STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.5.0, Start Public Beta: 13.08.2025 

Beta-Version 9.5.0 Build 20 (Release date:26.09.2025)

Improvements

• New look & feel in the Conferences section:
  • Adding and removing participants has been redesigned with a modern interface, simplified contact selection, clearer required fields, and a removal confirmation prompt.

• Technical optimizations in the background.

Bugfixes

• (From Beta) A blank error message was shown when calling an internal contact without an external number via iPhone dial method – now replaced with a clear notification.

• [SC] On iPhone, only one phone number was shown when multiple numbers had the same display name – all numbers are now displayed correctly. [Call#91025793]

• Incorrect translations in the Call-Through description text were corrected for German and French.

Beta-Version 9.5.0 Build 15 (Release date:12.09.2025)

Improvements

• First name, last name, and email address fields in the user profile can now only be edited via the STARFACE PBX admin area. They are view-only in the app.
• When toggling “Enable Softphone” or “Enable Chat” in the Status menu, previously only the toggle area was blurred during loading. Users could still switch menus (e.g., to Journal), causing unexpected issues. This has been fixed so switching menus while loading is now blocked.
• Various technical improvements, including enhancements to admin-related functions.

Bugfixes

• (From Beta) The message “There are no terminated conferences” in the ended conferences view was previously not translated. The missing translation has been added.
• Several bug fixes to resolve/prevent certain app crashes
• iOS 26 specific fixes:
  • The iOS system’s “Merge Calls” function during Call Waiting did not work as expected; instead of merging into a conference, the first call was dropped. This is now fixed and calls merge correctly.
  • CarPlay Journal: The filter icon was displayed incorrectly and is now replaced with the standard iOS filter icon.
• When manually changing the server address on the login screen, then opening “More Settings,” the originally saved server address was incorrectly shown when returning. This now correctly retains the manual input.
• Changes to the STARFACE app ringtone took effect only after fully closing the app. Now ringtone changes apply immediately after saving.
• Starting a call via “Long Press” incorrectly offered the “iPhone” option for internal contacts without external numbers. Now, after selecting “iPhone,” the app checks if an external number exists and shows an error message if not.
• Custom chat status texts that ended with a space were not correctly marked as active after selection. This is now fixed, so such statuses are reliably indicated as active.

In some cases:

• After fully closing and reopening the app, BLF details were briefly shown and then hidden. This has been fixed to ensure stable display of details.
• Occasionally, the chat preview did not match the actual last message, especially if the app was closed via the app switcher. This inconsistency is now resolved.
• Reopening an unread fax on iPhone sometimes caused the fax view to close immediately. This has been corrected so the fax view now stays open as expected.

Beta-Version 9.5.0 Build 7 (Release date: 13.08.2025 )

Improvements / New Features

• New look & feel in further sections:

  • Visual redesign of the “Conferences” section

  • Minor visual adjustments in the menu bar and the “More” section according to the new color scheme

• In the contact details view, entries such as name, phone number, email, or URL can now be copied via long press or opened directly

• Technical optimizations

Bugfixes

• Improvements in the “Conferences” menu:

  • Missing conference permissions previously caused various error messages – a clear notification is now displayed when conference management is not allowed

  • (Ended conference) Sending an email to all participants of a terminated conference did not work and no email app opened – this now functions as expected

  • When creating a new planned phone conference, added participants were not fully saved – this issue has been fixed

  • Attempting to start a planned conference before its scheduled start time (5 minutes before) caused the app to crash – a message is now shown instead, indicating that the start is only possible at the scheduled time

  • Planned conferences could not be started despite reaching the start time (5 minutes before) – this issue has been fixed, and starting now works as intended

• Bug fix to resolve/prevent certain app crashes

• Internal phone numbers in the STARFACE address book contact details were displayed twice – this display issue has been fixed

• For internal users, the long press option on a call list entry incorrectly offered to save the contact in the address book – this option is no longer shown for internal STARFACE contacts

• On iOS 16 and 17, the redirection menu was incorrectly displayed in a white theme – it now matches the app design

In some cases:

• The chat preview did not match the actual last chat message (e.g., after the app was closed via the app switcher) – this issue has been fixed

• Chat messages were sometimes displayed twice – duplicate detection has been improved to prevent this

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.4.0, Release date: 23.07.2025

Version 9.4.0 Build 19 (Release date: 23.07.2025)

Improvements / New Features

• New look & feel for the "Contacts" menu.

