User Guides

Room Toolbar
When you're in a room, you have a number of different options that are available in the Room Toolbar at the bottom of the screen. These options allow ...
Change Room Size
Room Owners and Business Users All plans Whereby offers rooms of different sizes to suit different needs: Size Capacity Available in # of video feed...
Room Lock and Knocking
Room Owners Free , Pro , and Business We introduced the Room Lock as a way to guarantee that your conversations in the room are private, and so that...
Participant Controls
Room Owners , Business Users , Guests Free , Pro and Business When you are in a Whereby room, there are certain controls available to help you ma...
Recording Best Practices
Room Owners and Business Users Pro and Business Recording is a great tool that can enhance the way you and your team collaborate. To make sure tha...
How to Share, View, and Edit Your Recordings
Room Owners and Business Users Pro and Business After you've downloaded your recordings to your computer, you have several options on how to view ...
How to Record
Room Hosts Pro and Business Desktop and Laptop (currently not available on mobile devices) With Recording you can record your meetings with the push...
Recording
Room Hosts Pro and Business Desktop and Laptop (currently not available on mobile devices) Recording is available in paid plans for all of your...
Download your Recording
Room Owners and Business Users Pro and Business Recordings are stored locally in your browser cache, so they will only be available on the device ...
Integrations
Room Owners and Participants All Plans Desktop or mobile browser (not available on iOS app) At Whereby, we’re working hard to make video meetings ea...
Meeting Settings
All Users All Plans The Settings menu lets you customize your Whereby experience based on what works best for you. Adjustments to your Notifications, ...
Background Effects
Available on all plans In the iOS app, it's possible to enable Portrait mode , which will apply a Light blur effect, and Studio Light mode, which...
Noise Reduction
In the iOS app, it's possible to enable Voice Isolation which reduces some background noise. Check out the steps below. Whereby is all about working...
Troubleshoot Screen Sharing Issues
At the moment, Chrome doesn't have any specific settings related to screen access. If you're running into problems or getting an error, go to the Ope...
Screen Sharing
Room Owners and Participants Free , Pro and Business Desktop and Laptop (not available on mobile devices or tablets) Some users are reporting ...
Screen Sharing in Different Browsers
Room Owners and Participants All Plans Nope! Chrome and Firefox have built-in screen sharing, so no need for another extension! In the newer release...
How to Share your Screen
Room Owners and Participants All Plans Screen sharing is a great way to enhance your meetings and make sure everyone is on the same page.  To start,...
Screen Sharing Best Practices
Room Owners and Participants All Plans One weird interaction that is very common with screen sharing is the "infinity mirror" effect. This happens w...
File Sharing
Room Owners and Participants Pro and Business plan Desktop , mobile browser , and iOS app users File sharing allows any session participant to...