Category Archives for Product Updates
Screen Sharing Support Lands in the Embed API
Gruveo developers, rejoice! The Gruveo Embed API now supports outgoing screen sharing in Chrome and Firefox on desktop. In Chrome, the user will be prompted to install the Gruveo Screen Sharing extension when turning on the screen sharing for the first time. In Firefox, no extension installation is necessary.
To provide access to this new functionality, we have added the new screenSharingAvailability event to the API, as well as extended the existing embed.toggleVideo() method and the streamStateChange event. Please refer to the JavaScript API Reference for details. We have also updated our Basic Demo to provide an example of how you can access the screen sharing functionality through the Embed API.
The screen sharing feature is available to all Embed API users immediately. Like before, displaying incoming screen sharing streams is available on all platforms supported by the Embed API.
New Feature: Add Callers to Your Ongoing Gruveo Call
If you use Gruveo often (we hope you do!), you probably want to be alerted of any incoming calls even while you are on a call with someone else. Additionally, you should be able to add new callers right to the ongoing call, without having to use a room for such impromptu group conversations. Well, starting today, you can do both.
Get Alerts for Parallel Incoming Calls
Whenever you have an ongoing Gruveo conversation and a new call on your Gruveo link comes in, you will now get an alert like the one shown below.
A special alert will notify you of a parallel incoming call (Gruveo web app only).
The alert will give you two options:
- Add the caller to your ongoing call
- Decline the incoming call.
You can also hang up your ongoing call, in which case you will be taken to the incoming call screen for the caller who’s trying to reach you.
Another Easy Way to Create Group Conversations
The call notification feature provides a new easy way to create group calls on Gruveo. Instead of organizing your group call in a call room, or sharing the one-time join URL for an ongoing call on your Gruveo link, do the following:
- Tell all call participants to follow your Gruveo link (grv.to/@myhandle) on the agreed upon time
- Take the first call that comes in
- Add any subsequent callers to the ongoing call.
It’s really that simple!
Available in the Gruveo Web App Today
The new call notification feature is currently available in the Gruveo web app on www.gruveo.com. We are working on bringing it to our Android and iOS apps, too. Meanwhile, here’s to even fewer missed calls and a new easy way to create group conversations on Gruveo!