Open-source file syncing and sharing software company Nextcloud has announced the launch of Nextcloud Hub 7 which will feature unified search and phone integration.
In a statement, the company said the new release would also offer platform-wide out-of-office functionality and extends SIP integration to allow for dialling out to members in a video conference.
Nextcloud engineering director Andy Scherzinger said: "“Organisations worldwide are increasingly recognising the importance of secure and collaborative platforms to manage their data and communications effectively.
The unified search interface in Nextcloud Hub 7. Supplied
"Nextcloud Hub 7, as an open-source solution, provides organisations with a powerful tool that prioritises privacy and data sovereignty.”
{loadposition sam08}The improvements in the new release include:
- Unified Search with a dedicated dialog which has filter options to find emails, documents, chat messages, calendar appointments, contacts, and external data like GitHub tickets or even GIFs.
- A cross-application out-of-office setting in chat, email, calendar and user status.
- Nextcloud Files has been rewritten in Vue.js, delivering accessibility and interface improvements.
- Photos can show iOS Live Photos, photo location, and camera settings.
- App distribution and deployment is improved for Docker-based apps, with support for apps written in other languages - Go, Python or Rust, etc - along with a new app store overhaul.
- Nextcloud AI Assistant adds support for the German LLM Aleph Alpha, and usage of AI integrations can now be limited by administrators.
- Nextcloud Talk introduces telephone dial-out to the existing dial-in capabilities, tracks video recording consent, and offers a "Note to self" chat.
Hub 7 also includes a tech preview of “Context Chat” for the Nextcloud Assistant, enabling a large language model to answer questions about users' own documents, chats and emails. This feature has been developed along with the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.