Performance Mode

Gather offers three Performance Modes designed to provide the best experience for your device: Quality, Balanced, and Efficient.

The table below shows which features are impacted, enabled ✅, or disabled ❌ for each mode.

Feature Quality Balanced Efficient
Office View framerate cap (FPS) 60 30 25
Maximum people displayed in Meeting View 25 25 9
Nametag auto hiding (all nametags are shown when disabled) ✅ ✅ ❌
Touch up my appearance (beta) - - ❌
Ambient reverb audio effect ✅ ✅ ❌
Application UI animations ✅ ✅ ❌
Microphone animation when talking on AV controls ✅ ✅ ❌
HD Video in calls (capped at 360p when disabled) ✅ ✅ ❌
HD Screenshare in calls (capped at 1080p when disabled) ✅ ✅ ❌
Animated video tiles during calls ✅ ❌ ❌
Player footsteps sounds when walking ✅ ❌ ❌
Office View transition fade effect when zooming in/out ✅ ❌ ❌

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This table is subject to change as we continue to develop Gather

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To change your performance mode:

  1. Open the Main Menu (Gather logo) in the left sidebar
  2. Go to Settings > Performance
  3. Select the Performance Mode you want to use

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Automatic Performance Adjustment

When enabled, Gather will automatically switch between Performance Modes to keep your experience running smoothly if we detect a situation with your device such as:

Disable this feature if you prefer to have full control of features in Gather.

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