Doug Safreno

We've upgraded our presenter view to allow you to view multiple videos at once.

Introducing Pesto's New Presenter View

I'm excited to share that we've launched Pesto mobile web support in early
access. Now, you can hop into a Pesto room while you're on the go.

Note that early access means that the mobile web app is not considered stable,
and you should continue to use the desktop app for the most stable possible
experience.

New Pesto member Stella demonstrates the Pesto mobile web appWhy Pesto mobile
web?
We built Pesto mobile web to solve two of our biggest pieces of customer
feedback.

#1: Users want to talk to co-workers while they are on the the go. This could be
on a walk, in the airport, or just around the house.

#2: Users want to run Pesto on their tablet to the side of their desktop setup.

Why not a Pesto mobile app?
Frankly, this was a lot faster to implement. This web app uses the same code
base as the desktop and web apps.

We still plan to offer a full app at some point. For now, you can install the
Pesto mobile web app to your home screen, and we encourage you to do that for a
close-to-native experience. See "How to use Pesto mobile" below.

Features
Pesto mobile has the following features:

 * Create / delete rooms and teams
 * Manage members (invite / remove)
 * Integrate services (calendar, Spotify, etc)
 * Join a room
 * Play trivia
 * Chat
 * Turn on audio
 * Turn on video
 * View others' audio, video, or screenshare

Limitations
Pragli mobile has the following limitations:

 * "Closed door" only - no open door support for the time being
 * No screen share (but can view others' screens)
 * No "video avatar" support
 * Limited to certain browsers (see below)
 * (iOS) cannot be in a room with more than 4 people
 * (Android) cannot be in a room with more than 12 people

Supported operating systems
With the launch of Pesto mobile, we support all of the follow operating systems.

Note: EA stands for early access, meaning it is actively being worked on and
isn't considered stable.

macOSWindowsLinuxiOSAndroidChromebook Native app Yes Yes EA no no n/a Installed
web app no no no EA EA n/a Chrome Yes Yes EA no EA EA Edge (Chromium) Yes Yes 
n/a no EA n/a Safari EA n/a n/a EA n/a n/a Firefox Yes Yes EA no no n/a Samsung 
n/a n/a n/a n/a EA n/aHow to use Pesto mobile
There are two ways to use Pesto on mobile: via an installed web app or in the
mobile browser.

Pesto web app (recommended) 
Navigate to pesto.app/signin [https://pesto.app/signin] on a mobile device, then
choose "Install Pesto." Pesto will prompt you with instructions on how to
install the web app.

Pesto web browser
Navigate to pesto.app/signin [https://pesto.app/signin] on a mobile device, then
choose your sign in provider.

Feedback
In the mobile layout (<820 px wide), we disable Intercom since it gets too big
and annoying.

To give us feedback (feature requests, bug reports, or anything else), please
send me an email at doug@pesto.app or send us feedback through the support chat
right in Pesto.

Announcing Pesto mobile web support (early access)

I'm excited to introduce Pesto's new presenter view. This is the the view that
pops up whenever you click on someone's screen / video to maximize it.

Why redo presenter view
At its core, Pesto is all about the grid view. We believe that "Brady Bunch"
style video conferencing is critical to making remote work successful (our blog
post here
[https://pesto.app/blog/include-your-remote-team-with-brady-bunch-video-conferencing]
).

However, when it comes to screen share, you need more real estate.

Pesto's old presenter view only showed the full screen share, which gave the
real estate but took away the rest of the Pesto interface.

With the new interface, we give a lot more features while in the full presenter
view.

What changed
The new presenter view adds a new presenter side bar. Now, in addition to
viewing the presenter, you can view everyone else's video / share along the
right-hand side of the screen. It also allows you to chat while in full screen.

In addition to docking to the right, the side bar can be hidden and can run
transparently over the screen share.

Note that the the side bar hides itself on thin displays (most mobile devices,
some people using Pesto to the side).

Feedback
Let us know what you think of the new presenter view by connecting with us via
the internal Pesto support chat - just click on Pesto team.

We're looking forward to your feedback.