• General improvements to the "Contacts" menu.

  • Function keys and favorites are now separated: favorites (BLFs and direct dial keys) remain under “Contacts”, while a new “Function Keys” section now contains the remaining function keys – aligning the structure with the STARFACE Win and macOS apps.

  • The new “Favorites” subsection replaces the previous “Keys” area in Contacts and now shows all saved favorite contacts (BLFs and direct dial keys).

  • Contacts can now be added (if user permissions allow):

    • via long-press on unknown contacts in the Journal,

    • in the call detail view of an unknown contact in the Journal,

    • in the "Contacts" section > STARFACE Address Book by tapping the “Add” (“+”) button in the top right corner.

  • Improved view of STARFACE contacts with a preselection display.

  • Redesigned search function in Contacts.

• Function keys are now located in a dedicated “Function Keys” section (under “More”) instead of within “Contacts”.

• Contact detail view is now available for showing information about a contact. This view can be opened:

  • from the “Favorites” section in Contacts via the info icon,

  • from the “iPhone” and “STARFACE” address book sections in Contacts by tapping on a contact entry,

  • from the Journal via the call detail view (opened by tapping the info icon in the Journal view), by then tapping the contact tile at the top.

• Login process has been restructured.

• Stability optimizations

• Unknown numbers can now be saved directly from the Journal (via the contact detail view > “Add to address book” option).

• If access to iPhone contacts is initially denied, a persistent notice is now shown in Contacts > iPhone, including a direct link to iOS settings for adjusting permissions later if desired.

• In the Function Keys section, the app now shows an info message if no function keys are available for the user. This helps to make it clear that no keys are configured – not that something went wrong.

• When searching in the Contacts > STARFACE Address Book section, the matching parts of the search results are now highlighted – so it's easier to see why a result was found.

• When deleting entries from the journal (such as calls, voicemails, or faxes), a confirmation message is now shown – to help prevent accidental deletions.

• Technical optimizations
• The hint message for moving the function keys in the Contacts > Favorites section has been improved and now matches the typical behavior on iOS.

• Improved scrolling behavior in the Contacts section and in Call Forwarding.

• Optimized logging to better analyze problems when using CarPlay.

Bugfixes

• [SC] In some cases, the call list in the Journal took a long time to appear after opening – this delay has been fixed. [Call#91007590]

• [SC] When activating or deactivating the speaker during a call, the call timer previously reset to zero – this issue has been fixed and the timer now remains stable. [Call#7992809]

• [SC] On iOS 18, if access for the SF app to the iPhone address book was granted only for selected contacts, no entries were shown in Contacts > iPhone – this issue has been fixed, and the granted contacts are now correctly displayed. [Call#91001642]

• On first opening the keypad in the “Keypad” menu, the delete key briefly appeared in the wrong position – this display issue has been resolved, and the key now appears in the correct spot immediately.

• [SC] If users tapped a journal entry multiple times during the app login process was currently running, it was possible to start several overlapping calls at once. This has been fixed: now only one call is started, and a loading indicator shows the connection status. [Call#7984736]

• [SC] In the CarPlay view, some profile pictures in the Favorites list were not centered properly – this display issue has been fixed. [Call#7963809]

• In some cases, app activity was still recorded in the log even after logging was turned off – this has been corrected.

• Several fixes were made to prevent app crashes and improve stability.

• In the call details screen, the call duration was shown twice by mistake – this issue has been fixed.

• The error message shown when a Light User tries to log in was unclear and inconsistent – it has now been replaced with a clearer and unified message that explains the missing permission.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.3.0, Release date: 28.05.2025

Version 9.3.0 Build 15 (Release date: 28.05.2025)

Improvements / New Features

• The app now displays notifications for missed STARFACE calls. Initially for calls to your own number (not for group calls). 

