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Run effortless hybrid meetings with co-location groups [Beta]. No echo, no extra hardware. Just an inclusive, enjoyable experience where your distributed team can make magic happen.

In this Zoom era, you people are my favorite underdogs in this niche. Keep surprising us! ✨

@zlat I love a good underdog myself. :)

@zlat thanks for the support!

@zlat Thanks for these kind words. There's so much left to do in this space, and we're having a blast punching a little above our weight. ;)

Hi Product Hunt 👋 I’m Andreas, Lead Technical Product Manager at Whereby. Today we’re super excited to release a Beta of Hybrid Meetings to all Whereby Meetings plans. Our brand new Co-location Groups feature makes setting up a hybrid meeting a breeze: once that's done, co-located folks can sit together in the same meeting room, leave their laptops’ microphones open while talking amongst each other or with remote colleagues, and enjoy really smooth audio and video throughout — it’s almost like everyone is sitting in the same room. When you experience it, it honestly feels a bit like magic. 🪄 And best of all, the only thing meeting participants need is their own laptop 💻 — no expensive videoconferencing hardware required! Yes, indeed, read on: 🔸 Why did we build this? At Whereby, we’re trying to create a world where everyone can work from anywhere they like, whether that’s in an office, from their home or even while taking a walk in the park. 🌳 Now, with many companies embracing a hybrid model of working--where employees come into the office only a couple of days per week, and work from home the rest of the time--we’ve heard from many customers stories of the pains of hybrid meetings. We’ve seen companies spend thousands of dollars on conference room hardware that is overly cumbersome to use, and doesn’t always help: these setups often make remote workers feel excluded from meetings, as they miss out on face-to-face conversations and interactions happening in the room. And in office settings where there are no fancy conference room setups, folks participating in the same meeting either end up sharing a single laptop, or else, they settle in remote corners or 1-person meeting pods in the same office in order to not get any echo or feedback 🤯 You get the picture: We made it our mission to change that, and make those meetings better and more inclusive 🙌 🔸 How does it work? At a very basic level, we’re doing three things 3️⃣ - In a group of co-located participants, we only pick up the sound from the microphone with the best position relative to the participant who’s speaking. - We block co-located participants’ voices from being played back again to them through loudspeakers in their vicinity, eliminating annoying echo and audio feedback. - We give co-located participants the option to listen to their colleagues' voices using one or all available loudspeakers (e.g. laptop speakers) in the room, depending on what works best for them. In order to help us assess who is clustered together and who isn’t, we’ve come up with the concept of Co-location Groups 📍, which allow meeting participants to indicate where they are, and who they’re with. Under the hood, all of this is powered by a combination of technologies: - Our grid of media routers running on mediasoup, which allows us to selectively send media to exactly the right participants. - Proprietary audio analysis smarts that help us determine who’s the dominant speaker. - Our RNNoise-powered noise reduction feature, which allows us to focus on the sounds that matter. 🔸 Today’s release All that said, today we’re releasing a beta version of hybrid meetings, and we’d love your feedback! Have a play around with your team — you can sign up for free if you don’t already have a Whereby account —, and let us know what you think! I also want to give a huge shout-out to the entire Whereby team who have worked tirelessly to make this a reality. Thank you all for your hard work, fresh ideas, and dedication! Happy hybrid meetings! Share your feedback in the comments. 💬

@andreasbovens Couldn't have said it better myself. 👏🏼

@andreasbovens well done team!

@andreasbovens Such amazing work from the whole team! Absolute game changed of a feature!

@andreasbovens what a product comment, greatly explained and congratulations on this launch, I will try it in the future!

@andreasbovens @andytyra @oyvind_reed Wow, what an incredible mission - trying to make those hybrid meetings better and more inclusive! much appreciated !

I have been using the product, for more than a month now. And it’s truly better than Zoom or Meets. The interface is clean and simple, no unnecessary complications.

@augustas_volbekas Love it! Exactly what we are aiming for, so thanks for sharing Augustus.

@augustas_volbekas @oyvind_reed so glad to hear your enjoying the experience!

@augustas_volbekas Real time video technology is solving a very human problem, and ignoring that reality is part of what's making this so painful. We're so glad our efforts to make this delightful are getting noticed!

Whereby is the best video meetings solution around. I have been using them for many years, even before they changed their name to Whereby. They are simple to use and clients only need a URL to join a meeting, no downloading anything, simple!

I love the option of having my own chatroom url and being able to share it at any time to talk to someone.

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