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.

In public rooms, hosts and the content they share will be visible on the stage. Public room members can share content to the stage only after a request to go live has been approved. In your private rooms, you and your friends can go live on stage and hosts can share content to the stage. 

Playback

To post content to your room’s stage:

• Enter a room where you can post content to the stage.
• From the bottom tab bar, tap in the lower left corner.
• Use the search bar to find your favorite content OR use the media categories to browse. You can search by All, Videos, Music, or Movies. 
• Tap on the media to bring up a preview that only you can see. 
• Once you’ve found something you love, tap “Post to Chat” 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. From the bottom tab bar, tap . Choose any reaction you'd like to send to the room, and tap it to send! 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 the content that's playing, and then tap  to expand your view full screen. 

To request to go on stage with the hosts:

In most public rooms, only hosts are able to go on stage and stream their video and or audio. However, room members can easily request to go on stage as well by following the steps below:

• From the bottom tab bar, tap to raise your hand and request to go on stage.
• Tap "Request" and we'll notify the host that you requested the stage. Once the host accepts your request, your camera and microphone will be turned on automatically for everyone in the room to see and hear you.

Stage Controls

On Airtime, up to 10 people can be live on video at once. As a host, you have the power to choose what your video chat experience will look like on stage.

To feature a member's live video tile on the stage:

• Press and hold on the member's video tile you would like to feature on the stage. A contextual menu will appear, with stage controls.
• Tap “Feature.”
• The member's live video tile will now be one of the 10 video tiles featured on the stage.

To unfeature a member's live video tile on the stage:

• Press and hold on the member’s video tile you would like to feature on the stage. A contextual menu will appear, with stage controls.
• Tap “Unfeature.”
• The member's live video tile will no longer be one of the 10 video tiles featured on the stage.