  • Important note: In order to use the “Push notifications for missed STARFACE calls” feature, it is necessary that the STARFACE telephone system used has at least SF-PBX version 9.0 or newer installed.

• Toggle in the app settings to activate and deactivate notifications for missed calls, missed group calls and chat messages.

• Chat notifications are now displayed in the typical iOS style of "Communication notifications".

• When SF users without UCI authorization try to log in to the SF iOS app, they now receive a clear error message indicating the reason why login is not possible and giving instructions on how to proceed.

• Stability optimizations

Bugfixes

• [SC] Bugfixes to the reported behavior “Journal loads slowly” [Call#91001568]

• [SC] The error message "Connection failed" was briefly displayed when the app was opened. The problem occurred when the connection was lost while the app was previously in the background and the iPhone screen was locked. This behavior has been corrected. [Call#7974642] [Call#7975359][Call#7976814]

• [SC] When you clicked notifications for incoming SF Chat messages to open them, in some cases no chat content was displayed. [Call#7974368] [Call#7986648]

• [SC] New chat messages were not displayed if the app was opened via the notification in the notification center of the iPhone while the message was already being read on an SF desktop client - this behavior has been corrected. 

• [SC] The counter for unread items in the journal tab of the navigation bar (bottom) did not synchronize with the actual number of unread items in some cases, especially when there was no or poor network connection - this behavior has been corrected. [Call#7960515]

• If a call was made from the number pad to a user who was not logged in (and therefore could not be reached), it took an unusually long time until the call was ended. In some cases, a loading symbol or an error message appeared (CallKitManagerError : Timeout OR actionFailed). This problem has been fixed.
• When searching for a contact in the journal, the number of a local contact was occasionally displayed first before the name was loaded - this behavior has been corrected so that the name now appears directly
• If the softphone switch was activated twice in quick succession and the user did not have softphone permission, an infinite loading icon appeared and the app no longer responded - this behavior has been corrected so that clear feedback is now displayed on each attempt.
• In individual cases, incoming chat messages were displayed twice if the app was in the background and the user was not actively using the app.
• In the app, the group name was not displayed correctly in the missed call notification if the language was set to English. This problem did not occur if the language was German or French.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.2.0, Release date: 25.03.2025

Version 9.2.0 Build 15 (Release Date: 25.03.2025)

Improvements / New Features

• [SC] Calls from the SF CarPlay UI now use the default dialing mode configured in the SF iOS app to ensure consistent dialing logic. 
• The keyboard in the chat can now be manually collapsed and expanded to see more messages at a glance. In addition, when the keyboard is opened, it automatically scrolls down to show the latest message.
• If the user has opened the chat with a person and a new message arrives, the chat now automatically scrolls down so that the message is immediately visible.
• Additional filters for chats are now available in the journal: Users can filter between “Seen” and “Unseen” as well as display specific group chats.
• The app logs have been expanded to better analyze problems with outgoing calls for specific error cases.
• Optimization of call acceptance and reduction of possible delays if you already have another active call.
• Technical optimization to improve stability.

Bugfixes

• [SC] The app crashed when starting an outgoing call via the SF CarPlay UI when using the default dialing mode Callback [Call#7978329]
• [SC] For incoming calls to a group, “Group number : Caller number” was briefly displayed instead of the group name. This behavior also occurred in push notifications and has been fixed. [Call#7964628]
• [SC] Calls from the call lists to users who were completely offline were not terminated as expected, but stayed active. In some cases the error message “CallKitManagerError: actionFailed” appeared. This issue has been fixed. [Call#7974647]
• [SC] Voicemails could not be heard when the iPhone's silent switch was set to “Silent”. [Call#7971486] [Call#7971251]
• [SC] When answering a second call via call waiting, the audio output was incorrectly switched from the loudspeaker to the standard device - this behavior has been fixed. [Call#7954796] [Call#7965717]
• [SC] Hanging up an active call via the red end button did not always work correctly - this behavior has been fixed. [Call#7960515]
• The filter logic in the journal did not work correctly: When setting a group filter, all own chats were still displayed. This behavior has been fixed so that now only the relevant entries are visible according to the filter settings.
• When returning an external blind transfer, the caller's phone number was not displayed in the call manager if the contact was unknown - this behavior has been corrected.
• The custom chat status was incorrectly reset to “Available” when opening the app from the background - this behavior has been fixed.
• If the SF PBX could no longer be reached after the WLAN connection was lost, error messages about the connection interruption appeared repeatedly, even after confirmation in the popup - this behavior has been corrected so that the message no longer appears repeatedly.
• Opening and closing chats with longer message histories took noticeably longer than before - performance has been optimized so that switching is now faster again.

