🔐 From April 2026, only verified devices can send or receive end-to-end encrypted messages on Element. This further ensures you can trust every message and stay protected from potential malicious activity, following the Matrix spec update announced at #MatrixConf2025. Prepare by reading the actions required!
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Verifying your devices is becoming mandatory
From April 2026, only verified devices can send or receive end-to-end encrypted message on Element.
We have joined 100+ partners in supporting the “Declaration of Digital Independence” led by @APELL. 🇪🇺 With the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty taking place today, the signatories call on European leaders that open source is a driver of sovereignty, competition and innovation. ✍️ Participate by signing the declaration:
Declaration of Digital Independence – Open Letter initiated by APELL – The European Open Source Software Business Association
🇪🇺 Today we're at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty - jointly organised by @Bundesdigitalministerium and the French government, with support from other EU member states. The Summit will explore a roadmap for a digitally sovereign Europe, highlighting the role of open standards and open source software. 👉 Read the highlights and more details of the #EUSummit25:
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Element at the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty
We’re delighted to be participating in the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty.
🇱🇺 Wishing lots of “good lux” to everyone joining the “Matrix meets Luxchat” Hackathon at Luxembourg Internet Days! The event will supercharge Luxchat (Luxchat4Gov & Luxchat4Pro), Luxembourg’s Matrix-based messaging for public & private sectors. @The Matrix.org Foundation co-founder & Element CEO @npub1jmd9...k8fz will join to share advice and help judge. Thanks to the Ministry for Digitalisation, LU-CIX, the Luxembourg House of Cybersecurity, and the Digital Learning Hub for the initiative.
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Hackathon - Luxembourg Internet Days 2025
NOVEMBER 18 & 19, LUXEMBOURG THE CHALLENGE Get ready to dive into the “Matrix meets Luxchat” Hackathon powered by the Ministry for Digitalisati...
🇪🇺 We’re looking forward to the Summit on European Digital Sovereignty, devised by @Bundesdigitalministerium. openDesk and La Suite will be showcased to demonstrate how Europe is building digitally sovereign office suites based on open source software — both using customised versions of Element and @The Matrix.org Foundation open standard for real-time communications. On 18 November, watch the summit live at: https://bmds.bund.de/aktuelles/eu-summit image
🚀 What does it take to rewrite your apps from the ground up — and bring an ecosystem along with you? At hashtag MatrixConf2025, we shared the journey behind Element X and Element Pro: our next-generation clients built on a Rust SDK, designed for speed and better performance across mobile and desktop. 🎥 Watch the full session & dive deeper; including demos on Element X, Spaces and custom-branded Element Pro.
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Element X and Pro updates; a glimpse into the future
At The Matrix Conference 2025, I had the opportunity to reveal the evolution and journey to our flagship apps: Element X and Element Pro. Wat...
🌍 What is interoperability? That's what we asked European tech leaders at @The Matrix.org Foundation Conference 2025. 💡 They agree that interoperability protects against vendor lock-in and enables separate organisations to preserve their digital sovereignty while communicating with each other.
🚀 New ESS 25.10 releases are here! The latest Long Term Support (LTS) versions across the Element Server Suite (ESS) range are now available for ESS Classic, ESS Pro and ESS TI-M - delivering enhanced stability and security. ESS Classic now has Matrix Authentication Service (MAS), making it the perfect time to start moving users to Element X app. Element Admin now included in ESS Pro and ESS Community - industry standard auth, improved user mgt and smoother admining!
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ESS 25.10: LTS, MAS migration and Element Admin
Element is rolling out ESS 25.10, delivering new LTS releases for ESS Classic, ESS Pro and ESS TI-M, alongside refreshed builds for ESS Community.
At #MatrixConf2025, Mathieu Velten from [@numerique_gouv](
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Dir. interminist. du Numérique (@numerique_gouv@social.numerique.gouv.fr)
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 ) shared the evolution of Tchap - the French public sector messaging tool based on @The Matrix.org Foundation 💡Tchap, a fork of Element, now has a server for each ministry and 375K active users as part of a large private federation. It is also part of La Suite, the collaboration platform integrating open source tools for public agents. Tchap plans to adopt open federation to connect with external parties, such as local authorities.
Die jährliche Matrix Konferenz - die diesmal in Straßburg stattfand – bot vielen Experten vor allem aus dem öffentlichen Sektor und dem Gesundheitsbereich neue und hilfreiche Einblicke, auch zum Thema digitale Souveränität.
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Matrix Conference 2025: Diskussion über offene Kommunikationsplattform
(Bild: Marvin Djondo-Pacham) Bericht über die Matrix Conference 2025, bei der Entwickler und Behörden über digitale Souveränität und sichere M...