Title: Hey HN community!<p>We&#x27;re Bernat, Tim, and Rajiv, founders of Tandem (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tandem.chat" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;tandem.chat</a>).<p>Tandem is a desktop app designed to give distributed teams the immediacy and flow of in-person communication. You can see who&#x27;s online this second and talk&#x2F;video&#x2F;screenshare in one click.<p>What&#x27;s unique about us is you can see what app your colleagues are working in (e.g. VS Code, Google Docs, Figma), which gives you a surprisingly clear sense of whether you can interrupt them or not. In fact, we&#x27;ve found it makes you feel like you&#x27;re sitting around a table, without being overly invasive.<p>We started building Tandem when two of us had kids and started working from home more. We tried a bunch of different tools - Zoom, Discord, Slack, Hangouts, etc. -  but hated the friction in all of them.<p>We felt slower, less collaborative, and more alone when we worked remotely. We built a one-click calling prototype, added video and screenshare, and this eventually became Tandem.<p>Some details on how instant calls work:
- You can click on someone and talk immediately, but they will be on mute until they accept.
- All calls start as voice, but can be upgraded to video and screenshare.
- Customizable rooms are a nice way to invite teammates to talk when they&#x27;re free.<p>Some details on app presence:
- Your teammates will be able to see which work app you&#x27;re currently in (only for a select set of integrated apps) - this gives everyone a sense of being together, and helps you know when a teammate is interruptible. 
- You can go into Focus Mode if you don&#x27;t want to be bothered, in which case your app will not be shown.<p>Pricing: 14 day free trial, then $10 &#x2F; active user &#x2F; month<p>We are doing a beta program where, if you can hop on a short feedback call every-other week, we extend the free trial indefinitely! This has helped us stay in touch with the people using it, and constantly improve.<p>We are constantly improving the app, so tell us what you think. With your help, we can make remote work more collaborative and social!<p>-Bernat, Rajiv, and Tim
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