In some cases:

• It was not possible to apply changes to redirects, the chat status or iFMC after opening the app from the background - this behavior has been fixed.
• When accepting a Click2Dial call, the call manager got stuck in the “Calling” status via the notification, which meant that no enquiries or forwarding were possible - this behavior has been fixed.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.1.0, Release date: 31.01.2025

Version 9.1.0 Build 8 (Release Date: 31.01.2025)

Improvements / New Features

• Stability improvements
• [SC] Conference creation in the app now supports phone numbers with special characters such as brackets, spaces or hyphens (e.g. '(0049) 721 123456789'). [Call#7948875]
• If you accidentally click next to the open filter in the Journal menu item, a call is no longer started. The filter remains active without unintentionally triggering a call.
• New call list features:
  
  • Comment / call notes: For all call list entries, call notes and important information about a call can now be stored for each call list entry using the new comment field (for groups, the comments are also visible to other group members).
  • Mark as called back: In the journal, missed calls can now be marked as “called back”.
  • “Answered by”: For group calls, “Answered by” indicates which person in the group has answered the incoming call.
• A detail view can now be displayed in the Journal menu item for entries in the call list.
• By displaying a confirmation prompt to confirm the action, the unintentional deletion of chat statuses or iFMC configurations is prevented.
• Several entries can now be selected at the same time in order to subsequently mark them as “seen” or delete them (per sub-area)
• Improvements to the display of the navigation bar in the Journal menu item.
• Handling emergency calls: Display of a warning message if the softphone is to be deactivated in the SF iOS app while emergency calls are activated via STARFACE.
• Minor visual optimizations in the Journal menu item.
• Technical optimizations

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes to fix / prevent frequent app crashes.
• [SC] On certain devices (e.g. iPhone SE), the privacy notice in display zoom mode overlapped the login button, which made it unusable - this problem has been fixed. [Call#7964695]
• [SC] Slow loading of the call list in the journal (if a user has a large number of Apple contacts on the device). [Call#7961855] [Call#7959358] [Call#7963494] [Call#7964391] 
• [SC] When opening a chat, the keyboard overlaid the last message texts. [Call#7959340]
• [SC] Saving when creating a new scheduled conference was not possible for certain users (with internal fax number > phone number) [Call#7948875]
• [SC] The primary internal number was not selected for a user in a scheduled conference. [Call#7948875]
• [SC] The filters set in the Journal menu item were reset or no longer applied after Force Close.
• In the journal, “---” was displayed instead of the phone number for voicemails and fax entries for unknown phone numbers.
• There were problems when creating scheduled conferences. It was not possible if the phone number format was not correct. [Call#7948875]
• In the chat area of the journal, in individual cases and under certain conditions, the names of individual chat entries were temporarily not correctly displayed, so that the corresponding e-mail address was displayed temporarily (for some seconds) instead.
• In some cases, calls were signaled where only “Connecting ...” appeared.
• Problems with SF PBX version 7.3:
  • It was not possible to set chat statuses if a user's STARFACE was running on an old SF PBX version 7.3.
  • The name for a chat was displayed incorrectly (in the form of an ID) if a user's STARFACE was running on an old SF PBX version 7.3

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.0.1, Release date: 15.11.2024

Version 9.0.1 Build 1 (Release Date: 15.11.2024)

Bugfixes

• [SC] Noise (glitching audio) during calls with iPhone SE 2nd Gen and iPhone XR models (under iOS 18.0.1 or newer) [Call#7956110] [Call#7959297]

