On-premise

Element is best on-premise alternative as Skype for Business Server hits EOL

A guide to on-premise alternatives as Skype for Business Server nears End of Life.

EMS

Microsoft Teams and Slack integration using Matrix

Element Matrix Services now offers fully managed bridges for both Microsoft Teams and Slack. Connect Element to both, and you can integrate Slack and Microsoft Teams via Matrix.

Element app

Spaces: The next frontier

We’re launching Spaces— the next frontier for how to group rooms and people in Element and Matrix. Join the public beta!

Collaboration

Universal universities

On the open Matrix network, possibilities for academia are endless; read our blog how education can become more accessible, inclusive and open for everyone.

Bridging

EMS launches bridging for Microsoft Teams

After offering bridges to Discord, Slack and Telegram, Element Matrix Services (EMS) is now launching Microsoft Teams Bridging.

Element app

Welcome, Element Home!

We’ve launched a brand new version of Element, called Element Home!

FOSDEM on Matrix

We’re very proud to have sponsored FOSDEM this year, and to have had extra skin in the game by helping FOSDEM go virtual.

Element suspended on Google Play Store: now resolved.

Hi all, At 2021-01-29 at 21:35 UTC Google suspended Element from the Play Store without warning or notification.  We submitted an appeal asking for clarification at 23:18, and at 05:31 received a generic update from the Google Play Policy team citing that the app has been removed

Enterprise

EMS announces full availability of Slack Bridging

Fully managed Slack Bridging lets EMS customers bring their Slack users straight into the open Matrix network

EMS brings harmony to Discord

EMS is now providing hosting for a fully managed bridge for text-based conversations in Discord.

2021 escalated quickly

The first week of 2021 has sped the adoption of decentralised real time communication.

EMS brings more interoperability to messaging

EMS is now providing hosting for a fully managed bridge for Telegram that supports both direct and group messaging.

Element Matrix Services simplifies Slack migration

Element Matrix Services (EMS) is releasing a new service to help organisations migrate from Slack to Element.

Here comes the missing communication layer of the web

The Digital Markets Act is pushing interoperability between messaging apps; it's a major win for consumers.

Preparing data for a choppy sea crossing

‘When the tide goes out you can see who’s been swimming naked’ is an appropriate adage for organisations’ data protection as the UK leaves the EU. After a long period of negotiation, the United Kingdom left the European Union on the 31st of January of 2020. The UK and

Announcing the Element public roadmap

We’re publishing the Element public roadmap in a new public repository and project board that anyone can access.

Gitter goes native!

Native Matrix connectivity for Gitter is a proof point for interoperability between messenger apps.

BwMessenger goes live for Bundeswehr!

BWI and Bundeswehr launches Matrix-based communications platform, BwMessenger.

Featured

Gitter is joining Element

When GitLab proposed that Gitter could be stronger as part of the Matrix network, we knew we couldn’t miss the chance!

Element 1.7.8 is out!

Highlights from Element Web 1.7.6, 1.7.7 and 1.7.8

A vision for every Element in the NHS Matrix

Matrix can be the open protocol that brings instant - and cost-free - interoperability for real time communications across the NHS.

Privacy shield judgement points to a decentralised future

In something reminiscent of David and Goliath, the stone of Max Schrems’ landmark legal challenge has shattered the Privacy Shield that protects centralised service providers.

Bonjour, Element on Android!

Element is built in Kotlin, so it has a much smaller and more maintainable codebase. The biggest focus has been on improving the user experience.

Welcome to Element!

Hi everyone, We are incredibly excited to announce that Riot is now Element! In fact we have simplified all our naming: Element is also the name for New Vector (the company behind Riot) while Modular, our flagship Matrix hosting service, has become Element Matrix Services. For those discovering us for

Element brings Matrix to Europe

Although Element is working with companies around the world, our busiest region is Europe and in particular European governments and public sector organisations. There are multiple reasons, but three of the biggest are: * We’re a European company, so there’s a natural local understanding and practicalities such as time