{"id":104776,"date":"2022-06-04T04:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-06-04T04:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/?p=104776"},"modified":"2024-10-22T07:51:12","modified_gmt":"2024-10-22T07:51:12","slug":"our-new-video-voice-screensharing-feature-puts-you-in-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/updates\/our-new-video-voice-screensharing-feature-puts-you-in-control\/","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Our new Video + Voice + Screensharing feature puts you in control"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">We&#8217;re big fans of chat at tawk.to, yet we know some prefer other methods of communication. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re excited to announce an update to our Video + Voice + Screensharing add-on. Best of all, you can try it out yourself right now with a one-week free trial.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>What is the Video + Voice + Screensharing add-on?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing-1024x486.png\" alt=\"Customer service with video + voice + screensharing\" class=\"wp-image-104752\" title=\"Customer service with video + voice + screensharing\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Customer-service-with-video-voice-screensharing.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Give your customers the option to choose how to speak with you. Video chats, voice calls and two-way screen sharing allow you to get personal, solve problems in real-time and offer the best customer service you can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Now, anyone on your site or a hosted chat page has more ways to connect with you. Screen sharing is limited to the desktop app. However, Video and Voice calls are available on mobile.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">To learn more about the Video + Voice + Screensharing add-on, check out our Knowledge Base article in the Help Center: <a href=\"https:\/\/help.tawk.to\/article\/getting-started-with-video-voice-screensharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Getting started with Video + Voice + Screensharing<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>So, what&#8217;s new?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Previously, once Video + Voice + Screensharing was enabled, any visitor was able to start a session and request a video chat, a voice call or a screen sharing session.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The add-on has now been updated and this functionality can be switched on or off in the Dashboard. This means if you prefer to give only agents the power to initiate a video chat, a voice call or a screen sharing session, you can.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you-1024x486.png\" alt=\"Control video and voice chat permissions in the Dashboard\" class=\"wp-image-104760\" title=\"Let your customer choose how to communicate with you\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you-1024x486.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you-300x143.png 300w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you-768x365.png 768w, https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Let-your-customer-choose-how-to-communicate-with-you.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Did you say something about a FREE trial?&nbsp;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">That&#8217;s right, you can try out the Video + Voice + Screensharing add-on for yourself now. And it\u2019s completely free for a week. See if it works for you and, most importantly, if it helps your customers.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-fill\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/7-day-video-voice-screensharing-trial-request\/\" style=\"background-color:#01a850\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>ACTIVATE FREE 7-DAY TRIAL<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:150px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;re big fans of chat at tawk.to, yet we know some prefer other methods of communication. That&#8217;s why we&#8217;re excited to announce an update to our Video + Voice + Screensharing add-on. Best of all, you can try it out yourself right now with a one-week free trial. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":104744,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"webinar_types":[],"class_list":["post-104776","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-updates"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104776","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=104776"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104776\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":105997,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104776\/revisions\/105997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/104744"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=104776"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=104776"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=104776"},{"taxonomy":"webinar_types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tawk.to\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/webinar_types?post=104776"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}