STARFACE for iOS, Version 9.0.0, Release date: 30.10.2024

Version 9.0.0 Build 10 (Release Date: 30.10.2024)

Improvements / New Features

• Facelift of the app (part 1): New look & feel
  
  • Visual revision of the menu items Journal, Settings and Status (including Profile, Chatstatus, Redirections, iFMC)
  • Design and color adjustments
  • New login screen: now upstream and appears directly when opening the app if there is no active login.
  • New position of logout button: The logout button is now located in the profile view (by opening your own profile picture in the menu bar) 
• Only missed calls are counted in the counter in the call list of the Journal.
• Display of call duration for journal entries (calls).
• In the journal, mark all new, unseen entries (per sub-area) as seen at the same time.
• Manually mark missed calls as seen in the call list (via the context menu using swipe).
• Manually mark new, unseen chats as seen (via the context menu using swipe).
• Filter for seen / unseen in the journal (for voicemails & faxes).
• Same display format for names for call list entries and chat entries in the journal.
• Improved behavior for the automatic marking of call list entries as read: Unseen call list entries are now only marked as Seen when the call list area in the Journal is exited again (or the user is going back to the main journal menu).
• Call list entries are no longer deleted by swiping sideways. To prevent users from accidentally deleting entries.
• Adjustment of the icon size for display on smaller display sizes.

Bugfixes

• In the “About” view, the wrong model name was displayed for newer iPhones.

Notes About The Release

• Raising the minimum system requirement to iOS 16 (and higher)
  
  • All app versions from 9.0.0 (and higher) will require at least iOS 16.
  • Users with < iOS16 will continue to be offered the last supported app version 8.1.6 (5) in the App Store.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.6 Build 5, Release Date: 05.09.2024

Version 8.1.6 Build 5 (Release Date: 05.09.2024)

Improvements / Optimizations

• In the Calls tab in the Journal menu item, only calls actually missed by the user are now marked as "unseen"
  • by an orange dot next to the entry
  • and counted accordingly in the counter of the respective tab (number in a red circle)
• Minor technical optimizations

Bugfixes

• [SC] The audio connection from a held call broke off when a call waiting at the same time was ended [Call#7945409]

• [SC] The DND button did not work if the chat was deactivated (e.g. due to missing chat permissions) [Call#7946701]

• User-defined (curstom) chat status was also taken over for the next user after a user change in the SF iOS app and offered as an option under Chat status.
• If French was set as the app language, the call delay option for iFMC only displayed “0s” as the value for all adjustable selection options. 
• Incorrect display of the loudspeaker after loudspeaker output was activated during an active call.

• Active call could not be transferred after toggling between an active call and a call on hold.

• If a transfer of a call without consultation (=> blind transfer) was rejected by a user of the SF iOS app, the call did not return but was completely terminated.

• After a day change, the displays for "Today" and "Yesterday" in the Journal menu item were sometimes incorrect.

• A change of chat status from the SF Win app was not taken into account in the SF iOS app if the SF iOS app was previously in the background.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.5 Build 8, Release Date: 12.07.2024

Version 8.1.5 Build 8 (Release Date: 12.07.2024)

Improvements / Optimizations

• Optimized Behavior for Emergency Call Handling:
  
  • Default handling of emergency calls via mobile networks has been changed: Emergency numbers are now always dialed via the cellular network (native telephony) by default. (Note: An activated SIM card in the iPhone is required for this!)
    
  • Additional option "Emergency SOS" in the app settings to be able to change the default behavior for handling emergency calls if necessary (emergency calls via mobile networks or emergency calls via STARFACE)
    
  • Informing app users about the changed default behavior for making emergency calls (via a one-time pop-up message)
• Technical optimization:
  
  • Revised version of PhoneNumberConverter 2.0 
    
  • for clean SIP connection termination when the user exits the app.
    
