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Whereby: easy video meetings on the go
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About Whereby
Easy and flexible meetings on the go. Start or join meetings on your phone and with great features like the in-app chat. You can also follow along with screen share presentations right from your phone.
Whereby (formerly appear.in) is ranked #1 in ease of use on G2 Crowd. Join the millions of others just like you who use Whereby to have delightful video meeting experiences.
Features:
- Instantly join a video meeting: Easily join a meeting with no login for guests.
- Screen sharing: Follow presentations right from your device.
- In-app chat: Share important links or notes with in-room chat.
- Secure conversations: We never store or analyze your video and audio conversations.
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Questions? We’ve got your back. Get in touch at support@whereby.com and we’re happy to help.
Please note: Charges for data traffic may apply when using mobile networks.
Whereby (formerly appear.in) is ranked #1 in ease of use on G2 Crowd. Join the millions of others just like you who use Whereby to have delightful video meeting experiences.
Features:
- Instantly join a video meeting: Easily join a meeting with no login for guests.
- Screen sharing: Follow presentations right from your device.
- In-app chat: Share important links or notes with in-room chat.
- Secure conversations: We never store or analyze your video and audio conversations.
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Questions? We’ve got your back. Get in touch at support@whereby.com and we’re happy to help.
Please note: Charges for data traffic may apply when using mobile networks.
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Simple and light weight
Oct 14, 2017 Works well for my needs. I like having the push notifications when someone enters a room. It would be nice for the system volume to actually effect the call volume. Calls always play at max volume, regardless of the volume rocker. Might be an iOS issue because I also notice this with one other video calling app. PLEASE MOVE THE BLOCK BUTTON. Twice I’ve accidentally blocked another caller by accidentally double tapping them, as Block appears in the top of the context menu when you tap another caller.more -
Sep 5, 2020 Excellent only negative is that I cannot find a way to resize or relocate pop ups aside from that brilliant but lately the video is so jerky as to be unusable it vibrates up and down at about 10fpsmore -
Nina
May 17, 2020 It would be really helpful if it had a call history and unfortunately when you open the chat , you can’t actually see yourself in that small window downside which in the old version of this app it was possible... I also appreciate it if you improve the knocking message... sometimes when someone knocks it doesn’t send me the message and It would be perfect if we would know who knocked, I mean I wish the name of the guys would have been appear once they knock... so in this way, even if you’re not around your system to open the app , you’ll know who knocked. Thank you sooooooooooo much . Your app is AMAZING.more -
Great replacement for Room
Jan 4, 2018 I was using Room until they closed down and this is a good replacement, if not better. The only thing I don’t like is that it prompts for “how did you like the video” after every disconnect. There is a Skip button but it’s still a little annoying. Other than that it’s great!more -
Apr 2, 2020 Works awesome for me. I'm not sure why so many users are posting negative reviews, but it is such a breath of fresh air from all the sign-up/download-app shenanigans of other services. I just wish there was way for a guest to 'knock' once they join the group (or that the room admin get a notification whenever someone joins the room).more
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Apr 22, 2020 Does not work with BlueTooth and does not show proper names for devices. E.g. hash-names are shown, such as "7f6c1", "3d560" instead of "Camera, front", "Camera, brack". No bluetooth headset support, makes it completely useless, for me atleast. Please fix! The service works OK in Google Chrome but is really resource heavy, was hoping for some sort of "acceleration" by using the App instead, but it is actually worse than just using a browser.more -
Still too much for the iPhone to handle
May 4, 2018 I have the iPhone 7. It is extremely choppy...to the point where it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. When it does finally respond, half the time it doesn’t do what you asked it to do. I have sent incomplete messages in the chat log, switched to other apps when trying to select one of the options on the bottom of the screen, the list goes on. I even rebooted my phone and closed all other apps. The problem persisted.more -
May 19, 2020 I had 2 main problems with this app. (Samsung note 8) 1. I couldn't get the microphone to work during video chat 2. In 6 hours, without even open the app, it consumed 21% of my battery. Probably there are some issue with the background management. So sorry, because it seems very useful and easy to use.more -
