Download Trillian Astra 5.1 build 19

Cerulean Studios has released an update for Trillian Astra version 5.1. This instant messaging program allows chatting with users of a variety of instant messaging and social networks, including Windows Live, ICQ, Skype (text only), Twitter, and Facebook. Trillian Astra is available for Windows, Mac OS X, iOS, Android and BlackBerry. In addition, there is a version that runs in a web browser and can therefore be used anywhere.

In version 5.1, among other things, the Skype integration has been improved, so that it is now finally possible to make calls, where previously only text messages could be sent via Skype. However, video calls are not yet an option. However, it is now possible to send images via all supported networks and the conversation history has been improved. This release contains some tweaks needed for the changes coming soon on the server side of Trillian. The release notes provide further information about what happened to the clients of the other platforms.

Trillian News: Minor updates and a status report.

A small update to Trillian for Windows (5.1 Build 19) is going out today, the main purpose of which is to prepare for upcoming Trillian server upgrades. As such, there is no public-facing changelog. The new servers will help us launch some new features later this year which we’ll be detailing as soon as we can! As things have been quiet around the blog lately, we also wanted to take a moment and give everyone a brief update on what we’ve been working on in 2012 so far:

• Trillian for Windows. Version 5.2 is feature complete and undergoing internal beta testing. We hope to have a beta ready in the coming weeks for everyone to test!
• Trillian for Mac. Version 1.3 is currently in Apple’s review queue and contains more bugfixes and a few minor features. Right now it’s looking like we may synchronize the Mac group chat build with a corresponding update on the Windows side, but we’ll see how the timing plays out on that one.
• Trillian for iPhone. A large update is coming this year with a refreshed user interface and some other cool features, some of which rely on the server upgrades we mentioned above. Want a sneak peek and like testing beta builds? Get in touch!
• Trillian for Android. Also working on a UI refresh and a few new features this year.
• Trillian for BlackBerry. We are continuing to support the existing codebase with bugfixes as necessary. We’ll see what BlackBerry 10 brings!
• Trillian for Web. Early research has begun on a version of this that doesn’t rely on Flash! So far it’s looking lightning fast and we think it will be a great base for the future.