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by Dušan Savić on July 8, 2026
Available from 3 July, 2026
Introducing Digital Samba 642! This release adds more control over participant name and status icon placement on video tiles, enables live captions without saving transcripts, and shows who reacted to chat messages on mobile, alongside new Catalan and Swedish caption support. Read on to discover what’s new, and don’t forget to check the latest updates in Digital Samba Free.
Digital Samba Embedded Dashboard and API
New Features
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Added a Video tile layout setting so moderators can choose where participant names and status icons appear on video tiles.
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Added a room-level setting to run live captions and transcription without saving the transcript or summary.
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Added all moderator actions affecting participants to the 3-dot menu for a more compact visualisation.
In-Room
New Features
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Added Catalan as supported caption language.
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Added Swedish as supported caption language.
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Added the ability to see who reacted to a chat message on mobile by long-pressing the reaction.
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Added automatic framing so whiteboard content stays properly in view in recordings.
Fixed
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Fixed an issue where a long participant name could overflow the name bubble on a tile.
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Fixed the breakout room timer countdown.
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Fixed an issue where close (X) buttons appeared next to screen shares in the participants list.
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Fixed an issue where a pinned tile could become smaller than other tiles when the content tile was resized.
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Fixed an issue in Firefox on Windows where the cursor disappeared after pressing backspace or delete on the whiteboard.
Digital Samba Free
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Added search to the past calls section.
