Let’s get started, 2025! The holidays are over, and we’re kicking off the year with exciting updates to enhance your experience. What’s new in Digital Samba 603? Enjoy customisable HD video and audio quality settings and expanded permissions for better control. In-room features like chat message deletion, exportable chat history, and synchronised media controls ensure seamless sessions. Dive in and explore what’s new!
Digital Samba Embedded
Dashboard and API
New Features
Added a powerful new option to customise HD video quality settings in Digital Samba, enabling moderators to select their preferred resolution and bitrate for optimal performance. With options such as 720p (1.5 Mbps – recommended), 720p (2.5 Mbps), 1080p (2.5 Mbps), and 1080p (5.5 Mbps), this feature offers greater flexibility to balance video clarity and bandwidth usage. This enhancement ensures an improved video experience tailored to the specific needs of each session.
Added an option to customise audio quality settings in Digital Samba, enabling moderators to select their preferred bitrate for optimal performance. With options like 32 kbps (recommended), 64 kbps, and 128 kbps, this new feature allows greater flexibility to balance audio clarity and bandwidth usage. This enhancement ensures an improved audio experience tailored to the specific needs of each session.
Added a new permissions 'Chat export' and 'Delete others' chat messages'in the dashboard, enabling greater control over chat data management. For more information on general roles and permissions, please visit our documentation.
Added an API endpoint to generate a token or a room link with the token, streamlining the integration process for developers using automation platforms like Zapier. This enhancement reduces the complexity of token generation, allowing for more efficient and automated workflows, ultimately improving the overall user experience for developers integrating Digital Samba into their platforms.
In-Room
New Features
Added the ability to delete other participants' chat messages, allowing for the removal of inappropriate or obscene content when necessary.
Added the ability for participants to export chat history directly within the room, enabling them to review or share important communication during or after the session. This ensures critical messages are preserved for documentation or follow-up.
Added enhanced synchronised volume and mute controls for embedded YouTube and Vimeo videos. This improvement ensures that volume adjustments and mute settings are consistently reflected across all participants, providing a unified and seamless media playback experience during sessions.
Added an event to the SDK to detect when someone stops talking.
Added the ability to paste images in Base64 format onto the whiteboard via the SDK.