Voice Channels in Heartbeat are built for real-time conversations with your community, perfect for live discussions, coworking, office hours or casual drop-ins.
✅ How to Join a Voice Channel
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Find any Voice Channel in your sidebar
It’ll show up under your list of channels, wherever you (or another admin) created it, with a 🔊 emoji to the left of it. -
Click the channel name
This will open a small pop-up. -
Click “Join”
You’ll immediately enter the voice channel and be able to talk to (or listen in on) anyone else who’s there.
🎛 Voice Channel Controls
Once you're in, you’ll see a floating toolbar pop up, usually at the bottom center of your screen. You can click and drag it anywhere.
Here's what you can do with the toolbar:
- Mute/unmute your mic
- Turn your camera on/off
- Share your screen
- Choose your camera, microphone and speakers (sliders icon)
- Invite other people to join
These controls make it easy to run smooth, real-time sessions with your members, whether you're hosting something structured or just hanging out.
📹 Seeing Video
The toolbar only holds your controls, so video doesn't play there. When anyone turns on their camera, a video preview appears at the top of the right-hand column on your Feed and in chat and thread channels. Click the preview to open the full video view with everyone in the room.
If you joined from a page without a right-hand column, such as Courses, go to your Feed to see the preview. Your call keeps running while you move around your community.
When someone shares their screen, click View Screen Share in your toolbar to watch it.