Highlight Speaker is Now Available!

In larger call sessions, it’s tricky to identify who’s actively talking and who isn’t. This is why we’ve released this new video call enhancement to help you identify active speakers, by highlighting their video tile.

What is Highlight Speaker, and how does it work?

Highlight Speaker is a feature that’s designed to improve communication on your Whereby calls by making large group sessions even more manageable. It does this by automatically detecting and visually emphasizing the active speaker in real time.

This feature uses audio processing technology to identify who’s talking and highlights their video tile with a halo. Since it works in real time, the visual highlight seamlessly switches between who’s talking as the conversation flows.

When it’s turned on, hosts can better engage with participants, and participants can easily focus on the speaker.

How do I enable this on Whereby Meetings?

This feature is automatically rolled out to all users on Whereby Meetings, so you don’t need to do anything to access it.

How do I enable this on Whereby Embedded?

For users on Whereby Embedded, highlight speaker is turned off by default. To enable this for all meeting rooms within your organization, visit;

Whereby dashboard > Configure > Features > Room features > Highlight speaker

Alternatively, you can toggle this on or off for individual rooms using the highlightActiveSpeaker=<on|off> URL parameter. Learn how to use URL parameters here.

Who can access Highlight Speaker on Whereby?

This feature is available to all Whereby Meetings and Embedded customers on any price plan.

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Have a great week,

Team Whereby