Apr 22, 2020 I use the desktop version quite often, but when I tried using the app, ir woulnd work via bluetooth earphone. I had to access the room through my phone browser, which defeats the purpouse of the app. Besides the app seems like just a ghost browser that open the usual site. 0/10 UXmore -
Apr 22, 2020 Not a native app. This is just a pass thru for the website. Only native app is for iOS. Possible ISP issues too, always says connection is blocked (all network settings are good).more
- Get a customized link to your video chat room that you can use to invite up to 12 people to join your room
- Join meetings and video calls from almost any browser on any platform with near-universal compatibility
- After you invite your friends to join your video chat, you get handy push notifications letting you know when they've joined your room
Reviewed by Olivia Cordell on February 23, 2018
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Simple and light weight
Oct 14, 2017 Works well for my needs. I like having the push notifications when someone enters a room. It would be nice for the system volume to actually effect the call volume. Calls always play at max volume, regardless of the volume rocker. Might be an iOS issue because I also notice this with one other video calling app. PLEASE MOVE THE BLOCK BUTTON. Twice I’ve accidentally blocked another caller by accidentally double tapping them, as Block appears in the top of the context menu when you tap another caller.more -
Great replacement for Room
Jan 4, 2018 I was using Room until they closed down and this is a good replacement, if not better. The only thing I don’t like is that it prompts for “how did you like the video” after every disconnect. There is a Skip button but it’s still a little annoying. Other than that it’s great!more -
oh my god fantastic
Apr 9, 2020 my friend and I were looking for something to sorta hack our schools system in a way. we needed to speak at night while her phone was not able to be kept with her. so I went on a search.. and then *ta da* I found whereby. a beautiful set up. a cute chat room. clear audio. I love. corona can not stop us.more -
Sound
Oct 22, 2019 Just wish there was a way to turn the sound completely off as I am not always in the room alone.I have tried everything and not figured out how to do this.more -
Best user experience ever
Mar 28, 2018 So so so easy and smooth to use. Love this app on my iPhone and my laptop. Sometimes it has an issue with Bluetooth audio - when connect to my wireless headphones I can’t hear anything and they can’t hear me. But usually it’s fine.more
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Nina
May 17, 2020 It would be really helpful if it had a call history and unfortunately when you open the chat , you can’t actually see yourself in that small window downside which in the old version of this app it was possible... I also appreciate it if you improve the knocking message... sometimes when someone knocks it doesn’t send me the message and It would be perfect if we would know who knocked, I mean I wish the name of the guys would have been appear once they knock... so in this way, even if you’re not around your system to open the app , you’ll know who knocked. Thank you sooooooooooo much . Your app is AMAZING.more -
Apr 2, 2020 Works awesome for me. I'm not sure why so many users are posting negative reviews, but it is such a breath of fresh air from all the sign-up/download-app shenanigans of other services. I just wish there was way for a guest to 'knock' once they join the group (or that the room admin get a notification whenever someone joins the room).more -
Apr 19, 2020 Not bad, but at least me, I'm experiencing issues with the connection during the videoconferences . I miss also the possibility to mute/unmute the micro when doing a video call with many people. You can shut off when connecting, but it's difficult to manage it when the meeting starts.more -
Good, but one issue
Oct 16, 2019 I’ve had a pretty good experience with the app, my only complaint is that when I exit and re-enter the app I can no longer type in the chat.more -
May 18, 2020 Simple to join, with a great user experience. Whereby enables guests to join meetings with little fuss, unlike other well known video conferencing apps, which complicate the process or force guests to sign up.more
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Sep 5, 2020 Excellent only negative is that I cannot find a way to resize or relocate pop ups aside from that brilliant but lately the video is so jerky as to be unusable it vibrates up and down at about 10fpsmore -
Jul 12, 2020 The app was working fine until recently but I have recently experienced my front camera freezing with a blue screen on my Samsung A40. I have independently tested my camera using the general test mode by dialling *#0*#.more -
Sep 15, 2020 Works fine but does not remember me: i have to login with a code e-mailed to me each time i open the app.more -
Video sharing issues
Sep 16, 2018 Hey I can see only two of the people I’m trying to contact the 3rd is just a black screen and I’m on iOS using an iPhone 7 any ideas on how to fix this ?more
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No Screen Share for iPad...
