« To Audience member role: Overview
Join a studio as an audience member to watch a recording session live. You're not recorded, but you can participate in the live chat. If you're on a computer using Chrome or Edge, you can also request a live call-in.
Who: Audience
Plan: All plans
Device: Computer browser and mobile app
Watch a video
Join a studio
Follow the steps below based on if you're joining from a computer or your mobile device.
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Steps to join from a computer
- On your computer, using Chrome or Edge, click Join Session in a studio invite email or click a studio access link.
- You can also join using Safari, but please note that you cannot request a live call-in.
- Enter your name.
- Click Enter chat.
- On your computer, using Chrome or Edge, click Join Session in a studio invite email or click a studio access link.
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Steps to join from a phone
- Download and launch the Riverside iOS app or the Riverside Android app.
- Open the invite:
- If it's a studio invite link, tap the link on your mobile device.
- If it's in an invite email, open the email on your mobile device and tap Join session.
- In the mobile browser page, tap Join studio via app.
The Riverside app connects to the studio. - Enter your name.
- Tap Join.
Please note: To live call-in, you must join from a computer.
Next steps
Once you've entered the studio as audience member, you can:
- Watch the recording session live. Once the session begins, you'll see the host and any guests on your screen.
- Read and write messages in the chat. Chat is available and visible to everyone in the studio including, the host, guests, producers, and other people watching the stream.
- Request a live call-in to join the live session and be recorded(only from a computer using Chrome or Edge).
- Update your settings (only from a computer) to:
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- Enable live captions
- Expand a video frame, to see one person in the studio larger than the rest
- Change your audio output device
- Change your display name
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