Start or join a call

1. Open the channel and choose Start call in its header. If a call is running, choose the join-call button instead; it also shows how many people are there.
2. In the pre-join dialog, set Join with to Camera on or Camera off and Microphone on or Microphone off.
3. Check Microphone, Speaker, and Camera, then join.

Your device choices are remembered in that browser. You can change them during the call.

The call control is present when calls are turned on for your Account. If a channel header has no call button, calls are not enabled there.

How other people join

• The channel header shows a join-call button with the number of people in the call.
• The channel's row in the navigation column offers Join while a call is running.
• To invite someone, choose Ring people during the call. Pick channel members under Channel members, then choose Ring selected. The invite does not join them automatically; they choose Answer or Decline.

Controls during a call

The call strip carries Mute and Unmute, Deafen and Undeafen, Start camera and Stop camera, and, on a wide window, Share screen, Ring people, and Devices. On a narrow window, open More for those controls.

Share screen opens your browser's choice of what to share. The browser may also offer tab audio.

Show call details opens the participant view. Use Open fullscreen if you need more room.

Leaving and ending

Leave call leaves only you: You will leave this call. Everyone else stays connected. A channel owner can also choose End the call for everyone..., which disconnects everybody.

A call ends after a short countdown if nobody joins or everybody leaves. Choose Stay to keep it live for five more minutes.

You can move around Spaces during a call and stay connected. Leaving Spaces altogether warns Leave the call? Navigating away from Spaces will disconnect you.

Choosing devices before you call

The bar at the bottom of the navigation column opens Audio and video settings. Choose the microphone, speaker, and camera for this browser. Test microphone runs locally; its audio is not sent to a call.

If it did not work

• Microphone is blocked in the browser. Allow it from the lock or camera icon in the address bar, then choose it here. You can still join and listen. Change the browser permission, then pick the device again.
• No microphone is available. Connect one, then choose it under Devices. and the camera equivalent mean no device was found.
• Screen sharing is unavailable in this browser. means the browser does not offer it. Use a different browser.
• The call could not connect. Check your network and browser media access, then try again. and Call media could not connect. Try joining again. are connection failures. Join again.
• The call service is temporarily unavailable. Try again shortly. means the call service did not answer.
• That call ended. Waiting for the next one. means the call finished while you were joining.