Code & Tutorials Highlight the active speaker on a video call Use the Daily API to showcase the participant currently talking, and minimize the rest
API Tutorial Build a call lobby to control meeting access Use the Daily API to selectively admit participants
Code & Tutorials Add recording to a custom video chat app Use Daily methods and events to implement a popular feature request
API Tutorial Add flying emoji reactions to a custom Daily video call Use sendAppMessage() and a little CSS to set emoji soaring
Large Meeting Series Scale large video calls with dynamic simulcast layers using Daily’s receiveSettings API Control receive-side encoding settings for video resolution, bitrate, and frame rate
Large Meeting Series Optimize call quality in larger calls by manually managing media tracks in a paginated video call UI Use the setSubscribedTracks API to control participant tracks
Large Meeting Series Add pagination to a custom Daily video chat app to support larger meetings A dynamic participant grid can improve call performance
Code & Tutorials Use Next API routes and Daily to create video chat rooms dynamically Add video chat to a Next.js app in 30 minutes with Daily Prebuilt
API Tutorial Build a real time video chat app with Next.js and Daily We built one of our first Daily demos with React, because we like working with the framework. We’re not alone. More developers expressed interest in learning React than in
Code & Tutorials How to stream a local video file during a call - example code for a watch party A Daily workaround for watching videos together in real-time
API Tutorial Update call participants’ displayed names with the Daily API We’re noticing a pretty popular trend here at Daily: people are joining more and more calls online with people they haven’t met yet, attending webinars, joining audio communities,
Front-End Introducing detailed participant tracks state Build dynamic video chat interfaces that update with participants’ media streams
Code & Tutorials Add a text or image overlay to a <video> element Layer custom elements with CSS and React.js
Tools & Tips Monitor how code performance impacts video call quality Add a stats.js bookmarklet to your video call for immediate insights
Code & Tutorials Add advanced security to video chats with the Daily API Set additional meeting properties to protect sensitive calls
API Get started with the Daily API What is Daily? At Daily, we build video APIs to simplify adding video chat to any website or app. Developers can use our tools to embed a prebuilt call interface
API Three ways to add chat to your video calls with the Daily API Get chatty with Daily We have lots of conversations with developers building on Daily. One of the most common questions we hear is, “How can we add chat to our
API Record video calls automatically with the Daily API Overview There should be a word for that feeling when, halfway through leading a meeting that you meant to record, you realize you forgot to click the little red button.
