We’re excited to announce a pair of features that we’ve had lots of requests for: guest access for chat rooms and video calling for one-to-one chats.
Guest Access
With guest access, you’re now able to invite people outside your company to chat without requiring them to sign up for an account. You just check the guest access toggle, give them the URL, and they can enter their name and start chatting with you in a matter of seconds.
- Turn on guest access
- Guests enter their name
- Chatting away
There are lots of uses for guest access – from chatting with contractors and clients to offering an easy solution for live chat support. Please give it a try and send us your feedback. We’re always looking for ways to make HipChat even better. Guest access is available for Plus, Premium, and Ultimate plans.
Here’s a quick demo:
Video Chat
Also in this release, we present video chat for one-to-one conversations. Now, when you want to have a quick back and forth with someone without having to type everything out, you can just start up video chat and talk with them face-to-face:
Video chat is available for all plans.