Jan 25, 2020 I love Whereby for camstudy, but the screen share feature was not available for iPad... Hopefully they bring in screen share for iPad so I can share my iPad screen directly without mirroring to the computer.more
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Apr 22, 2020 Does not work with BlueTooth and does not show proper names for devices. E.g. hash-names are shown, such as "7f6c1", "3d560" instead of "Camera, front", "Camera, brack". No bluetooth headset support, makes it completely useless, for me atleast. Please fix! The service works OK in Google Chrome but is really resource heavy, was hoping for some sort of "acceleration" by using the App instead, but it is actually worse than just using a browser.more -
Still too much for the iPhone to handle
May 4, 2018 I have the iPhone 7. It is extremely choppy...to the point where it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. When it does finally respond, half the time it doesn’t do what you asked it to do. I have sent incomplete messages in the chat log, switched to other apps when trying to select one of the options on the bottom of the screen, the list goes on. I even rebooted my phone and closed all other apps. The problem persisted.more -
May 19, 2020 I had 2 main problems with this app. (Samsung note 8) 1. I couldn't get the microphone to work during video chat 2. In 6 hours, without even open the app, it consumed 21% of my battery. Probably there are some issue with the background management. So sorry, because it seems very useful and easy to use.more -
Apr 22, 2020 I use the desktop version quite often, but when I tried using the app, ir woulnd work via bluetooth earphone. I had to access the room through my phone browser, which defeats the purpouse of the app. Besides the app seems like just a ghost browser that open the usual site. 0/10 UXmore -
Apr 22, 2020 Not a native app. This is just a pass thru for the website. Only native app is for iOS. Possible ISP issues too, always says connection is blocked (all network settings are good).more
What’s Groovy
Simple to use? Yes, but...unfortunately the Bluetooth doesn't work with this app (android) and lately it keep crashing. I use to be a premium client but decided to let it go.
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What’s Subpar
The app doesn't work with bluetooth, making it useless for me. I need to use the browser on my phone-Google Pixel 4. I enjoyed the app on my iPhone but until they fix the bluetooth problem with Android, I will have to delete it off my phone.
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Simple and light weight
Works well for my needs. I like having the push notifications when someone enters a room. It would be nice for the system volume to actually effect the call volume. Calls always play at max volume, regardless of the volume rocker. Might be an iOS issue because I also notice this with one other video calling app. PLEASE MOVE THE BLOCK BUTTON. Twice I’ve accidentally blocked another caller by accidentally double tapping them, as Block appears in the top of the context menu when you tap another caller. -
Excellent only negative is that I cannot find a way to resize or relocate pop ups aside from that brilliant but lately the video is so jerky as to be unusable it vibrates up and down at about 10fps
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Nina
It would be really helpful if it had a call history and unfortunately when you open the chat , you can’t actually see yourself in that small window downside which in the old version of this app it was possible... I also appreciate it if you improve the knocking message... sometimes when someone knocks it doesn’t send me the message and It would be perfect if we would know who knocked, I mean I wish the name of the guys would have been appear once they knock... so in this way, even if you’re not around your system to open the app , you’ll know who knocked. Thank you sooooooooooo much . Your app is AMAZING. -
Great replacement for Room
I was using Room until they closed down and this is a good replacement, if not better. The only thing I don’t like is that it prompts for “how did you like the video” after every disconnect. There is a Skip button but it’s still a little annoying. Other than that it’s great! -
Works awesome for me. I'm not sure why so many users are posting negative reviews, but it is such a breath of fresh air from all the sign-up/download-app shenanigans of other services. I just wish there was way for a guest to 'knock' once they join the group (or that the room admin get a notification whenever someone joins the room).
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oh my god fantastic
my friend and I were looking for something to sorta hack our schools system in a way. we needed to speak at night while her phone was not able to be kept with her. so I went on a search.. and then *ta da* I found whereby. a beautiful set up. a cute chat room. clear audio. I love. corona can not stop us. -
Sound
Just wish there was a way to turn the sound completely off as I am not always in the room alone.I have tried everything and not figured out how to do this. -
Not bad, but at least me, I'm experiencing issues with the connection during the videoconferences . I miss also the possibility to mute/unmute the micro when doing a video call with many people. You can shut off when connecting, but it's difficult to manage it when the meeting starts.
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The app was working fine until recently but I have recently experienced my front camera freezing with a blue screen on my Samsung A40. I have independently tested my camera using the general test mode by dialling *#0*#.
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Best user experience ever
So so so easy and smooth to use. Love this app on my iPhone and my laptop. Sometimes it has an issue with Bluetooth audio - when connect to my wireless headphones I can’t hear anything and they can’t hear me. But usually it’s fine.
