, PDFs, images files, and more in the browser. Just click on the Pop-Out icon to open the file/attachment in the new browser tab for the browser platform; and in a new browser window for the platform, desktop.

Respond later filter

Now, you can view only the filtered respond later tagged messages over the selected user/group chat window when you try to trim down your search results of respond later tagged users/groups from Global Search.

Customized Billing

Troop Messenger made your billing selection more flexible. Customize your billing plan to suit your requirements. Besides its annual and monthly subscription model, now it offers you to choose randomly from anywhere between 1 to 11 months.

nov

2019

features

Edit

Now edit the sent message with the last edited time shown within it.

Flagging

Now you can flag all those conversations which you feel important! And, you can retrieve all the flagged conversations to one single place with the help of the flag filter.

Respond Later

Set a respond later reminder on the received message.

WallPapers

Choose from a whole range of wallpapers from the settings tab and personalize your chat area with them to make your chat conversations interesting and professional.

Help Tile – New Menu

No need to visit the Troop Messengers’ website for all product-related help information. Now you find the ‘Help’ icon on the new vertical panel. Just click on it to view all the help documentation within the application itself.

TM Bulletin

Connect to the Troop Messenger’s support team in real-time right within the application for all kind of queries and technical assistance. Apart from connecting to support / assistance, TM Bulletin will be a platform where Troop Messenger will post some news/blogs for the customers

Tour

Have a complete walkthrough of Troop Messenger with this tour. It take you to the sign-up process of registration, dashboard admin settings, application’s feature-level videos, etc.,

Video Player

View what you want! Use forward and backward controls while playing videos.

Image Editing

Your image speaks now! Highlight the distinct areas of an image with a wide set of tools and send it across the teams to make them understand your ideas better.

enhancements

Left Top Panel

The current left top panel will now appear on the left as a vertical panel. Find and access Profile, TM Admin, Notifications, Settings, Help tiles and more from here.

Fork out – Done Button

Click on the done button while you finish sending the fork out messages across your teams.

Message Right-Click Menu

Made a few UI changes to enhance the user experience.

Settings Tile – Notifications

Configure notifications and other settings of Troop Messenger by clicking on the Settings icon that resides on the vertical left panel.

TM Admin Tile

Now you can directly go to the admin panel settings from within Troop Messenger application.

aug

2019

features

Read Receipts

Mark messages as important with, “Read Receipt” icon and send them across individuals and groups for recipient’s acknowledgment.

User Labels

Now you will see a label displayed next to the user's name to know their designation. TM admin can add labels while adding an employee, or may edit them later from Admin panel.

Indicators and Marker Controls

Now the TM-admin can enable/disable the indicators and marker controls of typing, last seen, forward and fork out from the ‘Permissions’ page of the admin panel.

Enhancements

Now TM admin can add users irrespective of the registered domain.

Added navigation drawer for providing better UX.

Made UX changes to adding group members process.

Made UX changes to message forward/fork out search.

others

Bug fixes.

jul

2019

enhancements

Added Forkout marker. Enable/disable Forkout marker while sending a Forkout message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the Forkout icon in the message.

Added Forward marker. Enable/disable forward marker while forwarding a message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the forward marker in the message.

Now as a super-admin of the group, you can make other group members as an ADMIN/MODERATOR while creating a group.

File uploads made easy. Now you will see a progress bar while uploading attachments.

Added Network status indicators. The status of No Internet is shown to the users as per the network downtimes.

Now view the search results by applying individual search filters of keyword, users/groups or date-time filters.

jul

2019

bug fixes

Performance improvement

jul

2019

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvement

jun

2019

bug fixes

Sign-up using public domains
Network Sync issues

may

2019

bug fixes

Fixed a few issues related to the Orange Member.
Fixed individual search issues.

may

2019

new features

Audio Messaging

Audio Messaging feature of Troop Messenger facilitates the user of the application to send or receive a quick short audio clip to and from any user/group. Instant audio message enhances flawless two-way communication. Simply speak to record your voice and transmit across single contacts and groups. Send or receive a quick short audio clip using Audio Messaging

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Mute Notifications

Troop Messenger allows you to mute your user/group notifications for enhanced user experience. The user can enable/disable notifications just by clicking on the mute/unmute notifications icon when he/she no longer wants to receive them. You can find the mute/unmute conversations icon at the user/group name of the chat window.

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Favourite Groups

Now mark and make your selected groups as your favourite groups by enabling the star symbol right beside the group name.

Know more...

apr

2019

bug fixes

network dropout issues

Fixed network dropping issues for audio call / video call / screen sharing.
Fixed audio call/video call /screen sharing drop outs when switched between networks.

mar

2019

NEW FEATURES

Voice Calling

Troop Messenger now introduces one-on-one voice /audio calling feature in this version release. Voice calling feature of Troop Messenger allows the user to place an audio/voice call for a better team collaboration. It enables you to have a crystal clear and smooth conversation experience. Any team member/user of the application can initiate, or receive an audio/voice call.

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Live Location Tracking

Live Location Tracking feature of Troop Messenger allows you to share your real-time location with the participants of an individual chat for a specific amount of time. This feature is available across the platforms of desktop and mobile applications. Any user of the application has the ability to request or share live location tracking. This feature has the ability to detect and stream live location data of the user by updating it to maps and lets the user to easily watch the location updates within the set pre-defined timer. Your Live Location Tracking stops once the timer expires or when the user explicitly terminates it.

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support

Troop Messenger introduces Live Chat support with the current release. Our instant live chat support ensures technical assistance services (Monday-Friday: 3:30 AM GMT – 8:30 PM GMT) to answer all customer queries for registered users. The registered users can leave us a message when the support team is busy/offline.

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mar

2019

NEW FEATURES

Orange Member

The Orange Member feature of Troop Messenger encourages a provision to other company employees, vendors, customers, or others to be a part of the application or organization with their respective business or public domain mail id’s. When they have been made an active user of the Troop Messenger application, by the company’s Admin, he/she can be called as an Orange Member to that respective company. The Admin can make the Orange Member to chat with only specific people in the company by setting the default permissions.

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Help Centre

In this version release of Troop Messenger, we tried to give you more insights of our product with the help of an in detailed feature insights, step-by-step image oriented How-to-use feature guides, precise and informative FAQ’s, easy-to-understand troubleshoot guides etc., with our Help Centre web page. The Help Centre provides relevant answers to diverse customer inquiries for enabling faster self-service. Visit www.troopmessenger.com , and click on the HELP tab to access our help centre.

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Enhancements

Favourite Contacts

Now you can mark and make your team member as your favourite contacts, by just enabling the star symbol which is beside your recipient’s name in one-on-one messaging chat window of the Troop Messenger.

Favourite Contact Conversations Filter

This enhancement allows you to filter out your favourite contacts by clicking on the favourite contacts star symbol present at the top right of the users/participants list of the Troop Messenger page.

It further enables you to filter out your favourite contact’s conversations, by clicking on the selected filtered out favourite contacts.

Filter out Orange Members

The Global Search functionality of Troop Messenger application now allows the user to filter out Orange Members from the users/team members/groups list. When you click on the search by Orange Member icon, an exclusive orange members list appears.

Send Attachments using Forkout

Now Forkout allows the user to share diverse forms of attachments such as text files, image files, audio and video files along with the text messages.

JAN

2019

NEW FEATURES

Forkout

Forkout allows the user to send a text message to multiple individual participants or to multiple groups, at once.

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Favourite Contacts

Now you can mark your favourite contacts from the recipients profile page. Go to the recipients profile page, click on star button to make them your favourite contact. This selected list is appeared under Favourites Tab of Forkout feature.

Single Conversation Search

Single Conversation Search feature enables you to search for a specific text within a chat. When you type the word or a phrase , the search results include with the most recent message.

Enhancements

Emoji Layout

Emoji Layout feature of Troop Messenger lets you quickly select your expression through its classification by category option. Find and choose from the various categories as- Smileys and People, Animals and Nature, Food and Drink, Activity. This Feature further narrow downs the Emoji-selection with the help of a Search Bar too.

SplashBoard

Now you can see all feature- icons such as Burnout, Video Calling, and Screen Sharing at one layout. Choose your desired feature icon to enable the functionality by clicking on “+” button.

Group Description

This feature allows you to define a group by its purpose, and differentiates one from the other for ease-of-access and information sharing. All participants and the invitees of the group can see the content of Group Description. Identify the desired group by its group description and share your chats!

10 APR 2018

DEC

2018

NEW FEATURES

Burnout

Burnout is an exceptional privacy feature with a predefined timer. Select the desired timer option and start one-on-one conversation. Your conversation gets deleted automatically once the timer expires or when the user explicitly terminates.

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Enhancements

Know Your Group

This enhancement enables you to know the member count of a particular group, under its name.

Read Receipts

Read receipts allows you to check the delivered chat message read-time.

Image Reply/Forward

Now you can reply to or forward the selected images, from the image gallery itself.

Sticky Date Header

This allows you to know the chat conversation date when you scroll over the window.

Message Status Ticks

Know the unread/viewed/read status of your delivered chat message at the participants list.

Notification Reply

You can reply to a notification then and there itself, without opening the app in both Android and iOS.

