# Whereby product features - [Room creation](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/using-the-rest-api.md): Rooms are where video calls (sessions) take place. Create or delete Whereby rooms programmatically using a simple API request. Rooms can be created on demand, or ahead of time for scheduled meetings. - [Name prefixes](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/using-the-rest-api/name-prefixes.md): When creating rooms using the REST API, you can send an extra identifier as part of your API request. This identifier will become part of the room URL, acting as a tag to enable further analysis. - [Using “Create a room”](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/using-the-rest-api/using-create-a-room.md): Easily create Whereby rooms using a straightforward 4-step UI flow without the need to generate an API key. - [Customizing rooms during creation](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/using-the-rest-api/on-creation.md): Some key properties of your rooms should be set when the room is created using the API or Create a room flow. - [Assistants](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/assistants.md): Whereby Assistants let you connect AI agents to video rooms, stream and process audio, and automate real-time interactions. - [Branding elements](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/branding-elements.md): Make your Whereby rooms truly yours by setting a custom logo, background and other branding elements. You can do this using the branding tools in the Embedded dashboard, or via the API. - [Breakout groups](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/breakout-groups-with-embedded.md): More than ever, workshops, lectures, and conferences are happening online. So it's never been more important to combine bigger (often one-way) meetings with smaller, collaborative sessions. - [Dial-In](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/dial-in.md): The Dial-in option allows meeting participants to join via a phone call. This is particularly useful if they have internet issues, are traveling, or cannot use video for other reasons. - [File sharing](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/file-sharing.md): File sharing allows meeting participants to exchange small files with each other, during the session, through the chat. - [Live Captions](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/live-captions.md): Live Captions (or closed captions) provide AI-powered, real-time text representation of spoken content during events within a meeting room, such as presentations, meetings, or videos. - [Live Streaming via RTMP](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/streaming-with-embedded.md): Our Live Streaming feature allows for you to share your meeting feed to an external service, like YouTube or Twitch via RTMP. - [Quality Insights](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api.md): The Insights suite is available from the Embedded dashboard, and is the easiest way to access your usage data at a glance. You can also access insights data through the Whereby REST API. - [Real-time troubleshooting](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api/real-time-troubleshooting.md): Enhance users’ experience when issues arise with real-time monitoring and troubleshooting tools. These tools are free to use and by default switched on for all embedded customers. - [Using the Insights dashboard](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api/using-the-insights-dashboard.md) - [Session Ratings](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api/session-ratings.md): Session Ratings allow you to understand the quality of your sessions through quantitative and qualitative feedback from your participants. This is visually represented within your Insights Dashboard. - [Improving call quality](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api/improving-call-quality.md) - [Tracking room events with Webhooks](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/insights-suite-and-api/webhooks.md): With Webhooks you can set up user-defined callbacks triggered by meeting events. These are a great way to programmatically keep track of some of the events and actions happening around your meetings. - [Recording](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/recording-with-embedded.md): Recording allows for you or your hosts to capture a recording of a meeting as it appears within the Whereby room. We offer options for recording locally in the browser or using a cloud-based solution. - [Cloud Recording](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/recording-with-embedded/cloud-recording.md): Cloud recording is a feature of our paid Embedded plans and allows you to record meetings that are saved to a storage bucket accessible by you. - [Local Recording](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/recording-with-embedded/local-recording.md): Local Recording is handled completely locally in the host's browser and browser cache. - [Screen Sharing Setup & Usage](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/screen-sharing.md): Screen sharing is a great way to share content to other hosts/participants in the room. - [Secure Authentication for S3 Storage](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/secure-authentication-for-s3-storage.md): Use OpenId Connect for secure S3 storage of your recordings and transcriptions. - [Understanding Authentication Types](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/secure-authentication-for-s3-storage/understanding-authentication-types.md) - [Configure Access Key Authentication](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/secure-authentication-for-s3-storage/configure-access-key-authentication.md) - [Configure OIDC Authentication](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/secure-authentication-for-s3-storage/configure-oidc-authentication.md) - [Tracking Customer Usage](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/tracking-customer-usage.md): Use the Whereby Insights API for custom tracking - [Transcribing](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/transcribing.md): Transcribing allows you to get a video to text transcript of what was said in your meeting rooms. You can get a transcript directly from the session, or from processing a recording. - [Session Transcription](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/transcribing/session-transcription.md): Session Transcription allows you to produce a transcript directly from the live session, without the need to record it. Full transcript is available right after the session is finished. - [Recording Transcription](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/transcribing/recording-transcriptions.md): Recording Transcription allows you to get a transcript of any session recording stored in Whereby-provided storage - [User roles & meeting permissions](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/user-roles-and-privileges.md): Whereby allows your participants to join a video meeting without creating accounts or logins. If you want some users to have altered privileges in the meeting, you can use different URL types - [Waiting Rooms](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/waiting-rooms.md): Waiting rooms are a great way for your hosts to manage meeting access with ease. - [Global room customizations](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/dashboard-preferences.md): Some preferences can be enabled or disabled globally in the customer portal and therefore apply to all rooms and sessions. - [Privacy Configurations](https://docs.whereby.com/whereby-product-features/dashboard-preferences/privacy-configurations.md): Depending on your use case, you may want to enable some privacy configurations for your Whereby account. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. 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