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Simple and light weight
Works well for my needs. I like having the push notifications when someone enters a room. It would be nice for the system volume to actually effect the call volume. Calls always play at max volume, regardless of the volume rocker. Might be an iOS issue because I also notice this with one other video calling app. PLEASE MOVE THE BLOCK BUTTON. Twice I’ve accidentally blocked another caller by accidentally double tapping them, as Block appears in the top of the context menu when you tap another caller. -
Great replacement for Room
I was using Room until they closed down and this is a good replacement, if not better. The only thing I don’t like is that it prompts for “how did you like the video” after every disconnect. There is a Skip button but it’s still a little annoying. Other than that it’s great! -
oh my god fantastic
my friend and I were looking for something to sorta hack our schools system in a way. we needed to speak at night while her phone was not able to be kept with her. so I went on a search.. and then *ta da* I found whereby. a beautiful set up. a cute chat room. clear audio. I love. corona can not stop us. -
Sound
Just wish there was a way to turn the sound completely off as I am not always in the room alone.I have tried everything and not figured out how to do this. -
Best user experience ever
So so so easy and smooth to use. Love this app on my iPhone and my laptop. Sometimes it has an issue with Bluetooth audio - when connect to my wireless headphones I can’t hear anything and they can’t hear me. But usually it’s fine. -
Meh
I think that you should have a timer for how many hours that you have been on appear, but overall this app is good -
Piano lessons
I take my piano lessons via Whereby, and it’s working out great, I can’t wait to see my teacher in person but this is the next best thing. Thanks Whereby Keith Chase -
I've been using this daily for several years. Works great for client & staff meetings. Love that you can get a custom URL with your name or the name of your company. The app and web versions are equally good, but highly recommend the app for both Android & iPod Touch / iPhone.
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Excellent Conf Capabilities
Have been using the app for several months with companies in EU and US and have had excellent outcomes with clear connections and relatively infrequent disruptions. -
For sheer simplicity, this beats its competitors hands down. When dealing with people who struggle with computers, this is the go-to app for desktop and mobile devices. Even works on Linux.
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Nina
It would be really helpful if it had a call history and unfortunately when you open the chat , you can’t actually see yourself in that small window downside which in the old version of this app it was possible... I also appreciate it if you improve the knocking message... sometimes when someone knocks it doesn’t send me the message and It would be perfect if we would know who knocked, I mean I wish the name of the guys would have been appear once they knock... so in this way, even if you’re not around your system to open the app , you’ll know who knocked. Thank you sooooooooooo much . Your app is AMAZING. -
Works awesome for me. I'm not sure why so many users are posting negative reviews, but it is such a breath of fresh air from all the sign-up/download-app shenanigans of other services. I just wish there was way for a guest to 'knock' once they join the group (or that the room admin get a notification whenever someone joins the room).
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Not bad, but at least me, I'm experiencing issues with the connection during the videoconferences . I miss also the possibility to mute/unmute the micro when doing a video call with many people. You can shut off when connecting, but it's difficult to manage it when the meeting starts.
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Good, but one issue
I’ve had a pretty good experience with the app, my only complaint is that when I exit and re-enter the app I can no longer type in the chat. -
Simple to join, with a great user experience. Whereby enables guests to join meetings with little fuss, unlike other well known video conferencing apps, which complicate the process or force guests to sign up.
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Amazing!
I love the mobile app , but sometimes I wish I could also share my screen like on pc devices.
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Excellent only negative is that I cannot find a way to resize or relocate pop ups aside from that brilliant but lately the video is so jerky as to be unusable it vibrates up and down at about 10fps
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The app was working fine until recently but I have recently experienced my front camera freezing with a blue screen on my Samsung A40. I have independently tested my camera using the general test mode by dialling *#0*#.
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Works fine but does not remember me: i have to login with a code e-mailed to me each time i open the app.
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Video sharing issues
Hey I can see only two of the people I’m trying to contact the 3rd is just a black screen and I’m on iOS using an iPhone 7 any ideas on how to fix this ?
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Does not work with BlueTooth and does not show proper names for devices. E.g. hash-names are shown, such as "7f6c1", "3d560" instead of "Camera, front", "Camera, brack". No bluetooth headset support, makes it completely useless, for me atleast. Please fix! The service works OK in Google Chrome but is really resource heavy, was hoping for some sort of "acceleration" by using the App instead, but it is actually worse than just using a browser.
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Still too much for the iPhone to handle
I have the iPhone 7. It is extremely choppy...to the point where it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. When it does finally respond, half the time it doesn’t do what you asked it to do. I have sent incomplete messages in the chat log, switched to other apps when trying to select one of the options on the bottom of the screen, the list goes on. I even rebooted my phone and closed all other apps. The problem persisted. -
I had 2 main problems with this app. (Samsung note 8) 1. I couldn't get the microphone to work during video chat 2. In 6 hours, without even open the app, it consumed 21% of my battery. Probably there are some issue with the background management. So sorry, because it seems very useful and easy to use.
