Sometimes it's nice to have your teammates in a neat row at the top of your screen, right under the camera (so it looks like you're making eye contact). Now you can do that by expanding the call box, then resizing to any size you want. Pro tip, you can click the 📌 in the top-right or use the shortcut [P] to make the window always-on-top.

Show Room Presence in Slack

Now, when you enter a Room in Tandem, your room state will be broadcast via Slack status (if connected). You can disable this behavior from the Slack preferences.

• We've reorganized the in-call tooltip experience to appear on click instead of hover (no more accidental clicks!) and have additional options. You can click to join someone's website or request screenshare by clicking on the app icon (e.g. Github) to the right of their name.
• In addition, in your own user tooltip, you'll see options for temporarily disabling your self-video, screenshare, self-crosstalk (which turns down audio of everyone else), and sharing your current link (even non-work links are supported)

Give rooms a touch of personality by adding a background. We've pre-packed a few calming nature backgrounds, or you can upload your own. To set it up: Click on a room name > Edit Description > Random Cover or Upload your own.

At Tandem, we encourage people to listen in to meetings, even if it's outside their area of focus. It's low-pressure, and really builds a sense of openness, transparency, and camaraderie. Think of it like a podcast...but it's your teammates!

Sometimes you want to listen in without feeling obligated to talk. Now you can join rooms and meetings as a listener:

You can explicitly invite your teammates to listen-in as well (anyone available will get a notification). Here's what it looks like: