Highlights include Sliding Sync (instant login/launch/sync), Native OIDC (industry-standard authentication), Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing) and Faster Joins (lazy-loading room state when your server joins a room).

  • Native Group VoIP (end-to-end encrypted large-scale voice & video conferencing)

    I am most excited for this. This definitely turns Matrix into a viable Discord alternative where it wasn’t before IMHO