JULY

2024

1.5.7

Enhancements

Edit Group Description

Now, you can edit/remove the group descriptions.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable group calls for Orange Members.

User Status

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

Now, Screenshots and screen recordings can be allowed based on user roles. This is available for Desktop [Windows, MacOS]/Android/iOS

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue related to Bold; sometimes, when a URL is in the message, the text that a user bolded was not shown as Bold in the right panel. But the preview in the left panel was shown in bold.

FEB

2024

1.5.5

Enhancements

Mentions

When you search for fellow orange users with their first and last names, you can now see an orange dot on the bottom right of their profile image.

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Bug Fixes

Fixed empty name and avatar shown when we edit a message

Fixed the issue of recent tabs shown as empty for screen sharing.

Fixed search user issue in Permissions of Orange Members.

Fixed issue with file name of Code Snippet in the left panel.

Fixed an issue where a user typed text to a reply message and then copy pasted a JPG/File; the typed text was getting lost.

NOV

2023

1.5.4

features

Call Takeover

You can switch your audio/video calls between all the platforms.

Enhancements

Group Control

The TM admin has been given the privilege to Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message

User Status in Groups

Now, you can view the present status of users in the Group Profile.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is now enhanced. We have updated user and group profile tabs to icons.

Enhanced Contact Sharing

Added option to choose multiple Mobile Numbers and Email IDs in a 1:1 and Group chat while sharing a Phone Contact.

Shared Contacts View

You can view each contact's multiple mobile numbers and emails with a single tap.

Attachments

You can seamlessly share files directly from you're File media. Just select the file, drag, and choose the user or Group.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable 1:1 calls for Orange Members.

Delete Controls

TM admin can enable/disable the Delete feature for all the users and decide who can use the Delete feature.

Cattle Call with Self

You can now initiate a Cattle Call with yourself. Later, you can add users or copy the link and share it with others.

Mentions Controls

Now the admin can:

Enable/Disable mentions in One-to-One and Group Chat
Enable/Disable mentions to non-group users within a group
Enable/Disable to enter a Minimum of three characters after @ to show mention users

Airtime Group Controls

Bug Fixes

Fixed duplicate messages issue on the Desktop.

Fixed orange members being unable to use the mentions feature in a group. While drafting a message in group chats, the orange member can now mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

MAY

2023

1.5.2

features

Create/Edit Group from Admin Dashboard

The TM admin or any authorized user can create or edit a group from Admin Dashboard-Groups, without being a part of it.

Group Chat History Availability

A newly added group member will have access to the group's chat history. This happens when the TM admin allows the control of 'Group Chat History for New Members' in the Admin Dashboard.

Enhancements

Chat Controls

Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to show or hide exited or deleted groups from the chat list panel and the global search filter.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

No one can capture a screenshot or perform a screen recording of the application unless it is allowed to them by the TM admin.

Text Message Controls

Only those users (roles) can share, forward, and copy a text message based on the permissions enabled to them by the TM Admin.

Updated Profile Tabs

Updated user and group profile tabs to text.

Auto Close

You don't have to click the cancel button to close the third window panel (e.g., the View Profile window). It closes automatically by sending, replying, or forwarding a message

Bug Fixes

Fixed message time issue on the Recent Messages panel

Fixed a bug where duplicate group members were shown in Group Profile

Fixed a bug where the user was wrongly shown as offline

Feb

2023

1.4.66

features

Common Groups

Find the common groups you and your co-worker(user) belong to. Go to the user profile to view the list of Common Groups.

Pin important messages and attachments and find them all in one place in the user as well as in the group profile.

Video messaging

Extended Search

Auto-Delete

Enhancement

Code Snippet Filter

Find the code snippet filter in the chat area filters bar. Apply it to the chat history to filter out code snippet messages.

Edit Captions

You can edit captions attached to the delivered(sent) image or text file attachments

Forward – With Caption

Now you can retain the captions attached to text, image, or video attachments as-is while you forward them to other users enabling the option "With Caption

Filters+Search

Now, the chat area's search icon has text search and chat area filters in it.

Platform Indicator

The online platform indicator at the user and group profile shows the platforms the user currently uses. It further helps you to see the platform from where the user is typing the message, either from an Android device, iOS, Desktop, or Browser. However, the platform icon in a group is [only shown]/[shown only] while the group member types a message.

Dec

2022

1.4.65

Enhancement

Video Attachment Pop out

Copy the URL or click on the URL of the video attachment to open it in a browser view.

Audio Attachment Pop out

Open the audio attachment in a browser using the pop-out button and listen to it.

Multiple File Download

Now download multiple file attachments from the chat area to your PC in one go.

File Extension

Added attachment mime types for downloading

QRP panel new design

View User – Admin Dashboard:

Now you can know by whom and when a new user has been added to Troop Messenger.

Tile Display

Now you can re-order or hide the display of the tiles (feature functionality) on the left vertical tiles bar from personal settings.

Code Snippet

Select ‘Text’ to write text, and while writing code, select ‘Code’ to enable Auto Detection of the programming code you write.

Message Info

The message info shows the platform, location, and IP Address from where the message has been sent.

BUGS

Fixed single-search conversation bugs. Now chats of the text search results applied on one conversation widow do not appear in the current conversations window.

Fixed recent chat sync issues in desktop.

Fixed Code Snippet message view sync across the chat list.

Aug

2022

1.4.64

features

Platform & IP Address based restriction

Troop Messenger allows the Admin to restrict users by IP address and platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS), among other things.

Enhancement

Calling

- Maximum of six group call participants can start the video
- Fixed call drop issues.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is enhanced, unlike earlier, which are supposed to be more intriguing.

Chat Deletion

Now you can delete all the messages in your and the sender's chat window.

Group Exits Filter

You can view exited groups using the filter option if you want to refer to old messages from the exited group.

File Sharing

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Copy Message

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Myself

You don't have to enter your name to search your account; just enter 'Myself," you can view your account and your saved messages in it.

Contact Details

Now you can send the contact details by clicking the Copy icon in the user profile instead using the mouse.

Mentions

Now you can search for fellow users with their first & last name, including the space, without experiencing any deviation.

Preference Settings

Unlike earlier, your edited Preference settings will be saved and remain the same despite your logout.

Code Snippet

While editing the code snippet, a caution message will appear if you try to switch to the chats so that it reminds you to save it.

Upload Preview

You now have an improved preview for uploading files where you can see the file name, data usage, and other details accurately, making it easier for you to avoid submitting the incorrect file.

Apr

2022

1.4.60

Enhancement

Performance Upgrade:

We have improved the overall performance of the desktop app for providing a smooth user experience for the users of Troop Messenger.

Deleted/Exited Groups

Dec

2021

1.4.55

features

Layout

Mentions

While drafting a message in One-to-One chats & group chats, the Mentions feature of Troop Messenger allows you to mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

UI Change

Enhancement

New Controls for Admin: (For Edit, Recall, and Location tracking)
Now the Admin can customise the time for message editing, message recall, location tracking and who can perform these actions

JULY

2021

1.4.52

features

Cattle Call

Talk, Meet, Share, Teach, Sell, Connect, Manage and do a lot more with Cattle Call’s high-quality video meetings. Meet up now!

Agile scrum meetings, product review sessions, daily stand-up meetings, remote teams, online education and more! Schedule an enterprise-ready scalable video conference.

Schedule Meetings

join the meeting by submitting the meeting id
find all the upcoming meetings in one place
express your interest to join meeting with; Yes, No, and Tentative.

Invite External Members

JUN

2021

1.4.47

Enhancements

Document Preview

We have refined the experience of previewing MS Word, Excel, PDF files, and file pop-out to the browser. You should now be able to open these files for quick view without any failures.

New Icons

Find the new icons for download, forward, and reply while you preview the document

BUGS

Now the company admin will be able to view the suggested user requests

Fixed the missed call log notification issues of group chat

Now the admin will not see the Join Now approval request after the user connects to the call

The issue with the user typing indicator was resolved. You will no longer find the phrase ‘undefined is typing”

Resolved the issue with message sync. Now the replied messages are synced to the desktop app, though it is offline

Resolved the issue with the message-read indicator of the desktop app that occurred during the internet disconnectivity. Now you can see the message read status with double green ticks instead of a single tick

Resolved the issues with recall message sync of a desktop app that happens with the disconnection of the internet. Now you will not find the recalled messages after connecting back to the network

Now the messages of active chat are marked as read after maximizing or opening the app

Now you will no longer find multiple message deliveries that were sent during the no internet connectivity times

You can successfully send a reply to an old flagged message

Now the logged-in user will find a single home company tab, which he/she is a part of

Fixed the issues with the recent user chat list. Now you will no longer find an empty user chat list

APR

2021

1.4.44

ENHANCEMENTS

Code Snippet

Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view

BUGS

Fixed issues with message formats in all platforms

Search issue in the DESKTOP version has been fixed

Now, your Troop Messenger auto-reconnects you to the call in the scenarios of network drops and while you try to switch from one network to other.

Jan

2021

1.4.42

features

Jointly Code

QRP - Quick Response Panel

Fonts

Formats

Mattermost Migration Tool

enhancements

Enhanced Left Railing
Find the new look of the enhanced left railing with the change in icons and in the background colour.