• Improved login process: A warning is now displayed when a login attempt is made without a password or login ID.
• More understandable error message when a user tries to log in without specifying a server.
• Improvements to the display of the info message for the changed emergency call handling
• [SC] Optimizations regarding previous sporadic problems with aborted voicemail recording [Call#7868711] [Call#7916611]

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes to fix / prevent increased app crashes.
• (FIxed) Issues in the journal in the Chat tab:
  
  • Only a maximum of 25 chats were displayed in the journal.
  • In some cases, not all unseen chat messages could be viewed, so the counter in the Chat tab did not reset to "zero".
• (Fixed) Automatic reconnection at app start without network connection. The app now automatically establishes a connection as soon as a network connection is available again.
• (FIxed) The chat status changed unintentionally when the SF iOS app was brought back to the foreground (to the last active status set in the SF iOS app itself, if the status was changed again in the SF desktop app in the meantime and the SF iOS app was then moved to the background).
• (FIxed) If the user received an incoming call immediately after a force close of the SF app, there were problems answering the call (approx. in the first 3 minutes after the force close).
• (FIxed) [SC] Incoming call was signaled briefly and then aborted [Call#7906986]

In some cases:

• [SC] The SF app did not ring for an incoming call when it was opened for the first time [Call#7924568].

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.4 Build 13, Release Date: 08.05.2024

Version 8.1.4 Build 13 (Release Date: 08.05.2024)

Improvements / Optimizations

• Group chat name is now displayed in the journal.
  
• Siri function "Call user with STARFACE" now also available for the SF iOS app (with locked screen, app in background, app in foreground, app closed).
  
• In-app request for app rating
  
• Menu item for app rating
  
• Technical optimizations.

Bugfixes

• (Fixed) [SC] In some cases, push notifications for new incoming chat messages were still displayed after logout. [Call#7929843]
• Bugfixes to fix / prevent increased app crashes.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.3 Build 8, Release Date: 05.04.2024

Version 8.1.3 Build 8 (Release Date: 05.04.2024)

New Features / Improvements

• Fundamentally revised synchronization of the journal.
  
  • Improved reliability of journal synchronization
  • Elimination of inconsistencies
  • Precise synchronization of deleted entries in the iOS app for accurate data mirroring.
  • Optimization of background processes in the iOS app to minimize synchronization errors.
  • More robust and efficient performance.
• Further journal improvements:
  • Improved logic for determining the counters for unseen journal entries. The counters in the tabs for calls, faxes, chats and voicemails are now updated accurately to capture only unread entries.
  • Improved logic for marking journal entries as read: Faxes, chats and voicemails are now correctly marked as read once they have been opened or listened to.

    • Call: New / unseen call list entries are marked as seen when the user manually switches to the "All" or "Calls" tab in the journal of the iOS app.

    • Chat: New / unseen chats are marked as seen when the user opens the chat entry in the iOS app journal.

    • Fax: New / unseen faxes are marked as seen when the user selects and downloads the fax entry in the journal of the iOS app or another SF app.

    • Voicemail: New / unseen voicemails are marked as heard when the user listens to the voicemail entry in the journal of the iOS app or another SF app.

  • Additional option in the context menu (via swipe) to quickly mark unseen voicemails and faxes as heard or seen.
  • A new / unseen voicemail is now immediately marked as heard when "Play" is clicked without listening to it completely.

• Save the set filters:

  • Filters set in the journal are saved and also applied after the next app start:

  • CarPlay: Set call list filters are saved and applied the next time they are used.

• The screens for "Conference" and "Hold" now have the same height as the "Redirect" screen.

• Technical optimizations.

Bugfixes

• Fixed: [SC] The list entries deleted on another client or device (call list, voicemails, fax) were still displayed in the journal. [Call#6952251]

• Fixed: The call list in the journal was not complete in some cases, individual entries were missing.

• Fixed: After a brief interruption of the connection during an active call, the call was not displayed in the journal of the call list. It only appeared after logging out and in again or after restarting the app.

• Fixed: Group calls were still displayed in the call list journal after the user had been removed from the group.

• Bugfixes to fix / prevent increased app crashes.

in some cases:

• Fixed: In some cases, no chats were displayed and loaded in the journal.
• Fixed: If the SF app was in the foreground when an incoming call rang and you wanted to forward it without answering, in some cases (especially on iPhones with small displays) the notification of the incoming call overlapped the forwarding menu for selecting the subscriber to forward.

