Vivox Unity SDK 16.6.0

Release overview

1. Change

   This release focuses on improving voice quality while optimizing resource usage across all supported platforms.

2. Change

   For further technical details on all the changes included in this release, refer to the `CHANGELOG.md` file within the SDK.

Key features and bugs addressed

1. Improvement

   Updated license and third-party notices

2. Fix

   Fixed a bug where adjusting timeScale could prevent events from firing.

3. Fix

   Fixed an issue where creating an Android build with Player Settings > Android settings > Publishing Settings > Minify enabled would result in runtime errors.

   • Android

Audio Processing Improvements

1. Change

   Noise suppression now applied to capture audio by default

2. Change

   Extended Acoustic Echo Cancellation (AEC) and Automatic Gain Control (AGC) support to Nintendo Switch™, PlayStation®, Xbox, visionOS, and UWP

3. Change

   New AEC implementation prevents microphone dropouts in the presence of echo on mobile platforms

4. Improvement

   AGC enabled by default with improved microphone capture loudness

5. Change

   Optimized voice codec for reduced packet loss and jitter

Performance Optimizations

1. Improvement

   Existing AEC/AGC platforms:

2. Improvement

   11 MB reduction in memory usage during active sessions

3. Improvement

   Improved CPU efficiency in Release configuration

4. Improvement

   New AEC/AGC platforms:

5. Improvement

   44% increase in audio thread CPU usage

6. Improvement

   6 MB additional memory usage during sessions

7. Improvement

   Memory allocator improvements reducing heap memory requests

Platform-Specific Changes

1. Feature

   Android: Added 16KB page size support for native libraries

   • Android
2. Change

   Android: Proguard rules now included in AAR libraries

   • Android
3. Removal

   iOS: Removed support for ARMV7 architecture

   • iOS
4. Removal

   iOS: Removed bitcode

   • iOS
5. Improvement

   Android/iOS: Improved platform AEC control independent of DVPS

   • Android
   • iOS

Implementation Considerations

1. Change

   Consider adjusting application volume presets due to new AGC behavior

New interface

1. Change

   `IVivoxGlobalAudioSettings` provides centralized control of the new audio processing APIs, accessible through `VivoxService.Instance.VivoxGlobalAudioSettings` .

Noise suppression controls

1. Change

   `bool NoiseSuppressionEnabled { get; set; }`

Echo cancellation settings

1. Change

   `bool PlatformAcousticEchoCancellationEnabled { get; set; }`

2. Change

   `bool VivoxAcousticEchoCancellationEnabled { get; set; }`

Audio processing features

1. Change

   `bool AutomaticGainControlEnabled { get; set; }`

2. Change

   `bool DynamicVoiceProcessingSwitchingEnabled { get; set; }`

3. Change

   `bool VolumeBasedDuplicationSuppressionEnabled { get; set; }`

4. Change

   `bool PositionalChannelVolumeProtectionEnabled { get; set; }`

Clipping protection

1. Change

   `bool AudioClippingProtectorEnabled { get; set; }`

2. Change

   `AudioClippingProtectorParameters ClippingProtectorParameters { get; set; }`

Known issues

No known issues reported.