Dec

2020

1.4.39

features

Code snippet

enhancements

Passive user's status in multi-user call.

UX improvement while forwarding messages in web/desktop app.

bugs

Fixed unread messages badge count issue in desktop app

Oct

2020

1.4.38

features

Join Now

The Join Now facility of the group calling(audio-video) feature allows the users to join the ongoing call. You may not find such an exceptional facility in any other team calling applications.

Group Calling

Once after the call has been initiated:

The users/participants can be added to an ongoing call.
The ‘Join Now’, facility helps the users to join the ongoing call.
They can reject a group call by replying to the call with the selected customized messages.

Enhanced Group Profile

Find the newly added ‘Logs’ and ‘Settings’ buttons in the group profile section.
The Logs feature gives a detailed history of the activities performed by the group admin/moderator. It shows the actions of; group creation, adding or removing users, making or removing users as admin/moderator by date and time.
The Settings feature of the group profile allows the group admin to exit the group by making any other user as a group admin.

Also, this feature helps the group admin to delete:

All messages and files of the group
Only messages of the group
Only files of the group
Group

enhancements

UI Change on Conversation Window

Group Admin Settings

The admin can delete all group messages/attachments at once.
Group admin can delete anyone’s message in a group.

Admin Dashboard – Controls

Aug

2020

1.4.37

enhancements

Added dialtone to outgoing audio/video/screenshare call requests

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Fixed Cattle Call issues
Fixed full screen window issue while sharing the screen to other user
Fixed notification issue when app runs in background

Jul

2020

1.4.36

features

Remote Screen Controlling

Alongside Screen Share, now the users of Troop Messenger can give and take control of the remote desktop screen to access the contents of it with the help of the feature, Remote Screen Controlling.

enhancements

Screen Sharing

You can initiate a video call while screen sharing.
You can initiate an audio call while screen sharing.

Jun

2020

1.4.35

enhancements

Cattle Call

Added Audio only facility in Cattle Call.

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Fixed app hang/crash issue after
previewing a document

Jun

2020

1.4.34

enhancements

Group Controls

While letting access to create a group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

Airtime Group Controls

While letting access to create an Airtime group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

May

2020

1.4.33

features

Airtime Group

Only group Admin/Moderator can send messages. It is more like a group that is purposed for Broadcasting. The normal users cannot send any messages in Airtime group.

enhancements

**New Controls for the following (TM Admin can control these features):

Voice Message

Enable & Disable option
set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Images

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Audio

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Video

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

File

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Meta Link

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Burnout

Enable & Disable option
The admin can choose who can initiate Burnout.

Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately

Airtime Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Airtime Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately.

**Option for enabling Auto Renewal - Recurring charges i.e. TM-Admins will be able to do Auto-Renewal in the Billing Section.

May

2020

1.4.31

enhancements

Dashboard New Screens - Home, Members, Controls, LDAP / SSO and Billing.

bugs

Fixed white screen issue on app start-up

Performance improvement

Apr

2020

1.4.30

features

Contacts

Admins can view added contacts and edit selected profile information of team members.
To view contact, click the contact icon in the left sidebar. Search for a member, then click the ellipsis (three vertical dots) at the right side of the contact name and choose the ‘View Profile’ option.
To edit profile, click the ellipsis an opt for ‘Edit Profile,’ make your changes and click Save.
Team members can also add new contacts. At the top of the screen, click the ‘Add Contact’ icon. Then, enter the personal information, company info, and address of each contact, and click save. The added contact will appear in the contacts directory.

Google Drive integration

Dropbox Integration

enhancements

Global search and filters

Quick app intro banners, after sign up

"Myself" notation for self-contact

Improved desktop sync mechanism

Quick loading of user/group profiles

bugs

Individual search issue (messages were repeating when scrolled up)

Fixed text overlap with cross icon in member search input in group profile

Desktop sync issues

Fixed YouTube link issue, which was not opening in the browser from TM app

feb

2020

1.4.27

features

Preferences

A new Preferences tab has been added to Settings. From here you can perform the following actions for Troop Messenger to Auto Start.

You can:

on/off the application launch on login.
on/off the application launch to notification area to login.
on/off the app running in notification area when the window is closed.

enhancements

Quick rendering of self profile.

Added Divider for Logout button.

Allowed forward & copy options while reply is active.

Removed meta pop up link for Youtube videos.

Added "last year" option in text search.

Added Close icon for user / group profile on left panel.

Retained active text message as caption while added attachment(s).

Now open text files, PDFs in Google doc pop-out.

Made UI/UX changes in iBuzr panel.

bugs

Fixed a bug in video conference where primary cam was getting selected irrespective of cam selection.

Fixed XSS security bug in attachment caption.

Fixed Calendar picker design issue in text search.

jan

2020

1.4.25

features

iBuzr

iBuzr is helpful for a quick chat. We have 2 types- Canned and Suggested Messages.

Canned Messages are predetermined responses to the questions that can be sent instantly without typing the message. Canned messages need to be manually added in settings.
Suggested Messages are responses to the questions which are frequently used by you.

dec

2019

1.4.21

features

Cattle Call

Cattle Call, a new name for Video Call Conferencing, from Troop Messenger! Now, let your teams have face-to-face work conversations with live meetings, webinars and more with Cattle Call.

Key Takeaways

Add unlimited participants during or before the Cattle call.
Give video access to a maximum of six participants, and let others listen to the audio.
Initiate chat to share your views
Mute/unmute yourself, or you can mute/unmute all participants.

Meta pop up links

Now know more information about the link you share

enhancements

Video full screen

Now, Troop Messenger allows you to preview/watch the sent/received video files in full screen across its desktop version.

Caption for all type of attachments

Apart from images, now you can add a caption to all the other types of attachment files while you upload them to Troop Messenger.

Read receipt Filter

Added Read Receipt Filter to Advanced Filter Group for Browser and Desktop.

Quick Product Tour

Have a quick walk-through around the features and functionalities of Troop Messenger. This tour makes you learn and understand how and where to access them.

Pop-out

Respond later filter

nov

2019

1.4.20

features

Edit

Now edit the sent message with the last edited time shown within it.

Flagging

Now you can flag all those conversations which you feel important! And, you can retrieve all the flagged conversations to one single place with the help of the flag filter.

Respond Later

Set a respond later reminder on the received message.

WallPapers

Choose from a whole range of wallpapers from the settings tab and personalize your chat area with them to make your chat conversations interesting and professional.

Help Tile – New Menu

TM Bulletin

Tour

Have a complete walkthrough of Troop Messenger with this tour. It take you to the sign-up process of registration, dashboard admin settings, application’s feature-level videos, etc.,

enhancements

Left Top Panel

The current left top panel will now appear on the left as a vertical panel. Find and access Profile, TM Admin, Notifications, Settings, Help tiles and more from here.

Fork out – Done Button

Click on the done button while you finish sending the fork out messages across your teams.

Message Right-Click Menu

Made a few UI changes to enhance the user experience.

Settings Tile – Notifications

Configure notifications and other settings of Troop Messenger by clicking on the Settings icon that resides on the vertical left panel.

TM Admin Tile

Now you can directly go to the admin panel settings from within Troop Messenger application.

sep

2019

1.4.18

others

Bug fixes.

aug

2019

1.4.17

features

Read Receipts

Mark messages as important with, “Read Receipt” icon and send them across individuals and groups for recipient’s acknowledgment.

User Labels

Now you will see a label displayed next to the user's name to know their designation. TM admin can add labels while adding an employee, or may edit them later from Admin panel.

Indicators and Marker Controls

Now the TM-admin can enable/disable the indicators and marker controls of typing, last seen, forward and fork out from the ‘Permissions’ page of the admin panel.

Enhancements

Now TM admin can add users irrespective of the registered domain.

Added, Add users/Group button under recent chat list for quickly adding/suggesting users/groups.

Added cancel option while uploading attachments.

others

Bug fixes.

jul

2019

1.4.16

enhancements

Added Forkout marker. Enable/disable Forkout marker while sending a Forkout message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the Forkout icon in the message.

Added Forward marker. Enable/disable forward marker while forwarding a message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the forward marker in the message.

Now as a super-admin of the group, you can make other group members as an ADMIN/MODERATOR while creating a group.

File uploads made easy. Now you will see a progress bar while uploading attachments.

Added Network status indicators. The status of No Internet is shown to the users as per the network downtimes.

Now group conversations are more fun with the profile image of the participants. Quickly understand who is sending what.

Now view the search results by applying individual search filters of keyword, users/groups or date-time filters.

jul

2019

1.4.13

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvement

jul

2019

1.4.12

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvement

jun

2019

1.4.11

bug fixes

Sign-up using public domains
Network Sync issues

jun

2019

1.4.10

bug fixes

Emoji keyboard lock issue got resolved.
Now the user will not be able to send chats to the deactivated users.
Fixed dialer tone issues of Audio Call.
Now the Orange members are effectively seen in the contacts list when they are added back to the application.
Location sync issues got fixed.
Display of last message time format status has been addressed.
Fixed the scenario of displaying proxy typing status, though the user is not typing.

enhancements

Now Troop Messenger gets automatically pinned to taskbar for Windows on its every version update.

may

2019

1.4.9

bug fixes

Fixed few issues related to Auto launch for Windows platform

may

2019

1.4.8

new features

Auto launch

Added auto launch on system startup for Windows platform.

bug fixes

Fixed a few issues related to the Orange Member.
Fixed individual search issues.

may

2019

1.4.7

new features

Audio Messaging

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Mute Notifications

Know more...