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I use the desktop version quite often, but when I tried using the app, ir woulnd work via bluetooth earphone. I had to access the room through my phone browser, which defeats the purpouse of the app. Besides the app seems like just a ghost browser that open the usual site. 0/10 UX
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Not a native app. This is just a pass thru for the website. Only native app is for iOS. Possible ISP issues too, always says connection is blocked (all network settings are good).
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As others say: app is just a wrapper around a web page (which isn't even made for the app, the FAQs aren't relevant, at least one link is broken), you can't join a room that exists only create a room - so 2 people with the app can't communicate. Use the website. It might not be the worst "app" ever but it's got to be a contender.
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The problems I am facing are as follows. -The app has changed the microphone preference in a weird way. All the other notifications like WhatsApp/Hangout became inaudible after installing this app. They remain inaudible till I access the Appear.in app preference and select the proper microphone. I need to repeat this activity after sometime, as the app automatically modifies it to the default microphone. Devs, please fix it. -The recipients hear a feedback due to the microphone settings. The microphone settings is difficult to understand. -The camera is inverted. Therefore, can not share a text during the meeting.
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It doesn't work with Bluetooth headphones also it makes the mobile too hot and consume all battery
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It's just browser. I not see anything difference with chrome usage
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No Screen Share for iPad...
I love Whereby for camstudy, but the screen share feature was not available for iPad... Hopefully they bring in screen share for iPad so I can share my iPad screen directly without mirroring to the computer.
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Don’t recommend
This app was okay at first but now after using it it’ll cut off every minute or so for about 20 to 30 seconds. Also it gets choppy and I have the iPhone X.Not worth it.
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No Screen Share for iPad...
I love Whereby for camstudy, but the screen share feature was not available for iPad... Hopefully they bring in screen share for iPad so I can share my iPad screen directly without mirroring to the computer.
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Does not work with BlueTooth and does not show proper names for devices. E.g. hash-names are shown, such as "7f6c1", "3d560" instead of "Camera, front", "Camera, brack". No bluetooth headset support, makes it completely useless, for me atleast. Please fix! The service works OK in Google Chrome but is really resource heavy, was hoping for some sort of "acceleration" by using the App instead, but it is actually worse than just using a browser.
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Still too much for the iPhone to handle
I have the iPhone 7. It is extremely choppy...to the point where it takes 5-10 seconds for the app to respond. When it does finally respond, half the time it doesn’t do what you asked it to do. I have sent incomplete messages in the chat log, switched to other apps when trying to select one of the options on the bottom of the screen, the list goes on. I even rebooted my phone and closed all other apps. The problem persisted. -
I had 2 main problems with this app. (Samsung note 8) 1. I couldn't get the microphone to work during video chat 2. In 6 hours, without even open the app, it consumed 21% of my battery. Probably there are some issue with the background management. So sorry, because it seems very useful and easy to use.
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I use the desktop version quite often, but when I tried using the app, ir woulnd work via bluetooth earphone. I had to access the room through my phone browser, which defeats the purpouse of the app. Besides the app seems like just a ghost browser that open the usual site. 0/10 UX
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Not a native app. This is just a pass thru for the website. Only native app is for iOS. Possible ISP issues too, always says connection is blocked (all network settings are good).
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As others say: app is just a wrapper around a web page (which isn't even made for the app, the FAQs aren't relevant, at least one link is broken), you can't join a room that exists only create a room - so 2 people with the app can't communicate. Use the website. It might not be the worst "app" ever but it's got to be a contender.
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The problems I am facing are as follows. -The app has changed the microphone preference in a weird way. All the other notifications like WhatsApp/Hangout became inaudible after installing this app. They remain inaudible till I access the Appear.in app preference and select the proper microphone. I need to repeat this activity after sometime, as the app automatically modifies it to the default microphone. Devs, please fix it. -The recipients hear a feedback due to the microphone settings. The microphone settings is difficult to understand. -The camera is inverted. Therefore, can not share a text during the meeting.
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It doesn't work with Bluetooth headphones also it makes the mobile too hot and consume all battery
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It's just browser. I not see anything difference with chrome usage
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Love the service (and Web version of the interface) but this app would at best scare away new users... And maybe even old. Very cumbersome to join an existing room, why would I want a webpage in an app and absolutely no respect for the design principles of Android UI. Back to scratch, this could be sooo good.
- Get a customized link to your video chat room that you can use to invite up to 12 people to join your room
- Join meetings and video calls from almost any browser on any platform with near-universal compatibility
- After you invite your friends to join your video chat, you get handy push notifications letting you know when they've joined your room
Reviewed by Olivia Cordell on February 23, 2018
Release Notes
2.3.0
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