Hi hunters! Dominik here, CEO of Around. Very excited to share this latest version of Around, which expands upon our signature anti-fatigue, collaborative meeting experience to include new ways for remote teams to come together and feel more connected. Our users are loving these new features for more casual get togethers like happy hours, recharge breaks, or co-working sessions. Some highlights: 🎉 Happy Hours: Take your next team hang to new heights with our Happy Hour feature, which launches you into an immersive experience complete with music and gorgeous backgrounds. Try out our limited edition Holiday Spirit theme for a dose of cheer at your next holiday get together! 🎵 Vibes: Want to add some atmosphere to co-working sessions or design jams? Add music to every type of meeting with one of our curated playlists, including themes like Synthwave, Night Drive, and Chillhop. 🧨 Games: There’s nothing like a little friendly competition to encourage team bonding. We now offer games like Boom Party (drop dynamite to eliminate other players until you’re the last one standing) and Curve Fever (survive the longest by avoiding curves left by other player’s ships), with more games on the way! It’s also a great way to blow off some steam before jumping back into that big project. 👏 Icebreakers: Did that presentation deserve a round of applause? Or cheering from the stands? In addition to reacting with GIFs and emojis, you can also respond with Icebreakers, which are short audio reactions that can be heard by everyone in the meeting. It’s been over 1.5 years since we first launched Around on Product Hunt and we’re so thankful for all the support and interest we’ve received from the community! Your feedback has helped us make significant improvements in performance and reliability, in addition to shipping countless new features (https://new.around.co). Next up, we’re planning on adding meeting recording, which is coming early next year. Around is free for anyone to try at https://around.co. You can also see what our users are saying here: https://bit.ly/around-love. We’d love to hear what you think of these new features (community@around.co). Also happy to answer questions and get feedback here—will these meet your team bonding needs? What are you interested in seeing when it comes to remote team culture building and connection?

I'm using this fantastic piece of software for almost one year now - it's definitely my number one productivity tool of 2021! Highly recommended!

Around is a fantastic tool that makes video calls fun and a lot less mentally taxing. The team consistently cranks out amazing updates with new features and improvements. We use it for all our calls at Detail. They've found a really good balance between being a powerful and professional app, and being fun with filters, reactions, and vibes. I'm honestly super stoked to find out what Around will be releasing in the coming years.

Congrats Around team! Every new version of your product impresses more than the previous one! 😲 👏

This is a great update! Loving the idea of larger gatherings and the full webcam feature. Keep up the great work! Recording next ;-)

Around was a lifesaver when we were in full lockdown. It has enabled us to work together on design projects and proposals really easily. The whole format has been really refreshing after so much video call fatigue.

My team and I seriously love Around. Especially the echo terminator feature which let's us run standup as a hybrid in-office and remote team. The video bubbles and camping mode is really cool too.

Long time PH lurker here, I think that's my first comment and I wanted to share that for me Around is one of the best products I've seen in 2021 (and probably 2020, too). Love it, you people created something amazing.

Congrats on the updates, great product

We use around every day! Thank you for the update <3

Very Nice product for me!

We love Around, and use it multiple times a day for our internal video calls and meetings

I've been using Around for a couple of months now and for me it's THE BEST collaboration tool there is. I cannot stress enough how absolutely awesome it is. I describe Around as 'face to face without being in your face'. It has solved the problem of seeing anfd talking to your co-workers without taking over your entire screen. To quote the legendary Dieter Rams: ""Simplicity is the key to excellence!" And that is what Around offers. I've developed a lot of concepts lately with co-workers using the powerful combination of Around and Miro. I never dreamed it would be possible to do this part of my work remotely. Put thanks to these two tools it is. Around 1.0 was powerful as a facilitator of remote working, The new update is putting the fun into that as well. Have I said how it's THE BEST and absolutely awesome? No? Well.. it's THE BEST and absolutely awesome. P.S. I'm not normally a fanboy of sofware / online tools, but with Around it's well deserved.

Great software! Using it for about a month for co-working sessions and it's really awesome! Also loved the meditation easter egg ;)

The best meeting tool I have used. Been using for about a year at artsvp.com and we love it. Thanks for making such a great product, we are slowly pushing all our clients to use it!

Big fan of Around, we use it daily with the team at Iteration X. By far the best video conference experience out there. Congrats @dominikbalogh and team 💪

Arount is the best reimagining of group team calls. And now, with the pandemic raging in the world, it's like a breath of fresh air. Congratulations on the update!

The Around 2.0 was amazig, so the 3.0 will be so niceeeee ;) I'm going to fast try all the new features, thanks for your work

We tested the app yesterday with the design team at Theorem, the UI is amazing but isn't just beautiful but functional. We spent the last 15 mins of the call playing the games, it was one of the funniest meetings ever.

We've been using Around 3.0 at Order Desk since March 2021 and haven't looked back! We're a fully remote company, so we've relied on Around to keep us connected for all of our meetings—small standups to full company-wide meetings. In the latest release, we've been playing games together almost every week now, and we can't wait to see what's next from the Around team! :)