Favourite Groups

Now mark and make your selected groups as your favourite groups by enabling the star symbol right beside the group name.

Know more...

enhancements

Status Availability Layout

Now you can see the new status availability layout with five user options to select from. Admin can allocate any of the three options of the Status like(Away, Work from home, In Client Meeting..etc.,) to users as per need. The permissions section of the admin panel lets the admin enable/disable the customized status options.

Know more...

Filtering out Favourite Groups

This enhancement allows you to filter out your favourite groups by clicking on the star symbol present at the top right of the users/participants list besides to Unread Messages filter. It further enables you to filter out your favourite group conversations, by clicking on the selected filtered out favourite group.

apr

2019

1.4.6

bug fixes

network dropout issues

Fixed network dropping issues for audio call / video call / screen sharing.
Fixed audio call/video call /screen sharing drop outs when switched between networks.

apr

2019

1.4.5

bug fixes

Group Creation

Fixed wrong members count & messages disappearing issues after creating a new group.

forkout

Optimised the way attachments are being forkout.

mar

2019

1.4.4

NEW FEATURES

Voice Calling

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Live Location Tracking

Know more...

support

Know more...

mar

2019

1.4.2

NEW FEATURES

Orange Member

Know more...

Help Centre

Know more...

Enhancements

Favourite Contacts

Favourite Contact Conversations Filter

It further enables you to filter out your favourite contact’s conversations, by clicking on the selected filtered out favourite contacts.

Filter out Orange Members

Send Attachments using Forkout

Now Forkout allows the user to share diverse forms of attachments such as text files, image files, audio and video files along with the text messages.

JAN

2019

1.3.0

NEW FEATURES

Forkout

Forkout allows the user to send a text message to multiple individual participants or to multiple groups, at once.

Know more...

Favourite Contacts

Single Conversation Search

Single Conversation Search feature enables you to search for a specific text within a chat. When you type the word or a phrase , the search results include with the most recent message.

Enhancements

Emoji Layout

SplashBoard

Now you can see all feature- icons such as Burnout, Video Calling, and Screen Sharing at one layout. Choose your desired feature icon to enable the functionality by clicking on “+” button.

Group Description

10 APR 2018

DEC

2018

1.2.9

NEW FEATURES

Burnout

Know more...

Enhancements

Know Your Group

This enhancement enables you to know the member count of a particular group, under its name.

Read Receipts

Read receipts allows you to check the delivered chat message read-time.

Image Reply/Forward

Now you can reply to or forward the selected images, from the image gallery itself.

Sticky Date Header

This allows you to know the chat conversation date when you scroll over the window.

Message Status Ticks

Know the unread/viewed/read status of your delivered chat message at the participants list.

JULY

2024

1.6.1

Enhancements

Edit Group Description

Now, you can edit/remove the group descriptions.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable group calls for Orange Members.

User Status

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

Now, Screenshots and screen recordings can be allowed based on user roles. This is available for Desktop [Windows, MacOS]/Android/iOS

FEB

2024

1.6.0

Enhancements

Group Name & Description Characters

We have increased the group name & description to 100 characters.

NOV

2023

1.5.8

features

Call Takeover

You can switch your audio/video calls between all the platforms.

Now, you can PIN important messages and attachments in your mobile apps and find them all in one place in the user and the group profile.

Enhancements

Group Control

The TM admin has been given the privilege to Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message

User Status in Groups

Now, you can view the present status of users in the Group Profile.

Enhanced Contact Sharing

Added option to choose multiple Mobile Numbers and Email IDs in a 1:1 and Group chat while sharing a Phone Contact.

Shared Contacts View

You can view each contact's multiple mobile numbers and emails with a single tap.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable 1:1 calls for Orange Members.

Delete Controls

TM admin can enable/disable the Delete feature for all the users and decide who can use the Delete feature.

Mentions Controls

Now the admin can:

Enable/Disable mentions in One-to-One and Group Chat
Enable/Disable mentions to non-group users within a group
Enable/Disable to enter a Minimum of three characters after @ to show mention users

Airtime Group Controls

Bug Fixes

Fixed orange members being unable to use the mentions feature in a group. While drafting a message in group chats, the orange member can now mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

MAY

2023

1.5.2

features

Group Chat History Availability

A newly added group member will have access to the group's chat history. This happens when the TM admin allows the control of 'Group Chat History for New Members' in the Admin Dashboard.

Enhancements

Chat Controls

Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to show or hide exited or deleted groups from the chat list panel and the global search filter.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

No one can capture a screenshot or perform a screen recording of the application unless it is allowed to them by the TM admin.

Restrict Login Controls

Organizations can restrict user login from the play store and app store when they manage TM mobile app from the MDM software. The TM Admin may exclude users from these restrictions.

Text Message Controls

Only those users (roles) can share, forward, and copy a text message based on the permissions enabled to them by the TM Admin.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the user was wrongly shown as offline

Feb

2023

1.4.76

features

Common Groups

Find the common groups you and your co-worker(user) belong to. Go to the user profile to view the list of Common Groups.

Enhancement

Code Snippet Filter

Find the code snippet filter in the chat area filters bar. Apply it to the chat history to filter out code snippet messages.

Edit Captions

You can edit captions attached to the delivered(sent) image or text file attachments

Forward – With Caption

Now you can retain the captions attached to text, image, or video attachments as-is while you forward them to other users enabling the option "With Caption

Platform Indicator

The online platform indicator at the user and group profile shows the platforms the user currently uses. It further helps you to see the platform from where the user is typing the message, either from an Android device, iOS, Desktop, or Browser. However, the platform icon in a group is [only shown]/[shown only] while the group member types a message.

Aug

2022

1.4.75

features

Platform & IP Address based restriction

Troop Messenger allows the Admin to restrict users by IP address and platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS), among other things.

Enhancement

Calling

- Maximum of six group call participants can start the video
- Fixed call drop issues.

Myself

You don't have to enter your name to search your account; just enter 'Myself," you can view your account and your saved messages in it.

Mentions

Now you can search for fellow users with their first & last name, including the space, without experiencing any deviation.

Chat Deletion

Now you can delete all the messages in your and the sender's chat window.

Dec

2021

1.4.57

features

Multilingual

English
Italian
French
Spanish
German
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian
Portuguese
Arabic
Malay
Hindi
Telugu

Mentions

While drafting a message in One-to-One chats & group chats, the Mentions feature of Troop Messenger allows you to mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

APR

2021

1.4.60

ENHANCEMENTS

Themes

Now, the dark and light themes of Android and iOS show different colored alternate chat listings

BUGS

Fixed random call drop issue

Fixed issues with message formats in all platforms

Feb

2021

1.4.54

features

Themes

Now switch between Light & Dark themes as per your need. To activate, navigate to Settings > Choose Theme.

Jan

2021

1.4.53

features

Jointly Code

Jointly Code in mobile lets you only view the code editor when your peers' code or edit from their desktop or browser version during a TM call.

Message Formats

- Format your messages as bold/italic/underline/strikethrough

bugs

Fixed contact sharing issue of the Quick Response Panel. Now you can pick any contact and share it across groups or with individual users.

Fixed the issues with the format style-italics

Fixed the URL breaking issue. Now URLs are shared as stored in your Quick Response Panel.

Dec

2020

1.4.48

features

Code snippet

enhancements

Passive user's status in multi-user call.

Oct

2020

1.4.47

features

Join Now

The Join Now facility of the group calling(audio-video) feature allows the users to join the ongoing call. You may not find such an exceptional facility in any other team calling applications.

Group Calling

Once after the call has been initiated:

The users/participants can be added to an ongoing call.
The ‘Join Now’, facility helps the users to join the ongoing call.
They can reject a group call by replying to the call with the selected customized messages.

Enhanced Group Profile

Find the newly added ‘Logs’ and ‘Settings’ buttons in the group profile section.
The Logs feature gives a detailed history of the activities performed by the group admin/moderator. It shows the actions of; group creation, adding or removing users, making or removing users as admin/moderator by date and time.
The Settings feature of the group profile allows the group admin to exit the group by making any other user as a group admin.

Also, this feature helps the group admin to delete:

All messages and files of the group
Only messages of the group
Only files of the group
Group

enhancements

UI Change on Conversation Window

Group Admin Settings

The admin can delete all group messages/attachments at once.
Group admin can delete anyone’s message in a group.

Aug

2020

1.4.44

bugs

Fixed Cattle Call issues

Fixed crash issue in image editing

Jul

2020

1.4.43

enhancements

Screen Sharing

The Android mobile users of the Troop Messenger application can only view the contents of the remote desktop/browser while receiving screen share Besides, they can also initiate a video call while viewing a remote screen share.
Now you have the facility to switch to video call from the audio call while doing a screen share.

bugs

Fixed a bug of Read Receipt: Now the Read Receipt icon gets cleared from the chat list.

Fixed an issue of Audio/Video calls with Bluetooth headset.

