The Theater is a purpose-built space for all-hands meetings, presentations, and large-scale events. It can accommodate up to 3,000 people and automatically scales to a stadium view with multiple audience sections when more than ~50 attendees are present. For modern, RSVP-based virtual events, you can run events in Theater using On-Air. The Theater consists of four key areas: Audience The audience is where attendees watch the meeting. Audience members join an audio-only row of up to five people, allowing t

To schedule a Theater presentation, set up a calendar event in Google Calendar or Outlook Calendar or create a Roam meeting link in Settings > Links. Then assign the event or link to a Theater in Roam. Once the room is assigned, visitors using the link will arrive directly in the Theater audience. For modern, RSVP-based virtual events with guest invitations and follow-up messaging, create an On-Air event and assign the Theater as the destination. Scheduling from Google Calendar Click “Add video conferenc

Roam is the perfect venue for hosting a virtual all-hands meeting or large event, offering interactive features and collaborative tools. Follow this quick guide to ensure a successful meeting in your virtual HQ! Theater Prepare Backstage Designate a “Stage Manager” to run the show. From Backstage, click More to access Theater settings. Here you can manage how people access the stage, enable or disable Backstage and the Q\&A Microphone, and start recording video and Magic Minutes. When Backstage is enabl

Record your all-hands meetings and Magic Minutes archive so that those who couldn’t attend can watch later or prompt @MagicMinutes about the transcript. How to Record a Theater Event To record a video of the Theater event, from Backstage or On Stage, click More > Record Video. This will include Magic Minutes. Important: Starting Magic Minutes on its own does NOT include video. The video recording captures the event from the perspective of an audience member. This will also include Magic Minutes, and onl

Presenting in Roam is easy—just choose what to share and how you want it to sound. Here’s how to make sure your audience sees (and hears) exactly what you intend. Share Your Presentation Click the Share button in the bottom toolbar. Choose what you want to share: Entire Screen if you need to switch between multiple apps or windows during your presentation. Specific App Window (e.g., PowerPoint, Keynote, or Google Slides) so participants only see your presentation, not your other windows. If you’re u

Magic Minutes transcribes a meeting, sends everyone in the meeting a summary in an AInbox chat group, and you can prompt the transcription with questions using @MagicMinutes. You can prompt Magic Minutes during the meeting or after the meeting is over and get an answer. Magic Minutes Capabilities Real-time Transcription: Ongoing text transcript of the meeting. Automatic Summaries: A concise write-up of the meeting’s main points and outcomes. Templates: Customize the structure, tone, and content to tailor

Roamoji Reactions are expressive animated gestures you can send during a meeting. Gesture to Someone In a Meeting Room, send a bow, fist bump, handshake, or high five gesture to someone and wait for them to respond in kind. Hover over someone’s video during a meeting. Click on a gesture. Wait for them to response. Emoji Reactions Express yourself by sending an emoji reaction to everyone in the meeting. Some built-in Roamoji reactions include sound along with the emoji animation. Click the Roamoji butt

Closed captions help everyone follow along with what’s being said, especially in noisy or quiet environments. When enabled, real-time text appears at the bottom of the screen transcribing the conversation. Enabling Captions In a meeting, click More in the bottom toolbar. Select Closed Captions to toggle them on or off. Note: When you enable closed captions, they are visible only to you. Other meeting participants will not see them unless they also enable captions. Tips The captions can be scrolled back

When in a Meeting Room, Theater, or Game Room, click the Chat button in the bottom toolbar to open the ephemeral Meeting Chat. Unlike chats in AInbox, this is a temporary space for meeting participants to have quick conversations, post images, and share links. Messages in this chat are not persistent—they will not be stored in AInbox or available after the meeting ends. The chat remains visible when recording a video meeting or Theater presentation. Meeting Chat

Choose a preset or custom sound to play when you enter or exit meetings and On Stage in the Theater—your entrance and exit tones. Set Your Entrance and Exit Tones Go to Settings > \[Your Name]. Select a preset Meeting Entrance/Exit Tone, or choose Custom to upload your own. Uploaded audio files must be no longer than 3 seconds. Disabling Entrance and Exit Tones Roam admins can disable entrance and exit tones in Settings > Roam Administration > \[Roam Name] > Meeting Entrance and Exit Tones. Individuals