Free Video Chat & Conferencing: meet.fastmetrics.com

1. If using a desktop or laptop, visit; https://meet.fastmetrics.com/
2. Click the blue ‘GO’ button, after the random meeting name generator populates in the white ‘Start a new meeting’ field. This creates your unique call URL, which you can now setup.
3. Alternatively, create your own descriptive meeting name in the ‘Start a new meeting field’ and please the blue ‘GO’ button.
4. Clicking ‘GO’ creates a meeting URL in a new tab in your browser
5. On the new meeting URL in your browser, create a meeting password (if desired).
6. Copy the URL from your browser (or from the ‘information’ or white circle with an ‘i’ on it)
7. Share your unique meeting URL with participants via email or your messaging service of choice
8. As the creator of the video call URL, you control the sharing of the URL and a password, if you choose to use a password

The Jitsi tech, which powers our free video calls, offers HD video conferencing. This can be adjusted to standard definition and also low bandwidth options. (It is important to remember that Internet connection quality and bandwidth can influence call quality). To preview video call quality, we encourage anyone to launch and try a free video call with meet.fastmetrics.com. Below are screenshots from a MacBook and a Lenovo laptop, for a two person call. As well as a three person video call, using the same laptops and an iPad.

2 Person Video Call Using A MacBook & Lenovo Laptop

3 Person Video Call Using A MacBook, Lenovo Laptop & iPad

1. For iOS or Android devices, install the free Jitsi meet app on your phone or mobile device.

• Free Android app is here.
• Free iOS app is here.

The app is similar to the desktop version. You can now start free video chats directly from the app in your mobile device, or follow the below steps to start a call using the Fastmetrics video conferencing platform;

1. Visit; https://meet.fastmetrics.com/ in your mobile browser
2. Type in your unique meeting name and click ‘GO’
3. Click ‘Continue to the app’. This will start your video call in the Jitsi meet app
4. Use the ‘Invite others’ button to share your audio or video call with others

• ‘Hard’ limit of 75 call participants is recommended
• 35 participants is the optimal ‘soft’ limit for a single call, to ensure high quality video
• It is possible to add more participants than the ‘hard’ limit, if video is switched off for all users (especially for those with slow Internet connections)
• It is also possible to reach a wider audience using the live stream feature, which will broadcast a call or conference via YouTube

The Jitsi developer community is currently looking into raising the ‘hard’ cap on a single call to 100 participants. A release is expected soon to upgrade this number.

How do I know my video chat or conference is secure? 

Firstly, the Jitsi technology which powers Fastmetrics free video chat and audio calls is fully encrypted end to end. It is highly secure for two person calls to multi-party conference calls. A meeting room only becomes active, after the first call participant joins. Meeting rooms, chat data and speaker stats are all ‘destroyed’ when the last call participant leaves.

Secondly, it is highly recommended to set passwords on your video calls (although optional). It is easy to do though and adds an extra level of security. A password can be added or edited within the ‘information’ or white ‘i’ circle, in the bottom right of the screen call on a desktop or laptop. To do this in the mobile app, click in the ‘More options’ menu. Passwords must be shared by you, with meeting participants.

Finally, only share meeting URLs with required participants. Do not share or advertise meeting room names on public pages, websites, forums or social media channels. Unless you want strangers popping up in your video conferences!