Jun

2020

1.4.42

enhancements

Cattle Call

Added Audio only facility in Cattle Call.

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Jun

2020

1.4.41

enhancements

Screen-sharing

Added zoom-in & zoom-out facility

bugs

Fixed bugs in Group Controls

Fixed app crash issue while recording a voice message

Jun

2020

1.4.40

enhancements

Group Controls

While letting access to create a group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

Airtime Group Controls

While letting access to create an Airtime group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

May

2020

1.4.38

features

Airtime Group

Only group Admin/Moderator can send messages. It is more like a group that is purposed for Broadcasting. The normal users cannot send any messages in Airtime group.

enhancements

**New Controls for the following (TM Admin can control these features):

Voice Message

Enable & Disable option
set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Images

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Audio

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Video

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

File

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Meta Link

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Burnout

Enable & Disable option
The admin can choose who can initiate Burnout.

Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately

Airtime Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Airtime Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately.

Apr

2020

1.4.34

features

Contacts

Now manage your Phone & Troop Messenger contacts at one place!

enhancements

New & beautiful look to the Navigation Drawer!

Enhanced the look & feel of settings screen.

Now you can pick and send gifs/stickers from your default keyboard into the chat

Added a "read" option in push notification

bugs fixes

Fixed message sync issues

Fixed wrong count issue for unread chats

Fixed reply issue when search is active

feb

2020

1.4.32

features

Meta-popup Links

Now know more information about the link you share.

enhancements

UI updates in 3 dots menu.

UI updates in Navigation menu.

UI updates in image editing.

bugs fixes

Fixed crashing issue in Android Oreo when an image is selected from gallery/camera.

Fixed multiple notifications issue.

Fixed ANR issues in Recent List.

App Performance improvement.

jan

2020

1.4.29

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance enhancement.

dec

2019

1.4.27

features

Cattle Call

Cattle Call, a new name for Video Call Conferencing, from Troop Messenger! Now, let your teams have face-to-face work conversations with live meetings, webinars and more with Cattle Call.

Key Takeaways

Add unlimited participants during or before the Cattle call.
Give video access to a maximum of six participants, and let others listen to the audio.
Initiate chat to share your views
Mute/unmute yourself, or you can mute/unmute all participants.

nov

2019

1.4.26

features

Edit

Now edit the sent message with the last edited time shown within it.

Flagging

Now you can flag all those conversations which you feel important! And, you can retrieve all the flagged conversations to one single place with the help of the flag filter.

Respond Later

Set a respond later reminder on the received message.

Video Player

View what you want! Use forward and backward controls while playing videos.

Image Editing

Your image speaks now! Highlight the distinct areas of an image with a wide set of tools and send it across the teams to make them understand your ideas better.

WallPapers

Customize your chat experience by setting your own wallpaper! To change chat wallpaper, Goto :Profile -> Settings -> Preferences -> Set Wallpaper

sep

2019

1.4.22

enhancements

Read Receipts

Added Read receipt filter.

others

Bug fixes.

aug

2019

1.4.20

features

Read Receipts

Mark messages as important with, “Read Receipt” icon and send them across individuals and groups for recipient’s acknowledgment.

User Labels

Now you will see a label displayed next to the user's name to know their designation. TM admin can add labels while adding an employee, or may edit them later from Admin panel.

Indicators and Marker Controls

Now the TM-admin can enable/disable the indicators and marker controls of typing, last seen, forward and fork out from the ‘Permissions’ page of the admin panel.

Enhancements

Now TM admin can add users irrespective of the registered domain.

Added navigation drawer for providing better UX.

Made UX changes to adding group members process.

Made UX changes to message forward/fork out search.

others

Bug fixes.

aug

2019

1.4.18

enhancements

Added Forkout marker. Enable/disable Forkout marker while sending a Forkout message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the Forkout icon in the message.

Added Forward marker. Enable/disable forward marker while forwarding a message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the forward marker in the message.

Now as a super-admin of the group, you can make other group members as an ADMIN/MODERATOR while creating a group.

File uploads made easy. Now you will see a progress bar while uploading attachments.

Added Network status indicators. The status of No Internet is shown to the users as per the network downtimes.

Added Status Updates to the options menu. Select and Set your work status from here.

Now showing all media files in a single window. Scroll up/down to randomly select files.

Now view the search results by applying individual search filters of keyword, users/groups or date-time filters.

Global search and unread filter enhancements.

jul

2019

1.4.16

bug fixes

Fixed crash issue after sending location in android Pie devices.

jul

2019

1.4.15

bug fixes

Few background enhancements to improve app performance.

jul

2019

1.4.14

bug fixes

Few Background enhancements to improve app performance

jul

2019

1.4.13

bug fixes

Fixed attachment upload issue for Andriod Pie and Bug Fixing

jul

2019

1.4.12

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvement

jun

2019

1.4.11

performance improvements

Sign-up using any public domain.
Fixed network sync issues
Performance improvements & Bug fixing

jun

2019

1.4.10

performance improvements

App performance improvements.
Less background data usage.

bug fixes

Fixed multiple notification sound issue.
Fixed message sync issues.
Fixed offline message forward issue .
Fixed issues on Application Not Responding.
Fixed message recall issue.

may

2019

1.4.9

bug fixes

Fixed user adding bug while adding an employee from the Admin account.
Enhanced the search layout.
Fixed a few issues related to the Orange Member.
Fixed individual search issues.

Fixed message sync issues.

may

2019

1.4.8

new features

Audio Messaging

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Mute Notifications

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Favourite Groups

Now mark and make your selected groups as your favourite groups by enabling the star symbol right beside the group name.

Know more...

enhancements

search filter layout for mobile

Re-modified the search filters layout. Added filters for de-activated members and Orange members.

More options for status updates

Now the profile section of your mobile application has five status updates to choose from. Out of which "Available", and "DND" are fixed. The other three are set by admin, which might be tentative.

bug fixes

enhanced performance

Fixed app crash issue while tapping on the contact number of the user in the profile section.

apr

2019

1.4.7

bug fixes

enhanced performance

Fixed app crash issue when the application is in idle state.
Few background enhancements for better performance.

apr

2019

1.4.5

bug fixes

network dropout issues

Fixed network dropping issues for audio call / video call / screen sharing.
Fixed audio call/video call /screen sharing drop outs when switched between networks.

image sharing issues

Fixed out the blank screen issue when sharing an image from any third party platform to Troop Messenger.

few more

Ruled out the new chat icon in recent list.. Now users will be listed in the contact list directly.
Performance optimization.

apr

2019

1.4.4

bug fixes

voice Calling

Bugs fixed related to audio call feature for MI & vivo.

mar

2019

1.4.3

NEW FEATURES

Voice Calling

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Live Location Tracking

Know more...

mar

2019

1.4.2

div class="poppins_medium font-16 features-headding"> NEW FEATURES

Orange Member

Know more...

Help Centre

Know more...

Single Conversation Search

Single Conversation Search feature enables you to search for a specific text within a chat. When you type the word or a phrase , the search results include with the most recent message.

Enhancements

Favourite Contacts

Send Attachments using Forkout

Now Forkout allows the user to share diverse forms of attachments such as text files, image files, audio and video files along with the text messages.

feb

2019

1.3.42

NEW FEATURES

Forkout

Forkout allows the user to send a text message to multiple individual participants or to multiple groups, at once.

Know more...

Favourite Contacts

Enhancements

SplashBoard

Now you can see all feature- icons such as Burnout, Video Calling, and Screen Sharing at one layout. Choose your desired feature icon to enable the functionality by clicking on “+” button.

Group Description

10 APR 2018

DEC

2018

1.3.38

NEW FEATURES

Burnout

Know more...

Enhancements

Know Your Group

This enhancement enables you to know the member count of a particular group, under its name.

Message Status Ticks

Know the unread/viewed/read status of your delivered chat message at the participants list.

Notification Reply

You can reply to a notification then and there itself, without opening the app in both Android and iOS.

JULY

2024

1.4.16

Enhancements

Edit Group Description

Now, you can edit/remove the group descriptions.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable group calls for Orange Members.

User Status

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

Now, Screenshots and screen recordings can be allowed based on user roles. This is available for Desktop [Windows, MacOS]/Android/iOS

FEB

2024

1.4.13

Enhancements

Group Name & Description Characters

We have increased the group name & description to 100 characters.

NOV

2023

1.4.7

features

Call Takeover

You can switch your audio/video calls between all the platforms.

Now, you can PIN important messages and attachments in your mobile apps and find them all in one place in the user and the group profile.

Enhancements

Group Control

The TM admin has been given the privilege to Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message

User Status in Groups

Now, you can view the present status of users in the Group Profile.

Enhanced Contact Sharing

Added option to choose multiple Mobile Numbers and Email IDs in a 1:1 and Group chat while sharing a Phone Contact.

Shared Contacts View

You can view each contact's multiple mobile numbers and emails with a single tap.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable 1:1 calls for Orange Members.

Delete Controls

TM admin can enable/disable the Delete feature for all the users and decide who can use the Delete feature.

