Tandem integrates with a long list of work-related apps which allows you to share when you are working in those apps with your teammate, giving them a sense of your work mode and unlocking moments of collaboration serendipity.

Tandem doesn't integrate with all work apps, but you can easily add them to your workspace (although your teammates will need to manually toggle on any custom apps that others add.)

To add a custom app go to Settings > Work app sharing

Scroll down till you see the custom apps section and click "add a custom app"

Random

Type "/random" in the conversation chat, and we'll give your team a random order!

Timer

Type "/timer 15 minutes" in the room or conversation chat to start a countdown!

Trivia

Need a conversation starter? Type /trivia into chat and you'll get a random factoid.

Using the search bar at the top of the Tandem app, you can search for teammates or rooms.

If you would like to change any of the shortcuts we have set up in Tandem, you can do so in Settings > Preferences > Global Shortcuts.

If you would prefer not to have global shortcuts in Tandem, you can also turn these off.

What are Meeting Rooms?

Meeting Rooms are an experimental feature for Tandem users with Google Calendar. Tandem will automatically create a room for your scheduled Google Calendar meetings so that you can stay on top of your team's schedule and easily hold team meetings within Tandem.

The Meeting Room will appear in the main Tandem window 10 minutes before the meeting is scheduled to start. You can interact with Meeting Rooms just like regular Rooms-- join/exit a conversation, lock a room, or send a chat message to everyone in the room.

When the last person leaves the Meeting Room, and the scheduled meeting time has ended, the room will disappear!

How are Meeting Rooms created?

As an experimental feature, Meeting Rooms are currently only set up for Google Calendar users. First, you will need to make sure that your Google Calendar is integrated with Tandem (you can see this in Settings > Calendar Settings). There you can choose what details will be shown to your team. Once connected, Tandem will populate a Meeting Room when there is a scheduled calendar event including at least one additional member of your team in Tandem. This does not include meetings with any people outside of your Tandem team.

Meeting Room Visibility

We will not show calendar events that are only booked for you (no additional invitees). We will also not show calendar events scheduled for you plus people outside of your team.

Only teammates invited to the meeting will see the Meeting Room before the meeting starts. Meeting rooms will become visible to your whole team once another person joins.

Turning off Meeting Rooms

You can turn off Meeting Rooms by going to Settings > Preferences > Experimental Stuff, and toggle off "Meetings."