Note about the release

• Important! Due to the extensive improvements in the Journal and the fixing of bugs from previous app versions, it may happen that after the update to v8.1.3 voicemails and fax entries are suddenly displayed as unseen in the Journal that were not displayed that way before (you think they were already listened to). This may seem like a bug at first, but it is the result of a previous malfunction that has now been fixed. The user's unseen voicemails and faxes that actually exist on the SF PBX are now correctly recognized and displayed after they were previously incorrectly marked as read (a cross-client logic for marking as "read" takes effect here).

  • How this can be solved: If this is the case, the user can manually bring this up to date once by a) actually listening to or opening the entries marked as unread or b) marking them as read (via the new option when side-swiping the entry) or c) deleting them.

• Please note the new improved logic of how journal entries are now marked as seen or taken into account in the counter of the individual journal tabs. Faxes, chats and voicemails are now correctly marked as read as soon as they have been opened or listened to. For details see above in "Improvements" > "Improved logic for marking journal entries as read".

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.2 Build 4, Release Date: 05.02.2024

Version 8.1.2 Build 4 (Release Date: 05.02.2024)

New Features / Improvements

• Upgrade to pjsip 2.14

• Minor technical adjustments for more detailed analysis of certain misbehaviors and behaviors.

Bugfixes

• Bugfix for sporadic misbehavior Call setup fails with error message "CallKitHandling.CallKit ManagerErrorFehler 3."

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.1 Build 7, Release Date: 29.11.2023

Version 8.1.1 Build 7 (Release Date: 29.11.2023)

New Features / Improvements

• Optimizations for Apple CarPlay support (user interface)

  • Optimized display in the Contacts menu item

  • Display of contacts with umlauts and other diacritical characters at the beginning of the name.

  • Display of contacts with special characters, numbers etc. at the beginning of the name.

• CarPlay: Sorting of Siri results: Entries for function keys (BLF and direct dialling keys) are always displayed first.
• CarPlay: When starting a call via Siri search, the internal phone number is dialed for BLF buttons.

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes to fix / prevent increased app crashes.
• CarPlay: In the menu item, no contacts could be found with a last name starting with Y or Z.
• CarPlay: If a call to a contact with multiple phone numbers was to be started via Siri, then after selecting the contact, the call was started directly to the address book phone number instead of displaying a selection menu to choose from the available phone numbers.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.1.0 Build 15 Release Date: 27.09.2023

Version 8.1.0 Build 15 (Release Date: 27.09.2023)

Notes About The Release

• Raising the minimum system requirement to iOS 15 (and higher).
  
  • All app version 8.1.0 (and higher) will require at least iOS 15.
  • Users with < iOS15 will be offered the last app version supported with it, 8.0.2 (4), in the App Store.

New Features / Improvements

• Support for Apple CarPlay*
  • from iOS 17 (and higher)
  • STARFACE user interface in CarPlay-equipped cars.
• Without "Voicemail" permission, it is not possible to redirect calls to the voicemail box.
• Minor technical optimizations.

Bugfixes

• In some cases a notification of the SF App "STARFACE Chat Message [Encrypted]" was displayed in the iOS message center.
• After starting a call, the speaker icon was highlighted.

* = Supported features in the STARFACE user interface of CarPlay:

• Incoming calls
  
  • Show on the car display.
  • Accept and keep as an active call in the car.
    
    • Call acceptance via Carplay display.
    • Call acceptance via answer button on steering wheel.
• Start outgoing calls from the STARFACE user interface in CarPlay
  
  • via favorites
  • via call history
  • via SF address book contacts (=> Contacts)
  • via Siri (=> as a first test via Siri button in the STARFACE CarPlay user interface).
    
