Feature Announcement: Improve High-Volume Chats with Slow Mode

Stream Chat has introduced a slow mode feature in its frontend SDKs for Android, Flutter, and React Native to help manage chat flow during high-traffic events like live broadcasts, ensuring a more readable and engaging user experience. Slow mode temporarily replaces the Send button with a countdown, restricting message frequency to prevent overwhelming chat participants with excessive messages. This feature, configurable via backend and enabled by channel administrators or moderators, allows setting a cooldown period between 1 and 120 seconds, during which users can type but not send messages. Stream Chat's implementation includes UI components that inform users of the cooldown status, helping avoid confusion if messages cannot be sent immediately. The JavaScript SDK provides methods to enable or disable slow mode, and to dynamically adjust the cooldown period, offering flexibility in how chat interactions are managed.