New Chat Feature: Query Members

Stream Chat has introduced a new feature called the queryMembers endpoint to enhance its chat product's capability to manage large channels efficiently, particularly those in medical chat apps with stringent privacy and security requirements. This endpoint enables users to access and paginate through comprehensive member lists in channels with hundreds or thousands of members, offering filtering options for efficient member information retrieval. By supporting features like read receipts and @mentions in large channels, which were previously disabled for member counts above 100, Stream Chat enhances its competitive edge over rivals like SendBird by not imposing user limits per channel. The new endpoint is being integrated into Stream's SDKs, ensuring these features are readily available with Stream's pre-built UI components.