Vonage Video API Release Notes

v2026.5.0 — May 2026

May 19, 2026 — Client SDK (Standard environment) & Video Reference App (iOS, Android VERA)

Updates for Video API client SDKs for OpenTok.js (version 2.34.1, Standard environment).

See the release notes:

Native Video iOS & Android Reference Apps (version 1.2.0).

May 13, 2026 — React Native SDK update (Standard environment) & Video Express update

Updates for React Native SDK (version 2.33.0). See the release notes

Update for Vonage Video Express (version 1.10.3) See the release notes. Note that Vonage Video Express has now been deprecated. We recommend transitioning to the Video API Reference App.

May 6, 2026

Updates for Video API client SDKs for OpenTok.js, Android, iOS, Windows, and Linux (version 2.34.0, Standard environment). See the release notes:

v2026.4.0 — April 2026

April 13, 2026

OpenTok.js (Enterprise environment)

OpenTok.js 2.33 is now available in the Enterprise environment (in addition to the Standard environment). See the release notes and the enterprise environment information.

v2026.3.0 — March 2026

March 30, 2026

React Native SDK update (Standard environment), Video Reference App (Web, iOS, Android VERA) and Platform and Developer Tools update

Updates for React Native SDK (version 2.32.1). See the release notes.

Native Video iOS & Android Reference Apps (version 1.1.0).

Updates for Video Web Reference App (VERA) (version 1.4.2). See the release notes:

March 23, 2026

Platform, Developer Tools and Insights API updates

Updates for Audio Connector

March 12, 2026

Platform Updates

Updates for Experience Composer

  • Improved video framerate when using VP9 codec.

  • Experience Composer instances will respect platform server migration events by stopping gracefully and sending a callback to the customer.

  • Experience Composer instances will respect moderator sent force disconnect & force unpublish events by stopping gracefully and sending a callback to the customer.

March 10, 2026

Client SDK (Standard environment)

Updates for Video API client SDKs for OpenTok.js (version 2.33.1, Standard environment).

March 9, 2026

Video Native Reference App (iOS and Android VERA) & Platform Updates

Updates to Media Connection (Early Access)

  • Forward Error Correction (FEC) has been enabled between our Media Router and Media Archiver to enhance media stream reliability, especially in case of internal network problems. The feature is currently available only in Early Access environment, please contact Vonage support if you are interested in enabling this feature.

  • Native Video iOS & Android Reference Apps (version 1.0.0). See the iOS release notes See the Android release notes

March 4, 2026

Platform Updates

Updates to Media Connection

  • The platform now supports Media Mesh, reducing latency and improving audio and video quality for geographically distributed sessions. With Media Mesh, each participant automatically connects to the media router in their nearest regional datacenter, optimizing media routing based on actual participant locations. Media traffic between participants in different regions is routed through internal high-speed connections to minimize latency. This feature is automatically enabled for all routed sessions (sessions not created with relayed media mode).
  • For more information on routed vs. relayed sessions, see Media Router and media modes.

March 3, 2026

Video Web Reference App (VERA) update (version 1.4.1)

Updates for Video Web Reference App (version 1.4.1). See the release notes

March 2, 2026

Video Inspector update

  • New Feature: Live captions support. The Inspector tool now supports live captions.

  • Fix: Packet loss reports. Inspector charts now display publisher packet loss more accurately for routed sessions.

v2026.2.0 — February 2026

February 26, 2026

Platform Updates

Updates for Audio Connector

  • Added Notify event to Audio Connector. Your WebSocket server can optionally send a text-based control message (NOTIFY). This can be used as a marker to correlate application events with the audio flow. See Audio Connector Notify Message.
  • Added custom HTTP headers to websocket:cleared message. See Audio Connector Custom headers.

February 25, 2026

React Native SDK update (Standard environment)

  • Updates for React Native SDK (version 2.31.2). See the release notes.

February 19, 2026

Platform Updates

  • New feature in Playground Playground now includes support for Live Captions.
  • SIP quality metrics support for the Advanced Insights API. See the SIP Quality Metrics section of the Insights developer guide for details.

February 18, 2026

Client SDK (Standard environment) & Platform Updates

Security updates for Video API platform (Standard and Enterprise environments)

  • Enabled support for TLS 1.3 to enhance security. The platform now supports both TLS 1.2 and TLS 1.3.

February 12, 2026

OpenTok.js update (Enterprise environment) and Platform update

Updates for Audio Connector

  • Fixed an issue where an unidirectional Audio Connector session could remain active longer than expected.

February 3, 2026

Updates for Precall

  • Precall tool, during and after the network test, now displays additional information about video Media mode, Ice candidate and connection protocol.
  • Precall was updated to use latest version of Network test js library.

v2026.1.0 — January 2026

January 29, 2026

React Native SDK update (Standard environment)

Updates for React Native SDK (version 2.31.1). This version is built with the React Native new architecture. It also adds new API enhancements.

See the release notes.

January 28, 2026

Client SDK (Standard environment)

Updates for Video API client SDKs for OpenTok.js (version 2.30.7, Standard environment).

January 21, 2026

Platform Updates

Updates for Audio Connector

January 20, 2026

Platform Updates & Web Reference App (VERA) Updates

Updates to Media Connection (Early Access)

  • Forward Error Correction (FEC) has been enabled between our Media Router and Subscribers to enhance media stream reliability, especially in a lossy network.
  • The feature is currently available only in Early Access environment, please contact Vonage support if you are interested in enabling this feature.

Updates for Video Web Reference App (VERA) (version 1.4.0).

January 19, 2026

Client SDK (Standard environment)

Updates for Video API client SDKs for OpenTok.js (version 2.31.2, Standard environment).

January 15, 2026

Platform Updates

Updates to Media Connection

  • Single Peer Connection (SPC) has been re-enabled in the Web SDK, starting with version 2.32.0 and above.
  • Customers who previously opted into SPC will automatically use SPC on supported versions. When SPC is not available, the SDK will gracefully fall back to Multi Peer Connection (MPC) to ensure service continuity.
  • To take advantage of SPC, please update to Web SDK v2.32.0 or later. SPC remains disabled on versions earlier than 2.32.0 or later.

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