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Give your meetings superpowers.
Julie Zhuo
Macro β€” A Zoom client for creatives
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Join any Zoom meeting with Macro even if everyone else is on Zoom. Meeting software is now a personal choice.
Macro customizes the meeting interface to give you a whole new way to express yourself and feel included on calls.
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Julie Zhuo
I've been following the Macro team since their first launch, and since the moment I saw the 'airtime' feature I knew I had to try it. We've been using it on our team ever since, and I love how it makes the formal feel of virtual meetings more human, inclusive and fun. I mean, the real world is not a neat little grid of faces! Macro brings so much more expressivity and ease of collaboration. Excited to support them in the launch today! (full disclosure I am a tiny tiny investor).
Daniel Giovacchini
The new Macro brand is πŸ”₯ and the Airtime feature is awesome. Can't wait for Windows to come at some point too!
Ankith Harathi
@dangio25 yesss. Thanks Dan!
Reony T
This looks fun!! Any chance there will be a Windows version?
Ankith Harathi
@megaroeny We definitely want to support more platforms in the future, but trying to nail it on macOS first!
Patrick Frank
Been using this for months. LOVE IT! Great refresh, love the new design and features. Great work team!
Ankith Harathi
@patfrank Thank you Patrick!! Keep the feedback coming and grateful for your support ✹
Hari Mahesh
Congrats @ankith, @rjkeck2, @hyumankind and team! Macro has single-handedly made attending Zoom meetings more fun again!! πŸŽ‰ Excited for everyone to try it out and to see what else they build in the future! πŸ™ŒπŸΎ
Guido Rosso
Congrats on the launch, love the video!
Ankith Harathi
@guidorosso Thanks Guido! That was a masterpiece by @ancantana
Diego Zaks
After a few months of use I can honestly say it's the best upgrade to your video conferencing life. It's perfect for small meetings, when you need "floating heads" over Figma. It makes everything feel a little more natural and engaging, less formal and better for creative work. The Ramps design team uses Macro almost exclusively for creative Jams and Crits. I cannot recommend it enough.
Calum Webb
@diegozaks1 Thanks Diego, this is such great feedback! Glad that you're loving Macro 🀩
Ankith Harathi
@diegozaks1 this is EVERYTHING. Thank you Diego!! Excited to keep seeing Ramp's domination :)
Tem Nugmanov
Been using it for every call since the beta launch and absolutely love it!!
Ankith Harathi
@temirlan Thanks so much Tem! Your feedback was incredibly valuable and we're lucky to have your support
Mike Weiss
I was a beta tester of Macro and it really was a game changer in how I approached my meeting. Congrats on the launch!
Ankith Harathi
@mikeini Thanks Mike!!
⚑️ Charlie
there are some things that redefine your relationship to everything else. meetings are too often a necessary evil and it's easy to get lost in an endless fog of zoom calls. macro brings people back to the forefront and pushes ceremony to the side. it's not a turnkey solution to revolutionize meetings or change the world or upend industries. i feel like this tool is at its best when we change one hour of your life and by giving you tools to see other people and be seen in a different way. (i'm an engineer with these folks; sorry not sorry. but to be fair i'm like one wrong emoji away from being fired)
Ross Mayfield
Congrats Ankith and team!
Ankith Harathi
@ross Thanks Ross. Ready for the Macro Zoom App soon, and grateful for all the support from the Zoom side πŸ™Œ
Ankith Harathi
πŸ‘‹πŸ˜Έ Helloooooo again Product Hunt! Ankith here, Co-founder & CEO of Macro. We launched the first version of Macro on Product Hunt just over a year ago as a proof-of-concept for a 3rd party Zoom client. And we learned a LOT since then. Over the last year, we took the product back into beta and learned from over 200,000 meetings and 2500+ teams that had been testing Macro. We focused on two main areas: πŸ› οΈ Reliability and performance improvements πŸ”­ Narrowing our purpose Stability and resource consumption issues made up 85% of the early feedback. And talking with those early Macro users helped us realize that what made Macro really valuable wasn't the note taking and the slight productivity bump in the meeting. It was how it made them *feel* during the meeting. Macro made meetings more lightweight and fun, which in turn made people feel more comfortable and able to naturally express themselves over video. They felt in control and that Macro adapted to them. We're incredibly excited to be unveiling a brand new Macro today, with a renewed focus: Bring Your Full Self. Macro is a Zoom client built for self-expression. You can join any Zoom meeting with Macro, even if everyone else is on Zoom. We're making meeting software a personal choice. Today's release of Macro comes with: 🎨 A brand focused on human creativity, with an emphasis on rawness and authenticity πŸ•ΉοΈ Canvas - a fluid meeting experience with pinch to zoom, panning, and drag and drop πŸ”Š Airtime - subtle awarness of speaking amounts to make the conversation more inclusive πŸ‘©β€πŸŽ€ Expression dock - play around with quirky shapes, filters, and reactions 🀝 Expression platform - collabs with artists on reaction packs and themes dropped in-app 🐝 Floating view - the most lightweight meeting UI that just gets out of the way πŸšͺ Rooms - one click drop in audio and video rooms for spontanous chats with your team And even more tidbits you'll discover as you start playing around. We strongly believe that the future of software is more personalized experiences and we couldn't be more thrilled to show you the potential of personalization with Macro's launch today. Macro is free for all and available on macOS for download today! https://macro.io We'd love to hear what you think and how we can make Macro even better. Thanks for reading! ✌️
Nihal Bhushan
@ankith Congratulations on your launch. Looking forward to start using it.
helen
@ankith do you have music adding option?
Ankith Harathi
@helenmubert Not yet but its on our radar!
Mohd Irtefa
Congrats on the launch! I've been using Macro for a while now. It's one of those products that just feels nice to use (but I don't know why!).
Jason Mill
Congrats on the launch team Macro. Can’t wait to check it out.
Cheol Park
Any plan for window or chrome?
Ankith Harathi
@new_user_4d93c34de7 yes! we'll eventually be supporting other platforms, but for right now we're Mac only and a desktop application!
Lee Fuhr
If you have to use Zoom, don't. Use Macro. :)
Ankith Harathi
@lee_fuhr if retweeting existed on product hunt this would be the perfect use for it
palash soni
Stellar team and great product. Definitely recommend making it a part of your worklife!
Etienne Dargnies
I've been using it for some time now and I love it. Especially the real-time airtime allowing to share the opinions more equally. Congrats πŸ‘
Ankith Harathi
@etidar Thanks Etienne! Grateful for your support πŸ™
Sekhar Chandra
?makers Great product! So, it's a "personalized" zoom client for everyone, right? Why the emphasis on "creatives" in your tagline though? Just curious. Also it took me a long time to figure out why it says - "Join any Zoom meeting with Macro even if everyone else is on Zoom." I guess probably because it wasn't the case before?
Ankith Harathi
@sekhar_chandra We wanted to make it clear that Macro is a personal choice! Most other collaboration software requires everyone you're working/meeting with to all be on the same app as you!
noah rosenberg
my team has been using macro since the early beta. sit turns zoom calls into something you GET TO DO instead of something you have to do. the interface falls away and you focus on the collaboration and fun you can have with the team. It feels less like being on-the-spot glued to your chair pretending to pay attention and more like being present in a heightened conversation.
Ankith Harathi
@nrose this is AMAZING to hear!! Makes us so motivated, thank you so much Noah!