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Introducing our new desktop minimode!
To give you better visibility into your virtual office when you’re working in other windows, we’ve released a brand new version of the desktop minimode! This gives you a mini Gather window that lets you see activity near you in the office while you stay focused on the task at hand.

An All New Desk Experience! Express Yourself & Connect with Coworkers
Experience new ways to express yourself and interact with those around you in our latest desk update.

Book Specific Meeting Areas
Streamline the process of creating a meeting by choosing a specific location for your conversation.

It’s Easier Than Ever to Purchase a Gather Plan
To make the process of picking a plan a little easier, we’ve updated the payment flow you’ll experience within the Gather app.

Desktop Notifications for Mac and Windows
If you’re using the Gather Desktop App, you can now enable real-time native OS notifications on Mac and Windows devices.

Join Gather meetings with our new Slack App!
Jump into meetings in your virtual office straight from Slack with a brand new Gather Slack App!

Pixel-Perfect Details: 116 Bug Fixes & Improvements
To help your team thrive when using Gather, we’ve launched 116 improvements and bug fixes that make it easier to use, more reliable, and a little more fun!

New Ways to React in Real-Time During Meetings
Raise your hand when you have a question, share how you’re feeling with emojis, and follow along with a new Reactions Feed!

High-five: Background blur is here!
Now you can blur your background while you’re on video calls, and give high-fives to your friends in the office.

Start your engines and race your coworkers in a new team Social
Grab your coworkers for a digital break around the race track, and learn about the latest improvements to the Gather desktop app.

Customize chat sound settings + a new board game Social!
Bond with your team over some of the most beloved board games, and learn about updates to chat sounds, Do Not Disturb Mode, and map templates.

What's new on Gather this week?
New-and-improved video and audio performance along with meeting controls and screenshare improvements.

Try a Gather Social, fun games for virtual teams
Introducing new team building activities (Socials!), a semi-secret park space, and a variety of bug fixes.

Select multiple boxes in Mapmaker + other bug fixes
We’ve released updates to the Mapmaker experience, improvements for admins, and a variety of other bug fixes.

Have more fun with your remote team: Ride Go-Karts in the office or try a virtual escape room
We’ve partnered with Raid the Room to bring you a virtual escape room, made Go-Karts available in every Space via an extension, and launched several other small fixes this week.

A virtual dog for your virtual office
Woof, woof, woof! Now you can add office pets to your Space, use Photo Mode to take pictures, and mass mute everyone (great for events).

Better ways to customize and manage your virtual event Space
Learn about the latest updates in Gather, including new customizable event maps, in-Space event schedules, and Talk Rooms – perfect for event panels or Q&A!

A bunch of bug updates
This week, the latest updates to Gather were all about the details! The team fixed several bugs that will make your day-to-day a little more pixel-perfect.

Navigating your virtual office just got even easier
We’ve released a brand new app layout, a bigger video grid, and a world-clock extension for collaborating across time zones.

Customize your virtual office with your company logo
Now it’s easier to add your logo (and actually make it the right size). We’ve also added a new extension that makes it easy to collect votes from your team

Load objects before someone enters your Space
This will take longer for your Space to load, but will ensure guests or coworkers never see a blank object in the Room (which can happen when objects load upon discovery)..

Add more privacy to your Space with password-protected doors
This week we’ve fixed a whole bunch of bugs, plus added new door objects that require a password to enter. (Great for creating extra private Rooms!)

Give tours of your virtual office
Now you can request coworkers or guests to automatically follow your avatar, making it easy to give tours of your Space or continue a conversation while moving through the office.

Debug Mode + bug fixes
Our new Debug Mode will make it easier for our team to troubleshoot issues if they arrive in your Space, or you can try it yourself to see incoming/outgoing audio and video.

New year, new image improvements!
Learn about the latest updates to Gather, including improvements on image rendering and a bunch of bug fixes the team wrapped up for the start of the new year!

Performance and stability improvements (thanks, new rendering engine!)
We’ve got a new rendering engine that’s making movements in Gather super smooth, plus a variety of mobile updates and bug fixes.

Personalize your Space and avatar for the holidays
Spread holiday cheer throughout your virtual office with new decorations and outfits. Only here until the snow melts!

Make real-time announcements to everyone in your virtual event
The Information Board now supports pinned messages and real-time messages, so you can inform event guests of updates right away.

Add links to objects in your Space
Learn all about the latest updates to Gather, including embeddable object links, a new way to create events, updates to emotes, and more!

Adjust the volume of people talking in your Space
Learn about our new video volume sliders (great for quieting loud talkers!) and a few other bug fixes.

Update the Information Board inside Event Spaces
Space Moderators and Owners can now update the pinned message on the Information Board, in addition to adding links.

Embrace your spooky side! Customize your Space with Halloween decorations and costumes
Transform your digital office into a memorable Monster Mash! From ghosts and skeletons to pumpkins and hay bales, you’ll fall in love with new ways to customize your Space.

Pin announcements in your Gather event Space
Give your guests a way to always access the most important information about your virtual event.

Customize your virtual office with new meeting room designs
Make virtual team meetings more fun! New designs can help you create dedicated Rooms for different types of calls.