Mentions Controls

Now the admin can:

Enable/Disable mentions in One-to-One and Group Chat
Enable/Disable mentions to non-group users within a group
Enable/Disable to enter a Minimum of three characters after @ to show mention users

Airtime Group Controls

Bug Fixes

Fixed orange members being unable to use the mentions feature in a group. While drafting a message in group chats, the orange member can now mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

MAY

2023

1.4.0

features

Create/Edit Group from Admin Dashboard

The TM admin or any authorized user can create or edit a group from Admin Dashboard-Groups, without being a part of it.

Group Chat History Availability

A newly added group member will have access to the group's chat history. This happens when the TM admin allows the control of 'Group Chat History for New Members' in the Admin Dashboard.

Enhancements

Chat Controls

Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to show or hide exited or deleted groups from the chat list panel and the global search filter.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

No one can capture a screenshot or perform a screen recording of the application unless it is allowed to them by the TM admin.

Restrict Login Controls

Organizations can restrict user login from the play store and app store when they manage TM mobile app from the MDM software. The TM Admin may exclude users from these restrictions.

Text Message Controls

Only those users (roles) can share, forward, and copy a text message based on the permissions enabled to them by the TM Admin.

Bug Fixes

Fixed a bug where the user was wrongly shown as offline

Feb

2023

1.2.58

features

Common Groups

Find the common groups you and your co-worker(user) belong to. Go to the user profile to view the list of Common Groups.

Enhancement

Code Snippet Filter

Find the code snippet filter in the chat area filters bar. Apply it to the chat history to filter out code snippet messages.

Edit Captions

You can edit captions attached to the delivered(sent) image or text file attachments

Forward – With Caption

Now you can retain the captions attached to text, image, or video attachments as-is while you forward them to other users enabling the option "With Caption

Platform Indicator

The online platform indicator at the user and group profile shows the platforms the user currently uses. It further helps you to see the platform from where the user is typing the message, either from an Android device, iOS, Desktop, or Browser. However, the platform icon in a group is [only shown]/[shown only] while the group member types a message.

Aug

2022

1.2.57

features

Platform & IP Address based restriction

Troop Messenger allows the Admin to restrict users by IP address and platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS), among other things.

Enhancement

Calling

- Maximum of six group call participants can start the video
- Fixed call drop issues.

Myself

You don't have to enter your name to search your account; just enter 'Myself," you can view your account and your saved messages in it.

Mentions

Now you can search for fellow users with their first & last name, including the space, without experiencing any deviation.

Chat Deletion

Now you can delete all the messages in your and the sender's chat window.

Dec

2021

1.2.48

features

Multilingual

English
Italian
French
Spanish
German
Simplified Chinese
Traditional Chinese
Russian
Portuguese
Arabic
Malay
Hindi
Telugu

Mentions

While drafting a message in One-to-One chats & group chats, the Mentions feature of Troop Messenger allows you to mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

APR

2021

1.2.42

ENHANCEMENTS

TM Calling

IOS users can now see TM-calls in call logs

Themes

Now, the dark and light themes of Android and iOS show different colored alternate chat listings

BUGS

Fixed issues with message formats in all platforms

Feb

2021

1.2.38

features

Themes

Now switch between Light & Dark themes as per your need. To activate, navigate to Settings > Choose Theme.

Jan

2021

1.2.37

features

Jointly Code

Jointly Code in mobile lets you only view the code editor when your peers' code or edit from their desktop or browser version during a TM call.

Message Formats

- Format your messages as bold/italic/underline/strikethrough

bugs

Fixed contact sharing issue of the Quick Response Panel. Now you can pick any contact and share it across groups or with individual users.

Fixed the issues with the format style-italics

Fixed the URL breaking issue. Now URLs are shared as stored in your Quick Response Panel.

Dec

2020

1.2.34

features

Code snippet

enhancements

Passive user's status in multi-user call.

Oct

2020

1.2.33

features

Join Now

The Join Now facility of the group calling(audio-video) feature allows the users to join the ongoing call. You may not find such an exceptional facility in any other team calling applications.

Group Calling

Once after the call has been initiated:

The users/participants can be added to an ongoing call.
The ‘Join Now’, facility helps the users to join the ongoing call.
They can reject a group call by replying to the call with the selected customized messages.

Enhanced Group Profile

Find the newly added ‘Logs’ and ‘Settings’ buttons in the group profile section.
The Logs feature gives a detailed history of the activities performed by the group admin/moderator. It shows the actions of; group creation, adding or removing users, making or removing users as admin/moderator by date and time.
The Settings feature of the group profile allows the group admin to exit the group by making any other user as a group admin.

Also, this feature helps the group admin to delete:

All messages and files of the group
Only messages of the group
Only files of the group
Group

enhancements

UI Change on Conversation Window

Group Admin Settings

The admin can delete all group messages/attachments at once.
Group admin can delete anyone’s message in a group.

Aug

2020

1.2.32

bugs

Fixed Cattle Call issues

Jul

2020

1.2.31

enhancements

Screen Sharing

The iOS mobile users of the Troop Messenger application can only view the contents of the remote desktop/browser while receiving screen share. Besides, they can also initiate a video call while viewing a remote screens share.
Now you have the facility to switch to video call from audio call while doing a screen share.

bugs

Fixed a bug that was causing wallpaper to stretch in the chat screen.

Fixed a bug in image editing that was not allowing to draw.

Fixed image stretching issue in image editing.

Jun

2020

1.2.30

enhancements

Cattle Call

Added Audio only facility in Cattle Call.

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Jun

2020

1.2.29

enhancements

Screen-sharing

Added zoom-in & zoom-out facility

bugs

Fixed bugs in Group Controls

Jun

2020

1.2.27

enhancements

Group Controls

While letting access to create a group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

Airtime Group Controls

While letting access to create an Airtime group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

May

2020

1.2.26

features

Airtime Group

Only group Admin/Moderator can send messages. It is more like a group that is purposed for Broadcasting. The normal users cannot send any messages in Airtime group.

enhancements

**New Controls for the following (TM Admin can control these features):

Voice Message

Enable & Disable option
set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Images

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Audio

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Video

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

File

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Meta Link

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Burnout

Enable & Disable option
The admin can choose who can initiate Burnout.

Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately

Airtime Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Airtime Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately.

May

2020

1.2.25

bugs fixes

Fixed message sync issues.

Fixed white screen / no chats found issue after performing global search.

Fixed sync issues in post login.

Apr

2020

1.2.24

features

Contacts

Now manage your Phone & Troop Messenger contacts at one place!

enhancements

New & beautiful look to the Navigation Drawer!

Enhanced the look & feel of settings screen.

bugs fixes

Fixed message sync issues.

Fixed image uploading issue in low bandwidth

Fixed design issues for iPhone 11

Fixed meta-popup design issue

Fixed a bug where few reply messages were shown as empty

feb

2020

1.2.23

features

Meta-popup Links

Now know more information about the link you share.

enhancements

UI updates in 3 dots menu.

UI updates in Navigation menu.

UI updates in image editing.

bugs fixes

Fixed Message Recall issue.

Performance improvements.

jan

2020

1.2.22

features

Cattle Call

Cattle Call, a new name for Video Call Conferencing, from Troop Messenger! Now, let your teams have face-to-face work conversations with live meetings, webinars and more with Cattle Call.

Key Takeaways

Add unlimited participants during or before the Cattle call.
Give video access to a maximum of six participants, and let others listen to the audio.
Initiate chat to share your views
Mute/unmute yourself, or you can mute/unmute all participants.

bug fixes

Fixed VoIP call issues.

nov

2019

1.2.20

features

Edit

Now edit the sent message with the last edited time shown within it.

Flagging

Now you can flag all those conversations which you feel important! And, you can retrieve all the flagged conversations to one single place with the help of the flag filter.

Respond Later

Set a respond later reminder on the received message.

Video Player

View what you want! Use forward and backward controls while playing videos.

Image Editing

Your image speaks now! Highlight the distinct areas of an image with a wide set of tools and send it across the teams to make them understand your ideas better.

WallPapers

Customize your chat experience by setting your own wallpaper! To change chat wallpaper, Goto :Profile -> Settings -> Preferences -> Set Wallpaper

sep

2019

1.2.16

enhancements

Read Receipts

Added Read receipt filter.

others

Bug fixes.

aug

2019

1.2.15

features

Read Receipts

Mark messages as important with, “Read Receipt” icon and send them across individuals and groups for recipient’s acknowledgment.

User Labels

Now you will see a label displayed next to the user's name to know their designation. TM admin can add labels while adding an employee, or may edit them later from Admin panel.

Indicators and Marker Controls

Now the TM-admin can enable/disable the indicators and marker controls of typing, last seen, forward and fork out from the ‘Permissions’ page of the admin panel.

Enhancements

Now TM admin can add users irrespective of the registered domain.

Added navigation drawer for providing better UX.

Made UX changes to adding group members process.

Made UX changes to message forward/fork out search.

others

Bug fixes.

jul

2019

1.2.14

enhancements

Added Forkout marker. Enable/disable Forkout marker while sending a Forkout message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the Forkout icon in the message.

Added Forward marker. Enable/disable forward marker while forwarding a message across individuals/groups, and accordingly see the forward marker in the message.

Now as a super-admin of the group, you can make other group members as an ADMIN/MODERATOR while creating a group.

File uploads made easy. Now you will see a progress bar while uploading attachments.

