Bedrock Simple Voice 0.2.9 Beta 7

This update brings major improvements to audio quality, microphone stability, group management, and the overall voice chat experience.

New Features & Improvements

Audio & Microphone

• Improved voice playback on mobile devices with adaptive buffering and smoother audio processing.
• Improved speaker mixing and 48 kHz audio resampling.
• Reduced audio interruptions, stuttering, and playback issues.
• Improved microphone handling when switching devices or reconnecting.
• Added protection against multiple microphone sessions starting simultaneously, which could cause severely distorted audio.
• Improved microphone recovery after browser tab restoration and delayed permission requests.

Voice Controls

• Simplified the in-game /voice menu for Bedrock players.
• Added functional microphone mute, incoming audio mute, and master volume controls.
• Quick mute now disables both microphone transmission and incoming audio.
• Added individual mute and volume controls for group members directly in the web interface.
• Individual player audio preferences are saved locally.

Group System

• Fixed group creation and password-protected group joining.
• Bedrock players can now join password-protected Simple Voice Chat groups using the correct password.
• Invalid passwords are properly rejected.
• Improved compatibility handling for different Simple Voice Chat versions.

Bug Fixes & Stability

• Fixed overlapping microphone initialization that could cause distorted or corrupted audio.
• Fixed duplicate microphone startup attempts.
• Fixed outdated microphone audio being reused after disconnecting or switching devices.
• Fixed pending microphone initialization continuing after enabling listen-only mode.
• Improved audio device detection and recovery.
• Improved relay backpressure handling for more reliable communication.
• Improved session security and one-time pairing handling.
• Improved web client cache versioning to ensure updated assets are delivered correctly.

Diagnostics & Testing

• Improved connection diagnostics and troubleshooting information.
• Added additional microphone startup diagnostics.
• Diagnostic reports exclude sensitive tokens, device identifiers, and audio content.
• Added automated tests covering microphone startup conflicts, device changes, browser restoration, and disconnections.
• Successfully completed automated Java and web client builds and tests.

Installation & Compatibility

• Supported download: Paper, Purpur, and Spigot (Bukkit JAR).
• Fabric and Velocity builds are not included in this beta release.
• If you use the Byterider Managed Relay, web client improvements are delivered through the updated website.
• If you use the built-in web server, update the plugin JAR to receive the latest web client.
• Refresh the voice website after updating to ensure the latest version is loaded.

Note: This is still a beta release. Some hardware-specific audio issues may require further testing.