#product-updates

New Features

Add Friends

Add new people you meet (or those you already know) as a Friend! New friends will be added to your Friends List off of your profile. You'll also be able to tell when they're online or offline by the status indicator next to their profile icon.

Tutorials Category

Interested in learning more about a specific feature on Here, or just want a basic refresher? Check out the new Tutorials category on the template selection screen (under the Popular category). You can learn more about using Photo Booth, setting start views, and sharing your screen!

Bug Fixes & Improvements

New loading screen animations with helpful tips

Room duplication broke in the Here lobby, but now it’s fixed!

We improved video connections to our servers for a higher quality video experience

View Friends list from your mini-profile

Know when your Friends are online with online status indicators

Copy/Paste from chat broke; we fixed it so now you can copy/paste all you want

A ton of iOS updates like:

We’ve also updated our Lobby header to include access to our help center, jobs page, and Discord

Chat bar updates where you can view images, stickers, and gifs by tapping on the element in chat

You can edit your room in the settings with the ability to change the room name

You can create a username when logging into your account. These are unique to you, so go crazy and get creative!

New Features

User Profiles

Write your bio, choose your pronouns, pick your background image — express who you are (and of course, get a bigger view of all the PFPs in a room)

Volume Control on Screenshares

Every person in the room now can independently control volume on any screenshare.  Just hover over the lower left corner of the share

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Closed Captions now work on YouTube shares

Photobooth wouldn’t always work; we fixed most of the problems (but please let us know if you hit an issue)

Oh, and Photobooth images now automatically appear in your Discord server if you install our Discord bot

Lots of iOS fixes like

The messaging input bar would show weird scroll bars on Windows; we fixed it

We updated our video server to make sure everything is running on the latest and greatest

Search and Playlist for the Media Player got some UI fixes

Logging out now mutes all notifications

iOS users now follow all Camera/MIc room level permissions

iOS users can’t add content if Add Content room level permission disabled

New Features

Happy Holidays

What makes Here special is each and every one of you — so we want to wish you a very Happy Holiday and New Year!  Of course, we wouldn’t be Here if we didn’t throw in some weird stuff to do.  So, make sure you have Voice Controls on (just hit the Gear Icon, go to Room Settings and scroll til you see Voice Controls to toggle on), then say some fun holiday words like “Merry Christmas”

Usernames

Names are about self-expression, and we totally understand why you want to change your name from room to room (or mood to mood).  But for people to find you and know who you are, we need something that sticks around a little longer.  That’s why you can now claim your username — usernames are unique (no one else can have yours), so make sure to pick a good one.  Of course, you can always change it by accessing your profile in the upper right corner.

Timer

By popular request, you can now add a Timer to any room (Pomodoro anyone?).  Just access the Build Tools (Hammer Icon on the toolbar) and choose Timer.  Enjoy your countdown

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Push notifications wouldn’t always come through OR would sometimes happen when they shouldn’t; we shipped some new infrastructure to power push notifications that should be rock solid

Users coming in via the Lobby now skip the Join Screen

Public Rooms now automatically appear in the Directory

New Features

Room Level Camera, Mic and Content Controls

We know that Here is very weird, and that can make some of y'all get a little cray cray in the rooms being loud or adding things when asked not to do so...and that can drive room Owners and Hosts even crazier.  Now an Owner/Host can disable all user Cameras or Mics in a room (really handy for those Watch Parties and Study Sesh spots), and prevent any user from being able to add new stuff to the room.  Of course, Owners and Hosts will always have access to these settings.

Just hit the Gear Icon and then go to Room Details to see all these wonderful controls...and we show them to you whenever you make a room Public

Two Locks—Position and Interaction

Sometimes you just want stuff to stay in a specific place, and sometimes you just don't want anyone to be able to type in the note or add to the drawing.  Now you can Lock the Position of an object AND/OR Lock the State of an object in any room.  For example, you can choose to put a YouTube player in a specific part of the room and lock it in place so no one can move it...or you can lock interaction on the player so no one can mess with the Play List or even press Play or Pause...or you could do both!

To Lock, just hover over the lower right corner of any object in a room, then choose Lock off the Overflow Menu

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Typing in Chat could get janky with extra spacing; we fixed it

Users who had a Mic but no Camera never could access their Mic settings; now we handle Camera and Mic access issues separately (Mic Only users rejoice!)

The room template picker would look weird on small screen sizes; we fixed it

We shipped a snazzy new pop up to tell you when we have important new features to check out AND we made it look better

Once a room is whitelisted for the Public Directory, it now always is visible in the directory whenever an owner/host is present in the room

New Features

4 in a Row!

You've asked for games.  Well, we're delivering.  Mystery.  Deception.  Intrigue.  Four in a Row has it all!  To start a game, just go to the Games icon of the Toolbar and choose 4 in a Row

Responsive Lobby Design

Shrink your browser width down and the Lobby adjusts to always be usable.

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Sometimes you could make an object in the room too small; now there are minimum sizes

Some of you spammed messages in chat or objects in a room; now there is throttling to make sure you're all on best behavior

Login and account creation got a fresh coat of paint and you can now login with Apple on the Web

New Features

iOS App

Download Here for iPhone and iPad to access your rooms (and hang with your friends) on the go

Barriers

You can now add "walls" to any room that Chat Heads cannot pass through.  Build mazes, houses, worlds—whatever you want.  To add a Barrier, just go to the More button (three dots) on the toolbar and choose Barrier.  You can customize size and color.  Have fun!

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Templates were loading slower; we made them fast

The Member List for rooms with lots of members will now load much faster (and scroll smoother)

Users can now "report" another user in a room

We improved a lot of our video infrastructure to make sure busy video servers don't get bombarded with more traffic when they're already working hard

New Features

Head Hands

Reach out and touch the people in your room.  Just use the CTRL key and move your mouse.

Public Rooms

Put your room in the Here public directory where other Hereizens can see it (and join you).  It's a great way to find people who share the same interests, and just to meet new people and make friends.  To make a room Public, just click the Invite Button in the upper right and turn on the Discoverable Setting

Bug Fixes & Improvements

Links in chat messages didn't have custom styling, but now they do

Sending images and GIFs in chat now trigger notifications if the user has Notifications enabled

A Room Owner/Host can manage other user roles from the Chat Head in the room or chat list

A Room Owner couldn't leave a room that was in Station broadcast mode; that's fixed

The first time a user tries to screenshare, they see an explanation for how to share audio from another browser tab

Typing simple emoticon in Chat now render correctly

We broke setting Start View for a room; it's fixed