Is Electrum already Segwit supported?

[keyrun]

So, I will receive some coins today. And when I send the coins to some exchange, will the transfer be segwit supported?
p.s. smaller fees is my biggest concern.

[Swagtoshi]

The current version of Electrum (2.9.3) does not support segwit yet. However, according to the developers, the next version of Electrum should support it.

[keyrun]

The current version of Electrum (2.9.3) does not support segwit yet. However, according to the developers, the next version of Electrum should support it.

And when is the new version coming. Greenaddress has already started supporting it.

[pooya87]

The current version of Electrum (2.9.3) does not support segwit yet. However, according to the developers, the next version of Electrum should support it.

the code is there, it has been there ever since 2.8.0 and you can even use SegWit with TestNet, they have not yet enabled it in the wallet for the mainNet and as a default thing.

https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/blob/master/RELEASE-NOTES#L74

[Flanagan]

So is it still safe to transfer/receive btc with electrum 2.9.3 or does not having segwit support pose any risk of doing so?

[TryNinja]

So is it still safe to transfer/receive btc with electrum 2.9.3 or does not having segwit support pose any risk of doing so?

You are ok. Segwit isn't a hard fork, so it's not required for you to have a Segwit supported wallet.

If you don’t want to upgrade to segwit, you may simply continue to use any wallet that has not added segwit support. Even though you haven’t upgraded, you will be able to transact with both users who have upgraded to segwit and users who, like you, haven’t upgraded to segwit.

If you don’t upgrade, you may experience one difference: if someone who has upgraded to segwit pays you, your wallet may not show you the payment until after it has been included in a block. This is a safety feature that prevents your wallet from seeing transactions it doesn’t completely understand until they’ve been confirmed by a miner.

https://bitcoincore.org/en/2016/10/27/segwit-upgrade-guide/#not-upgrading-2

[kolloh]

There is also recent commits regarding segwit such as https://github.com/spesmilo/electrum/commit/5bf3b26476fc41a1a41e0d2d684779f873c2f2ad

I'd suspect it will come pretty soon but there may be small tweaks like this that will be made before it is released. I'm sure they also want to ensure that it is stable before pushing out support.