Added Network status indicators. The status of No Internet is shown to the users as per the network downtimes.

Added Status Updates to the options menu. Select and Set your work status from here.

Now showing all media files in a single window. Scroll up/down to randomly select files.

Now view the search results by applying individual search filters of keyword, users/groups or date-time filters.

Global search and unread filter enhancements.

jul

2019

1.2.13

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvements

jul

2019

1.2.12

bug fixes

Bug fixing and performance improvement

jul

2019

1.2.11

bug fixes

Sign-up using public domains
Network Sync issues

may

2019

1.2.10

bug fixes

Fixed the duplication issue when sending the attachment with the same names.
Fixed "No Chats Here" issue in Recent Chat list.
Enhanced the search layout.
Fixed a few issues related to the Orange Member.

Fixed individual search issues.

may

2019

1.2.9

new features

Audio Messaging

Know more...

Mute Notifications

Know more...

Favourite Groups

Now mark and make your selected groups as your favourite groups by enabling the star symbol right beside the group name.

Know more...

enhancements

search filter layout for mobile

Re-modified the search filters layout. Added filters for de-activated members and Orange members.

More options for status updates

Now the profile section of your mobile application has five status updates to choose from. Out of which "Available", and "DND" are fixed. The other three are set by admin, which might be tentative.

apr

2019

1.2.7

bug fixes

network dropout issues

Fixed network dropping issues for audio call / video call / screen sharing.
Fixed audio call/video call /screen sharing drop outs when switched between networks.

few more

Fixed video stretching / shrinking issues while in a video call.
Performance optimization.

mar

2019

1.2.6

NEW FEATURES

Voice Calling

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Live Location Tracking

Know more...

mar

2019

1.2.5

NEW FEATURES

Orange Member

Know more...

Help Centre

Know more...

Enhancements

Favourite Contacts

Send Attachments using Forkout

Now Forkout allows the user to share diverse forms of attachments such as text files, image files, audio and video files along with the text messages.

JAN

2019

1.1.12

NEW FEATURES

Forkout

Forkout allows the user to send a text message to multiple individual participants or to multiple groups, at once.

Know more...

Favourite Contacts

Single Conversation Search

Single Conversation Search feature enables you to search for a specific text within a chat. When you type the word or a phrase , the search results include with the most recent message.

10 APR 2018

DEC

2018

1.1.10

NEW FEATURES

Burnout

Know more...

Enhancements

Know Your Group

This enhancement enables you to know the member count of a particular group, under its name.

Message Status Ticks

Know the unread/viewed/read status of your delivered chat message at the participants list.

Notification Reply

You can reply to a notification then and there itself, without opening the app in both Android and iOS.

JULY

2024

Enhancements

Edit Group Description

Now, you can edit/remove the group descriptions.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable group calls for Orange Members.

QR Code Scanner

QR code on the browser screen. Your phone will automatically scan the code, and you will be logged into the Troop Messenger browser app.

User Status

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

Now, Screenshots and screen recordings can be allowed based on user roles. This is available for Desktop [Windows, MacOS]/Android/iOS

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Bug Fixes

Fixed an issue related to Bold; sometimes, when a URL is in the message, the text that a user bolded was not shown as Bold in the right panel. But the preview in the left panel was shown in bold.

FEB

2024

Enhancements

Mentions

When you search for fellow orange users with their first and last names, you can now see an orange dot on the bottom right of their profile image.

Orange Members in Admin Dashboard Users Tab

Bug Fixes

Fixed empty name and avatar shown when we edit a message

Fixed the issue of recent tabs shown as empty for screen sharing.

Fixed search user issue in Permissions of Orange Members.

Fixed issue with file name of Code Snippet in the left panel.

Fixed an issue where a user typed text to a reply message and then copy pasted a JPG/File; the typed text was getting lost.

NOV

2023

features

Call Takeover

You can switch your audio/video calls between all the platforms.

Enhancements

Group Control

The TM admin has been given the privilege to Disable the notifications for the 'User-Deactivation' Message and the 'Group/User Attribute change' Message

User Status in Groups

Now, you can view the present status of users in the Group Profile.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is now enhanced. We have updated user and group profile tabs to icons.

Enhanced Contact Sharing

Added option to choose multiple Mobile Numbers and Email IDs in a 1:1 and Group chat while sharing a Phone Contact.

Shared Contacts View

You can view each contact's multiple mobile numbers and emails with a single tap.

Attachments

You can seamlessly share files directly from you're File media. Just select the file, drag, and choose the user or Group.

Orange Member Controls

TM Admin can enable/disable 1:1 calls for Orange Members.

Delete Controls

TM admin can enable/disable the Delete feature for all the users and decide who can use the Delete feature.

Cattle Call with Self

You can now initiate a Cattle Call with yourself. Later, you can add users or copy the link and share it with others.

Mentions Controls

Now the admin can:

Enable/Disable mentions in One-to-One and Group Chat
Enable/Disable mentions to non-group users within a group
Enable/Disable to enter a Minimum of three characters after @ to show mention users

Airtime Group Controls

Bug Fixes

Fixed orange members being unable to use the mentions feature in a group. While drafting a message in group chats, the orange member can now mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

MAY

2023

features

Create/Edit Group from Admin Dashboard

The TM admin or any authorized user can create or edit a group from Admin Dashboard-Groups, without being a part of it.

Group Chat History Availability

A newly added group member will have access to the group's chat history. This happens when the TM admin allows the control of 'Group Chat History for New Members' in the Admin Dashboard.

Enhancements

Chat Controls

Group Controls

The TM admin has been given the privilege to show or hide exited or deleted groups from the chat list panel and the global search filter.

Screen Shot and Screen Recording Controls

No one can capture a screenshot or perform a screen recording of the application unless it is allowed to them by the TM admin.

Text Message Controls

Only those users (roles) can share, forward, and copy a text message based on the permissions enabled to them by the TM Admin.

Updated Profile Tabs

Updated user and group profile tabs to text.

Auto Close

You don't have to click the cancel button to close the third window panel (e.g., the View Profile window). It closes automatically by sending, replying, or forwarding a message

Bug Fixes

Fixed message time issue on the Recent Messages panel

Fixed a bug where duplicate group members were shown in Group Profile

Fixed a bug where the user was wrongly shown as offline

Feb

2023

features

Common Groups

Find the common groups you and your co-worker(user) belong to. Go to the user profile to view the list of Common Groups.

Pin important messages and attachments and find them all in one place in the user as well as in the group profile.

Video messaging

Extended Search

Auto-Delete

Enhancement

Code Snippet Filter

Find the code snippet filter in the chat area filters bar. Apply it to the chat history to filter out code snippet messages.

Edit Captions

You can edit captions attached to the delivered(sent) image or text file attachments

Forward – With Caption

Now you can retain the captions attached to text, image, or video attachments as-is while you forward them to other users enabling the option "With Caption

Filters+Search

Now, the chat area's search icon has text search and chat area filters in it.

Platform Indicator

The online platform indicator at the user and group profile shows the platforms the user currently uses. It further helps you to see the platform from where the user is typing the message, either from an Android device, iOS, Desktop, or Browser. However, the platform icon in a group is [only shown]/[shown only] while the group member types a message.

Dec

2022

Enhancement

Video Attachment Pop out

Copy the URL or click on the URL of the video attachment to open it in a browser view.

Audio Attachment Pop out

Open the audio attachment in a browser using the pop-out button and listen to it.

QRP panel new design

View User – Admin Dashboard:

Now you can know by whom and when a new user has been added to Troop Messenger.

Tile Display

Now you can re-order or hide the display of the tiles (feature functionality) on the left vertical tiles bar from personal settings.

Code Snippet

Select ‘Text’ to write text, and while writing code, select ‘Code’ to enable Auto Detection of the programming code you write.

Message Info

The message info shows the platform, location, and IP Address from where the message has been sent.

Aug

2022

features

Platform & IP Address based restriction

Troop Messenger allows the Admin to restrict users by IP address and platform (e.g., Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, iOS), among other things.

Enhancement

Calling

- Maximum of six group call participants can start the video
- Fixed call drop issues.

User/Group Profile

Users' and Groups' profile appearance is enhanced, unlike earlier, which are supposed to be more intriguing.

Chat Deletion

Now you can delete all the messages in your and the sender's chat window.

Group Exits Filter

You can view exited groups using the filter option if you want to refer to old messages from the exited group.

File Sharing

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Copy Message

Now lengthy file names will be visible for you of both sent/ received files' preview

Myself

You don't have to enter your name to search your account; just enter 'Myself," you can view your account and your saved messages in it.

Contact Details

Now you can send the contact details by clicking the Copy icon in the user profile instead using the mouse.

Mentions

Now you can search for fellow users with their first & last name, including the space, without experiencing any deviation.

Preference Settings

Unlike earlier, your edited Preference settings will be saved and remain the same despite your logout.

Code Snippet

While editing the code snippet, a caution message will appear if you try to switch to the chats so that it reminds you to save it.

Upload Preview

You now have an improved preview for uploading files where you can see the file name, data usage, and other details accurately, making it easier for you to avoid submitting the incorrect file.

Dec

2021

features

Mentions

While drafting a message in One-to-One chats & group chats, the Mentions feature of Troop Messenger allows you to mention a person’s name using the "@" symbol.

