The Stage

The Stage is the area of your device where the content you play and the friends you video chat with come to life on Airtime.

Playback

To post content to your Room’s Stage:

• Tap  in the lower left corner of the Room.
• Use the search bar to find your favorite video OR use the media categories to browse. You can search by YouTube,Your Photos, Movies, Twitch, or Music.
• Once you’ve found something you love, tap to present it to the Room.
• To watch the piece of content together, simply tap the media and enjoy!

To pause or play content on your Room’s Stage: 

• Tap on the content that is playing on the Stage. 
• Tap the pause or play button.

Audio

By default, all content played on the Stage has auto-volume turned ON. This means we auto-magically lower the sound of content that’s playing when someone on video chat is speaking.

To manually adjust the volume of content playing on your Room’s Stage: 

• Tap on the content that is playing on the Stage. 
• Tap  in the upper right. 
• Tap “Auto-volume is ON” to turn auto-volume OFF. 
• Adjust the volume by using the slider.

TIP: You can react to content that’s playing on Stage using emojis, stickers, and sounds. Tap the smile icon in the bottom left corner of the screen, and choose any reaction to send to the Room. You’ll see your reactions appear on the Stage!

Stage Display

To view content full screen on your Room’s Stage: 

• Enter a Room.
• Tap on a piece of content you’d like to play for the Room.
• The Stage will automatically rotate to landscape, for you to view full screen.

To view video chat full screen on your Room’s Stage:

• Enter a Room.
• Tap  in the lower right corner of your screen.
• Rotate your device to video chat in full screen. To return to your Room’s view in portrait mode, rotate your device once again. 

Stage Controls

On Airtime, up to 10 people can be live on video at once, with 6 being highlighted on Stage. You have the power to choose what your video chat experience will look like on Stage.

To add to friend’s live video tile to the Stage:

• Long press on the friend’s video tile you would like to add to the Stage. A contextual menu will appear, with Stage controls.
• Tap “Add to Stage.”
• Your friend’s live video tile will now be on the Stage.

To feature a friend’s live video tile on the Stage:

• Long press on the friend’s video tile you would like to feature on the Stage. A contextual menu will appear, with Stage controls.
• Tap “Feature.”
• Your friend’s live video tile will now be one of the 6 video tiles featured on the Stage.

To unfeature a friend’s live video tile on the Stage:

• Long press on the friend’s video tile you would like to feature on the Stage. A contextual menu will appear, with Stage controls.
• Tap “Unfeature.”
• Your friend’s live video tile will no longer be one of the 6 video tiles featured on the Stage.