Screen sharing with audio

Show a video, a game, or a problem you are working through so the other side hears exactly what you hear. Not a silent picture, but the screen with the app’s audio.

The whole screen or one window

Before sharing you choose what everyone else will see: the entire screen, or the window of one program. The second is easier when a chat or your inbox is open nearby — they simply never make it into the stream.

In the Windows app the window’s audio travels with it. That is what a browser cannot do: show a player or a game so that everyone hears it properly, rather than through your microphone.

Quality changes as you go

Resolution and frame rate can be changed mid-stream. Text in an editor needs a sharp picture, a fast-moving scene needs smoothness, and switching between the two does not mean stopping and picking the window again.

The change reaches the running stream in a fraction of a second, and viewers see no interruption.

When a browser is enough, and when it is not

In the browser, screen sharing works with nothing installed: pick a tab, a window, or the whole screen and you are sharing. If you only need to show a picture, that is enough.

The browser has one limitation, and it is fundamental: it will not hand over an arbitrary application’s audio. When it matters that viewers hear a player or a game, you need the desktop version — it takes the chosen window’s sound directly.

What it looks like for viewers

Watch from a phone

The Android app and the mobile web version both display someone else’s stream — no computer required to join.

Their own fullscreen

Any viewer can expand the stream to fullscreen on their side without changing what anyone else sees.

Viewers install nothing

The stream opens through a link in the browser. Watching requires no app.

Common questions

Is audio shared along with the picture?

Yes. In the Windows app the selected application’s audio is sent with it — game, player, or clip included.

Can I share one program instead of the whole screen?

Yes — the source picker lists open windows separately. Anything outside the chosen window never reaches viewers.

Can I watch a stream on my phone?

Yes, someone else’s stream is visible both in the Android app and in a mobile browser.

How many people can watch a stream?

Everyone in the room — up to fifty people at once.

Will viewers see my other windows if I share one application?

No. When a specific window is selected, only that window is sent: your chats, your inbox, and everything else on screen stay yours.

Show the screen instead of describing it

A room takes a second to create, and the link works right away.

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