Meeting Settings

Who can use this guide?

  • All Users
  • All Plans

The Settings menu lets you customize your Whereby experience based on what works best for you. Adjustments to your Notifications, language preference, camera/audio devices and more can be set here. 

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You can access these settings by clicking on the Settings gear in the top right corner of any room.

From there, navigate through the sidebar menu to navigate to the different categories of settings: 

Room
  • Change the room size
  • Lock or Unlock your room
Branding/Theme
  • Change room theme (free plan)
  • Customize your room's branding (paid plans)
Integrations

Enable or disable in-room integrations:

  • Google Drive
  • Miro whiteboard
  • Trello boards
  • YouTube
Video & Audio
  • Switch which camera, microphone, or speaker you're using
  • Set widescreen and HD video preferences
  • Adjust mirror settings for your own self-view
Effects
  • Choose a background effect filter that will mask your background accordingly
Notifications
  • Get notified when someone enters your room or knocks
General
  • Change language preference to English, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, German or French (more languages hopefully coming in the future!)
  • Change default skin tone for emoji reactions
Advanced
  • Turn pre-call review on or off
  • Turn on mobile mode: recommended for slower internet connections or to reduce CPU usage
  • Reduce visual effects: can also help reduce CPU usage
  • Automatically launch picture-in-picture: adjust if you want to have PIP open automatically when clicking on a chat link

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At the moment most Settings are only available in Safari on iOS. We hope to add them to the iOS app in the future. For now, join your room in Safari and continue to the steps below. 

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Click on the 3 horizontal dots in the top right corner to open settings.

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It will default to opening on the Video & Audio section. You can press the back button to access the other Settings options. 

Room

  • Change the room size
  • Lock or Unlock your room (all plans)
  • Change Room Background (free plan)
  • Customize your room's branding (paid plans)

Integrations

Enable or disable in-room integrations:

  • Google Drive
  • Miro whiteboard
  • Trello boards
  • YouTube

Video & Audio

  • Switch which camera, microphone, or speaker you're using
  • Set widescreen video preferences
  • Adjust mirror settings for your own self-view

General

  • Change language preference to English, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, or Portuguese (more languages hopefully coming in the future!)
  • Change default skin tone for emoji reactions

Advanced

  • Turn pre-call review on or off
  • Turn on mobile mode: recommended for slower internet connections or to reduce CPU usage
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To access Settings on Android, join your room in a Firefox or Chromium-based browser.

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Click on the 3 horizontal dots in the top right corner to open settings.

3

It will default to opening on the Video & Audio section. You can press the back button to access the other Settings options. 

Room

  • Change the room size (paid plans)
  • Lock or Unlock your room (all plans)
  • Change Room Background (free plan)
  • Customize your room's branding (paid plans)

Integrations

Enable or disable in-room integrations:

  • Google Drive
  • Miro whiteboard
  • Trello boards
  • YouTube

Video & Audio

  • Switch which camera, microphone, or speaker you're using
  • Set widescreen video preferences
  • Adjust mirror settings for your own self-view

Notifications

  • Get notified when someone enters your room or knocks

General

  • Change language preference to English, Japanese, Norwegian, Spanish, Portuguese, German or French (more languages hopefully coming in the future!)
  • Change default skin tone for emoji reactions

Advanced

  • Turn pre-call review on or off
  • Turn on mobile mode: recommended for slower internet connections or to reduce CPU usage