Group video chat is a conversation with more than two faces in it. Instead of being paired with one person, you open a live room where several members can have their cameras on at the same time, while a shared room chat runs alongside for everyone else. On PEE.CHAT, these rooms are public and open in your web browser on a computer, an iPhone or an Android phone, with nothing to download. You can watch any room without an account. With a free account, you can write in the room chat and turn on your own camera to join the people already on screen. Below, you will see how several cameras share one room, what the room chat is for, what hosts and moderators do, and a few habits that keep a group call easy to follow.

Several cameras, one live room

In a one-to-one chat, there is you and one other person. In a group room, several members can switch on their camera in the same room, so you can see a few people at once and the conversation moves from one face to the next, more like a table of friends than a phone call.

Everyone who opens the room sees those cameras live, including visitors watching without an account. To appear on screen yourself, sign in with your free account, allow the camera and microphone when your browser asks, and turn your camera on. You choose the moment, and you can turn it off again whenever you like.

Being on camera is never required: you can stay off screen and still be part of the group through the room chat.

The room chat keeps everyone in the conversation

Next to the cameras, every room has its own chat: one shared thread for the whole group. Members type messages there, answer the people on camera, suggest the next topic and welcome whoever just arrived.

In a group, the chat does a job that voices cannot. When several people are already talking, it lets you ask a question without cutting anyone off, share a thought you would rather write than say, or simply follow along quietly. The people on camera can read it and answer out loud.

Writing in the chat takes a free account. If someone on camera makes the room better, you can also send them a tip in BTC, PCASH or PCHAT from the wallet that comes with your account.

Hosts and moderators: who runs the room

Every room has a host, the member who runs it. The room's name and description tell you what the host has in mind, whether that is a quiz night, a debate about last night's match or a quiet study session, and the host sets the pace of the conversation.

Moderators help the host keep the room friendly. That matters more as the group grows: with many voices, one rude message can spoil the mood for everyone. If someone crosses the line, let the host or a moderator know in the chat, and block or report the person yourself. PEE.CHAT also has its own moderation.

Create a room of your own and you are its host: you give it a name and a description, then share its link with the people you want to invite.

Habits that make a group call flow

A group video chat works best when people take turns, and a few habits make a real difference.

Let the person speaking finish before you jump in, and if you want the floor, say so in the chat first. When several people talk over each other, nobody can follow.

Wear headphones if you can. With several microphones open in one room, sound from your speakers can come back as an echo for everyone. Sit facing a light and keep your phone or laptop steady, so the others see you clearly.

Rooms are public and anyone can watch, so keep personal details such as your address or phone number to yourself. And if a room is not your style, leave and open another: there is no commitment.