The IM SDK on the new version comes with upgraded group types, including work groups (Work), public groups (Public), meeting groups (Meeting), communities, and audio-video groups (AVChatRoom).
The groups on the earlier SDK version and the new SDK version are as compared below:
Groups on the Earlier Version
Groups on the New Version
Group Feature
Public
Public
Public group
It allows the group owner to designate group admins. To join the group, a user needs to search for the group ID and send a request for approval by the group owner or admin.
Private
Work
Work group
A work group allows users to join after being invited by a friend who is a member of the group, without acceptance by the user or approval by the group owner required.
ChatRoom
Meeting
Meeting group
A meeting group allows users to join and leave freely and view message history from before they joined the group. This group type is suitable for scenarios where Tencent Real-Time Communication (TRTC) is used, for example, audio and video conferences and online education.
AVChatRoom
AVChatRoom
Audio-video group
An audio-video group allows users to join and leave freely. It supports an unlimited number of group members and doesn't store message history. This group type can be used with live streaming products to support on-screen comment chat scenarios.
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Community
Community
A community allows users to join and leave freely. It is a new powerful tool for entertainment collaboration and is suitable for chat scenarios with a super large number of community members, such as finding like-minded people, gaming social networking, fan marketing, and organization management.
Within the same community, a high number of members can be divided into different groups and topics to separate messages for hierarchical communication, yet they can also share the same set of friend relationships.
Note
The community feature is supported only by the SDK of the Enhanced edition on v5.8.1668 or later and the SDK for web on v2.17.0 or later. You need to purchase the Premium edition, go to the console, select Feature Configuration > Group configuration > Group feature configuration, and enable Community.
By default, message history pull is not enabled for work groups (Work) and public groups (Public). To use this feature, log in to the IM console and modify the configuration as follows:
The features and limits of each group type are as described below:
Feature
Work Group (Work)
Public Group (Public)
Meeting Group (Meeting)
Community Group (Community)
Audio-Video Group (AVChatRoom)
Available member roles
Group owner and common member
Group owner, group admin, and common member
Group owner, group admin, and common member
Group owner, group admin, and common member
Group owner and common member
Requesting to join a group
Not supported
Supported with group owner or admin approval required
Supported with no approval required
Supported with no approval required
Supported with no approval required
Joining group via invitation by a member
Supported
Supported (Since v7.1.3925)
Supported (Since v7.1.3925)
Not supported
Not supported
Group owner leaving group
Supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Not supported
Who can modify group profile
Any group member
Group owner and admin
Group owner and admin
Group owner and admin
Group owner
Who can kick group members out of group
Group owner
Group owner and admin. Group admin can only remove common group members.
Group members cannot be removed. The same effect can be achieved by muting members.
Who can mute members
Muting members is not supported
Group owner and admin. Group admin can only mute common group members.
Group owner
Unread count
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Supported
Not supported
Viewing message history earlier than user's entry time
Supported
Supported
Supported
Supported
Not supported
Retaining message history in the cloud
Developer edition: 7 days
Standard edition: 7 days by default, which can be increased to up to 360 days via value-added service
Premium edition: 30 days by default, which can be increased to up to 360 days via value-added service
Not supported
Number of groups
Developer edition: Up to 100 existing groups, and deleted groups do not count against the quota.
Standard edition or Premium edition: Unlimited
Developer edition and Standard edition: Not supported
Premium edition: 100,000
Developer edition: Up to ten existing groups, and disbanded groups do not count against the quota.
Standard edition: Up to 50 existing groups, and disbanded groups do not count against the quota.You can upgrade to unlimited number of audio-video groups by purchasing the value-added service.
Premium edition: Unlimited
Number of group members
Developer edition: 20 per group
Standard edition: 200 per group by default, which can be increased to up to 2,000 per group via value-added service
Premium edition: 2,000 per group, which can be increased to up to 6,000 per group via value-added service
100,000
Unlimited number of group members
Note
In the SDKAppID of the Standard edition or Premium edition, the maximum net increase in group count per day is 10,000 for all group types.
Yes
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