UI Change

Enhancement

New Controls for Admin: (For Edit, Recall, and Location tracking)
Now the Admin can customise the time for message editing, message recall, location tracking and who can perform these actions

JULY

2021

features

Cattle Call

Talk, Meet, Share, Teach, Sell, Connect, Manage and do a lot more with Cattle Call’s high-quality video meetings. Meet up now!

Agile scrum meetings, product review sessions, daily stand-up meetings, remote teams, online education and more! Schedule an enterprise-ready scalable video conference.

Schedule Meetings

join the meeting by submitting the meeting id
find all the upcoming meetings in one place
express your interest to join meeting with; Yes, No, and Tentative.

Invite External Members

JUN

2021

features

File Deck

Key Points to note:

TM Files

Filter out files by members, groups, and by orange members
View all the sent files in one place by applying the ‘Files Sent’ filter
View all the received files in one place using the ‘Files Received’ filter
Use the search filters to find files by their type, date, and by tags.
Preview the file on the UI.
Use the option of pop-out to view the file in a browser window.
Share, download, or delete a file.
Rename the file.
Add quick notes to the file using My Notes

MY Files

Use the search filters to find files by their type, date, and by tags.
Preview the file on the UI.
Use the option of pop-out to view the file in a browser window.
Share, download, or delete a file.
Rename the file.
Add quick notes to the file using My Notes.

JUN

2021

Enhancements

Document Preview

We have refined the experience of previewing MS Word, Excel, PDF files, and file pop-out to the browser. You should now be able to open these files for quick view without any failures.

Added End Call Button

Now you can find an End Call button in the browser edition when you initiate a voice-video call

New Icons

Find the new icons for download, forward, and reply while you preview the document

BUGS

Now the company admin will be able to view the suggested user requests

Fixed the missed call log notification issues of group chat

Fixed the issue with voice message delivery. Now you will not find the recorded message in the input once it is delivered. It gets cleared!

Fixed the issue with voice message that was occurring while closing the select audio device pop-up. Now you can seamlessly start recording a new voice message

Now the admin will not see the Join Now approval request after the user connects to the call

You can now view the recent chat history even while a user removed log has been shown as the last message.

The issue with the user typing indicator was resolved. You will no longer find the phrase ‘undefined is typing”

APR

2021

ENHANCEMENTS

Code Snippet

Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view Clicking anywhere on code snippet now opens up the code view

BUGS

Now, your Troop Messenger auto-reconnects you to the call in the scenarios of network drops and while you try to switch from one network to other.

Fixed issues with message formats in all platforms

Jan

2021

features

Jointly Code

QRP - Quick Response Panel

Fonts

Formats

Mattermost Migration Tool

enhancements

Enhanced Left Railing
Find the new look of the enhanced left railing with the change in icons and in the background colour.

Dec

2020

features

Code snippet

Roles - Admin Dashboard

enhancements

Passive user's status in multi-user call.

UX improvement while forwarding messages in web/desktop app.

Oct

2020

features

Join Now

The Join Now facility of the group calling(audio-video) feature allows the users to join the ongoing call. You may not find such an exceptional facility in any other team calling applications.

Group Calling

Once after the call has been initiated:

The users/participants can be added to an ongoing call.
The ‘Join Now’, facility helps the users to join the ongoing call.
They can reject a group call by replying to the call with the selected customized messages.

Enhanced Group Profile

Find the newly added ‘Logs’ and ‘Settings’ buttons in the group profile section.
The Logs feature gives a detailed history of the activities performed by the group admin/moderator. It shows the actions of; group creation, adding or removing users, making or removing users as admin/moderator by date and time.
The Settings feature of the group profile allows the group admin to exit the group by making any other user as a group admin.

Also, this feature helps the group admin to delete:

All messages and files of the group
Only messages of the group
Only files of the group
Group

enhancements

UI Change on Conversation Window

Group Admin Settings

The admin can delete all group messages/attachments at once.
Group admin can delete anyone’s message in a group.

Admin Dashboard – Controls

Aug

2020

enhancements

Screen Sharing

Fixed Cattle Call issues

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Jul

2020

features

Screen Sharing

enhancements

Screen Sharing

You can initiate a video call while screen sharing.
You can initiate an audio call while screen sharing.

Jun

2020

enhancements

Cattle Call

Added Audio only facility in Cattle Call.

bugs

Fixed bugs in Cattle Call Video Conferencing

Jun

2020

enhancements

Group Controls

While letting access to create a group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

Airtime Group Controls

While letting access to create an Airtime group, the admin of Troop Messenger has the privilege to show/hide the member names to Non-admin/Moderator.

May

2020

features

Airtime Group

Only group Admin/Moderator can send messages. It is more like a group that is purposed for Broadcasting. The normal users cannot send any messages in Airtime group.

enhancements

**New Controls for the following (TM Admin can control these features):

Voice Message

Enable & Disable option
set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Images

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Audio

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Video

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

File

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download.

Meta Link

Enable & Disable option
Set permissions to User, Orange Member and TM-Admin: Options to allow – Share, Forward and Download

Burnout

Enable & Disable option
The admin can choose who can initiate Burnout.

Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately

Airtime Group

Enable & Disable option
An admin can set permissions of “Who can create Airtime Groups” for all the Members/orange members collectively and to every Individual separately.

**Option for enabling Auto Renewal - Recurring charges i.e. TM-Admins will be able to do Auto-Renewal in the Billing Section.

Apr

2020

features

Contacts

Admins can view added contacts and edit selected profile information of team members.
To view contact, click the contact icon in the left sidebar. Search for a member, then click the ellipsis (three vertical dots) at the right side of the contact name and choose the ‘View Profile’ option.
To edit profile, click the ellipsis an opt for ‘Edit Profile,’ make your changes and click Save.
Team members can also add new contacts. At the top of the screen, click the ‘Add Contact’ icon. Then, enter the personal information, company info, and address of each contact, and click save. The added contact will appear in the contacts directory.

enhancements

Global search and filters

Quick app intro banners, after sign up

"Myself" notation for self-contact

Improved desktop sync mechanism

Added member search option in group profile

bugs

Individual search issue (messages were repeating when scrolled up)

Fixed YouTube link issue, which was not opening in the browser from TM app

feb

2020

enhancements

Quick rendering of self profile.

Added Divider for Logout button.

Allowed forward & copy options while reply is active.

Removed meta pop up link for Youtube videos.

Added "last year" option in text search.

Added Close icon for user / group profile on left panel.

Retained active text message as caption while added attachment(s).

Now open text files, PDFs in Google doc pop-out.

Made UI/UX changes in iBuzr panel.

bugs

Fixed a bug in video conference where primary cam was getting selected irrespective of cam selection.

Fixed XSS security bug in attachment caption.

Fixed Calendar picker design issue in text search.

jan

2020

features

iBuzr

iBuzr is helpful for a quick chat. We have 2 types- Canned and Suggested Messages.

Canned Messages are predetermined responses to the questions that can be sent instantly without typing the message. Canned messages need to be manually added in settings.
Suggested Messages are responses to the questions which are frequently used by you.

dec

2019

features

Cattle Call

Cattle Call, a new name for Video Call Conferencing, from Troop Messenger! Now, let your teams have face-to-face work conversations with live meetings, webinars and more with Cattle Call.

Key Takeaways

Add unlimited participants during or before the Cattle call.
Give video access to a maximum of six participants, and let others listen to the audio.
Initiate chat to share your views
Mute/unmute yourself, or you can mute/unmute all participants.

Meta pop up links

Now know more information about the link you share

enhancements

Quick Product Tour

Have a quick walk-through around the features and functionalities of Troop Messenger. This tour makes you learn and understand how and where to access them.

Read receipt Filter

Added Read Receipt Filter to Advanced Filter Group for Browser and Desktop.

Caption for all type of attachments

Apart from images, now you can add a caption to all the other types of attachment files while you upload them to Troop Messenger.

Pop-out

Respond later filter

Customized Billing

NOv

2019

features

Edit

Now edit the sent message with the last edited time shown within it.

Flagging

Now you can flag all those conversations which you feel important! And, you can retrieve all the flagged conversations to one single place with the help of the flag filter.

Respond Later

Set a respond later reminder on the received message.

Help Tile – New Menu

TM Bulletin

Tour

Have a complete walkthrough of Troop Messenger with this tour. It take you to the sign-up process of registration, dashboard admin settings, application’s feature-level videos, etc.,

enhancements

Left Top Panel

The current left top panel will now appear on the left as a vertical panel. Find and access Profile, TM Admin, Notifications, Settings, Help tiles and more from here.

Fork out – Done Button

Click on the done button while you finish sending the fork out messages across your teams.

Message Right-Click Menu

Made a few UI changes to enhance the user experience.

Settings Tile – Notifications

Configure notifications and other settings of Troop Messenger by clicking on the Settings icon that resides on the vertical left panel.

TM Admin Tile

Now you can directly go to the admin panel settings from within Troop Messenger application.

10 APR 2018

sep

2019

features

Billing & plan management

You can change your pricing plans to meet your requirements. Admins have the access to Billing Module where they can request for change in plans and payment periodicity.

Connect with us

support@troopmessenger.com