    • per contact name
      
      • iPhone contacts
      • from SF address book
      • from SF favorites
    • via dictation of call number
• Display of call history
  
  • show call type (icon + text)
  • show date & time per list entry
  • call list shows phone status via colored ring
  • profile picture in call list 
  • filtering by group & call type
• Contacts search via Siri (=> Siri button under Contacts menu item)
  

  • for iPhone contacts

  • by contacts from SF address book 

  • by SF favorites

• Status display for users of the same SF system
  • telephone status via colored ring
  • status text (if self-selected status text)

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.0.2 Build 4 Release Date: 06.09.2023

Version 8.0.2 Build 4 (Release Date: 06.09.2023)

New Features / Improvements

• Extension of the logs
• Technical optimizations

Bugfixes

• [SC] In some cases, there was no audio after answering an incoming call. [Call#7845449] [Call#7846359]
• [SC] In some cases, the softphone was not connected and calls were no longer possible. [Call#7846360]
• [SC] When copy and pasting a number with +49 from the clipboard into the numeric keypad of the app, the + was not transferred.
• Bugfixes to possible connection problems after a terminated call.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.0.1 Build 3, Release Date: 26.07.2023

Version 8.0.1 Build 3 (Release Date: 26.07.2023)

New Features / Improvements

• Call handling optimizations for cases with audio issues after call acceptance.
• Optimizations of the STARFACE Call Screen for incoming calls (if SF App is in foreground): Display of a forward button to be able to forward an incoming call before answering it. 
• Improved display of an incoming Call2Go call (when call is transferred to another device via Call2Go) 
• Display of "+" in keyboard in menu item numeric keypad.

Bugfixes

• Bugfixes zu einzelnen Fällen in denen es es kein Audio gab nach der Gesprächsannahme eines eingehenden Anrufs. [Call#7845449]
• [SC] Listening to the mailbox via quick dial *9 was interrupted after some time. [Call#7779349]
• After accepting a forwarded Call2Go call while the app was in the foreground, no audio was heard.
• Bug fixes to resolve / prevent app crashes on devices running iOS 15.0 and 15.1.
• Bugfixes to fix / prevent certain app crashes.

STARFACE for iOS, Version 8.0.0 Build 6, Release Date: 14.06.2023

Version 8.0.0 Build 6 (Release Date: 14.06.2023)

New Features / Improvements

• In an active call, the numbers/information entered via the keypad (DTMF) are displayed in the Call Manager.
• If the connection setup causes problems (failed), a button to retry the action is now displayed so that the user can quickly and independently start a new attempt to connect to the SF server.
• Enhancement KeepAlive Timer: The app automatically reconnects to the server at regular intervals when the user is logged in and the app is in the foreground, in order to quickly automatically reconnect even in case of potential short connection losses.
• Callback option if call acceptance of an incoming call has technically failed after clicking the Accept button.
  
  • Display of a message to inform the user.
  • Retry button as a possibility to start the call again (callback).
• Search for direct dial keys in the Keys tab of the Contacts menu item.
• Deletion of fax list entries in the journal.
• Technical revisions of certain code areas.

Bugfixes

• [SC] A call via the dialing method Call-Through (in connection with the required Call-Through module) to a fully qualified phone number beginning with 00xx failed. [Call#7108406][Call#7105865]
• [SC] [SF PBX 6.7 only] Forwarded calls were sometimes not displayed by name, but "Connect" [Call#7776557]
  • When the device is locked on an incoming SF call, the native iOS call screen for external (not stored) numbers showed "Connect ...".
• In an attended transfer switching back and forth between calls did not work.
• If the STARFACE app was in the foreground when answering an incoming call, the call did not open in full screen.
• Error message on failed login (due to wrong server URL) was displayed 2x in a row.
• When another user logged into the SF iOS app on the same device after logout, the softphone was disabled by default.
• After a new app ringtone was set and saved, the app still rang with the previous ringtone until restart.
• Group faxes were not displayed in the journal / fax list.
• The profile status of users was not correctly displayed / synchronized for all entries in journal entries.
• For fax entries of external fax numbers, a call option was displayed when swiping to the side, although this number cannot be called.
• After a failed login attempt, the next login attempt also failed.
• In the numeric keypad menu item, autocompletion did not give the expected results when entering an external phone number in some cases.
• If the SF app did not have permission to use the microphone, calls with the iPhone, Callback and Callthrough dialing modes could not be started either.