Released on Nov 28, 2025

<aside> 💡 All migrations to 1.49.x releases you can find in the main sample on GitHub

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List of changes

NEW features - Lower Third effect

We’re excited to introduce Lower Thirds to our video editor! This professional feature allows you to add elegant titles to the lower portion of the screen. It's perfect for identifying speakers, showing locations, or sharing key information without interrupting your video.

This is ideal for interview reels, documentary-style content, and Q&A sessions, creating a seamless and engaging viewer experience.

The feature is fully customizable, allowing you to easily change the text, fonts, and colors to match your brand.

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The feature is not enabled by default. Please follow Migration Guide to enable it.

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Core dependencies update

This release upgrades the SDK's core technical stack:

• Target API: Official support for Android 16 (API 36) is now included.
• Kotlin: Compiled with Kotlin 2.2.10
• Media Engine: Upgraded to Android Media3 ExoPlayer 1.8.0

Migration Guide

Upgrade SDK version

<aside> ❗ Please check out Pull Request with migration changes.

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def banubaSdkVersion = '1.49.0'

implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ffmpeg:5.3.0"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:camera-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:camera-ui-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:core-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:core-ui-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-flow-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-ui-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-gallery-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-effects-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:effect-player-adapter:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ar-cloud:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-audio-browser-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-export-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"
implementation "com.banuba.sdk:ve-playback-sdk:${banubaSdkVersion}"

// Remove this dependency if you only use Video Editor SDK
def banubaPESdkVersion = '1.2.20'
implementation("com.banuba.sdk:pe-sdk:${banubaPESdkVersion}")