Changelog

Changed

• New design for control and annotation modes
• Native cursors are never tinted nor scaled. They are used by the participant who currently have control over the mouse
• Other users cursors are always visible no matter the annotation mode

Fixed

• Restored keyboard shortcuts to switch between annotation modes
• The local user now has a random color when they join an empty room instead of pink
• Fixed potential race when unmuting/muting Tuple

Changed

• Implemented new cursor style
• Utilize better cursor color combinations that are easier to distinguish
• Windows hosts will no longer resend the same cursor images

Fixed

• Intermittent crashes when playing audio clips like the ringtone
• Cursor and screen scaling issues across peers with differing DPIs
• Some cursor images while sharing from windows weren’t rendered correctly

Changed

• Call participants can now claim ownership over remote control by pressing a key

Fixed

• Cursors will always be drawn on top of annotations

Added

• Support for stereo microphones with vocal effects (e.g., Blue Yeti)
• Support for hardware interfaces with loopback channels (e.g., Scarlett Focusrite 4th generation models)

Fixed

• Crash if default system audio device becomes NULL
• Some intermittent crashes if Tuple launches too early during boot
• Crash if log cursor file is temporarily locked

Fixed

• Local mouse cursor speed when guest takes control

Fixed

• Fixed crash that occurs if the log file is locked by an external process
• Direct2D targets are now automatically recreated if needed
• Screen share window now resizes appropriately if screen resolution changes
• Only one animation of each type will be played at a time
• Fixed intermittent deadlock which can occur when a call ends

Added

• More efficient rendering of annotations/animations while sharing screen
• The confetti animation!

Fixed

• Hangs when restoring video views on M2 machines
• Flickering when resizing the webcam grid view

Added

• Annotations and animations are now rendered locally in the screen share window. They should be much clearer and smoother!
• Better error popups if sign-in fails
• You can now send the middle-mouse button when remotely controlling your pair’s machine
• Old installers (from previous updates) are now cleaned up during the upgrade process
• Handling of requests to share webcam from peers

Fixed

• Popover now opens after a successful login
• Login token remains valid even if Tuple restarts
• Memory leaks in UI content management

Fixed

• Host users now can draw on the menu bar area—this fixes visualization inconsistencies and vertical misalignment for the host and guests
• Video not being rendered sometimes in the coding webcam view

Changed

• Esc key can be used to leave drawing mode on host side
• Locking screens stops drawing mode on host side

New Screen Share Window

This release includes some big updates to the screen share window. We’ve redesigned it to make it easier to understand what’s going on in a call, and perform common actions like toggling your mute state or sharing your screen. You can read more about it in the docs.

Other fixes and changes

• Fixed a race condition that stopped Tuple’s windows from being excluded from the captured screen share video stream
• Added additional icons to indicate if leaving a call will end it, or if it will continue for other participants
• Added alerts when attempting to share a screen when another participant is already sharing

Fixed

• Drawings are now correctly resized when resing the screen share window
• Emoji selector now doesn’t incorrectly highlight the first emoji
• Cached avatars are now correctly refreshed
• Call participants cursors are now correctly shown
• Current user cursor now is correctly hidden if the mouse goes out of the view or the window is not key
• Closing and reopening the window doesn’t cause video to freeze now
• The correct cursor is shown now when the mouse is over the webcam preview window if that window is on top of the screen share window

Changed

• Call controls now have colors that match the macOS status item device activity indicators

Removed

• We’ve completely removed support for the legacy audio engine on macOS 15. If this causes problems for you, please contact support.

Changed

• Updated our crash reporter, which has allowed us to catch more issues

Fixed

• Regression that caused right-clicks to stop working in the “screen view” window.

Fixed

• Fixed a faulty assertion which was causing runtime crashes
• Fixed a bug that was affecting the day counter for people who were in the middle of their free trial

Fixed

• Bug that would show trial ends today on the same day a new account is created

Changed

• Our crash reporter now catches more issues

Added

• Noise suppression: we’re pleased to announce the addition of another long-requested feature: background noise suppression! This is now enabled by default.

Fixed

• Fixed sign-in issues when running Tuple as administrator

Changed

• macOS 13 or later is now required
• Reduced jitter on calls with 4 or more people

Fixed

• Crash which could occur when using certain firewalls
• Crash which could occur when handling remote copy/paste