====== Matrix Android Clients ======

[[https://matrix.org/ecosystem/clients/|This]] page should be a somewhat compegensive list of availble Matrix clients.

That follows is just my personal experience and feelings.

I don't own or use IOS devices.

=== Element - Android ===

The first one i tried. It feels fully implemented and doesn't lack any critical feature.

A few issues i found:
  * Not developed anymore (development moved to Element X)
  * Feels heavy an sluggish overall
  * Cannot pause and resume audio messages, good luck with that 9 mins messgae you keeo starting again over and over
  * Cannot chnage speed in audio messages (really? WTF)
  * Cannot listen to audio messages if you close the app (again, WTF?)

I moved on.

=== Element X - Android ===

Embarassing successor to Element. While it's much better and has an overall great feeling, i couldn't get myself to use it because:
  * It has no emoticons. Come on, Really? WTF?
  * Audio at least works better
  * Still no speedup or speed down feature for audio messages

I moved on, quickly.

=== Fluffy Chat - Android ===

Currently my best choice:
  * It's pretty to look at and customizable
  * Audio messages Just Works Fine(tm)
  * It has all the features you would expect

I can see no drawbacks so far.