Circuit calls overview

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You can initiate and accept voice calls with one or more participants, in direct, group conversations or Conference Bridge.

With Circuit, you can:

  • Start voice calls with one or multiple participants

  • Join voice calls with one or multiple participants

  • Start ad-hoc or scheduled conference calls with voice, video, file sharing and instant messaging

  • Be informed about the status and progress of calls

  • Be informed about the presence status of participants

  • Add more people to a voice call

  • Transfer/move calls to other devices or other destinations

  • Pull calls coming in on other devices to your preferred device

  • Perform standard telephony actions like Call Hold, Resume, Reconnect, Forward and Pick up

  • Place secure calls

The Call Stage gives you a visual overview of the call and participants, when you are engaged in an active or incoming voice call or group voice call.

Default, focus and pin view of the normal call stage on the web client and Desktop App

The figure below depicts the default view (layout) of the call stage, when you are engaged into a call on the web client or Desktop App.

Figure 1. Default view

The figure bellow depicts the focus view (layout) of the call stage, when you are engaged into a call on the web client or Desktop App. In focus view only one item (participant, screen share or video) appears on the screen at a time.

Figure 2. Focus view

The figure bellow depicts the pin view (layout) of the call stage. The pin view contains only the items that you have pinned. You can pin up to four items.

Figure 3. Pin view

Call stage on the mobile client

The following image provides more information about the call stage in the Mobile client.

Figure 4. Mobile call stage

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