These updates enhance Tandem’s Work App Sharing capabilities, making it easier for users to discover and access essential tools across various development workflows. The structured categorization ensures streamlined navigation and efficient tool discovery.
We have added Search to Work Apps
New applications have been included under the Work App Sharing section to expand the available toolset. If your favorite Apps are not on this list, just send us a message at support[at]tandem[dot]chat and we will integrate them.
To improve clarity and navigation, Work App Sharing now includes well-defined categories.
2. Electron, related package update, additional logging and misc stability fixes
These are internal package updates to improve stability and performance.
Thank you for using Tandem! We're so grateful for the feedback, encouragement, suggestions, and your general support. It has motivated us to improve Tandem.
Our goal with Tandem is to build the best virtual office to collaborate with your team—an app that's the fastest way to talk, and keeps your team connected no matter where they are. As a company, we’re working to create a sustainable business to keep delivering on this promise. To achieve this, we're introducing new pricing plansthat will take effect July 1.
As an early-adopter, we want to give you a discount, as well as a heads-up. We hope these plans map to the value you get from Tandem, and allow your company to rely on Tandem for years to come!
New plans:
We've simplified pricing to four tiers based on your team size:
You can now "Drag & Drop" your teammates into calls, meetings, rooms or spaces! This will send the person you're trying to add a call request that they can accept to join the call, or decline if they're busy.
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In-Browser Guest Mode
Your external guests can now join Tandem meetings in "Guest mode" directly from their browsers, sign-up is no longer required!
Mobile Web Meetings
Your teammates and guests can now join Tandem calls directly from their mobile web browsers. The Tandem mobile app is no longer required to take your calls on the go! For a better call experience, we still recommend downloading Tandem for iOS or Android.
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Raise Hand Widget
By popular demand, the "Raise Hand" widget is here! This new meeting widget enables you to add yourself to an organized list. This is particularly useful if you take turns speaking during a meeting, or for Q&A sessions. Once you're done speaking, hit the "Done" button, and you'll be removed from the list.
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Mobile Portrait Mode
Videos of teammates that join from the Tandem mobile app or Mobile Web are now displayed in "Portrait Mode".
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Hybrid Spaces!
And in case you missed it - Hybrid Spaces are now available! Hybrid collaboration can be challenging. Remote teammates suffer from the "second-class citizen problem" - feeling excluded from spontaneous brainstorms, magic moments, and the creative energy of the office. Hybrid Spaces bridge the gap between remote and in-person teammates to make hybrid work the best of both worlds. Spaces are made up of multiple kiosks distributed across your office (open floor, meeting rooms, lounges...) to enable remote mobility and seamless interactions. Learn more about Hybrid Spaces!
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Other Improvements
Teams with kiosk devices now have the ability to add kiosks to a meeting from the team list.
We've made some improvements to our video grid layout engine.
We now support multiple domains for teams.
And finally, stay tuned for our new iOS and Android apps with bug fixes and performance improvements.
No desktop app? No problem! Anyone can now join your Tandem calls in browser. All you need to do is send them the meeting link. Here's where you can find it:
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In-Browser Meetings
Cal.com + Tandem
Now you can schedule meetings with anyone using Tandem + Cal.com! With this integration, teammates and external guests can check your availability and book a meeting, and a Tandem link will automatically be added to the calendar invite.
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Tandem Cal.com Integration
Google Calendar Integration
You can now schedule Tandem meetings directly from Google Calendar! Install the Tandem add-on or Chrome extension, and select "Tandem Meeting" as a video conferencing option next time you're scheduling a meeting. This will automatically add a tandem meeting link to your calendar invite.
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Tandem Google Extension
Use Multiple Cameras
Show off all your good angles with Multicam™! Enable "use multiple cameras" in your video settings and check the ones you want to display.
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Tandem Multicam™ Feature
Other Improvements
[mac] Added a new preference for whether Tandem should be visible on all workspaces.
Improved security of the Tandem app infrastructure through context isolation
Updated underlying Electron / Chrome infrastructure. This includes many bug fixes and security patches by the Chrome team
[mac] Universal installer for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs
[mac] Fixed bugs related to Tandem disappearing from Mac Dock by making “visible over fullscreen apps” a setting that can be toggled. This also improves the “visible over fullscreen apps” behavior to be more consistent.
[mac] Improved full-screen support and fixed weird issues when the call window is collapsed while in full-screen
[mac] Fixed cases where hardware encoding for video wasn’t being used. This should improve CPU usage during calls.
[windows] Added support for Brave browser app presence
[windows] Fixed additional cases where quitting Tandem causes leftover processes and high CPU usage
Supercharge your calls with meeting widgets - These lightweight apps help you stay organized, make your calls more engaging and more fun! You can trigger a timer, get a randomized list of participants, add agenda items or a poll, and even put on some background music to set the mood. Anybody can add/remove widgets and multiple people can interact with the same widget at the same time.
Meeting widgets!
Timer Widget
Meetings usually involve a lot of brainstorming, or writing activities, that require you to set some time aside to do some thinking alone or in groups. When that happens, the timer widget helps you stay on track, and it comes with a few handy piggyback features; you can mute everybody on the call and you can also add background music. Which brings us to the next widget!
Music Widget
Change the mood in your meeting with one click! The music widget enables you to add ambient music from a variety of genres, and everybody gets to adjust their own volume. It can add nice pleasant vibes when people are filtering into the meeting, or at the end, when you're just chilling or co-working.
Standup Widget
One of the most common forms of meetings teams usually host are standups. With our widget, you can get a randomized list of meeting participants, and when someone's finished you can mark them (or they can mark themselves) as done, and this highlights the next person that's supposed to speak. It's a very simple way to keep your standup going, saves you a lot of phatic communication, and lets you focus on what matters most: connecting with your team.
Agenda Widget
Organize your discussion by adding items to the agenda widget. Everyone can contribute at the same time, you can edit items, and mark them as done once you've had a chance to go through them.
Poll Widget
The poll widget lets you take the pulse, at any given moment. You can add different options, and your team gets to decide what they want to go for, in one click.
🚀 Try meeting widgets on your next call and let us know what you think!
