What's new in GroupGames rooms: a cleaner room window and live answers on the big screen

We have refreshed the room window that hosts and players use during a game night. Nothing about joining has changed: the host creates a room, shares the code or invite link, and everyone plays on their own device. These updates are about making the room easier to read and easier to run.

A cleaner room window

The room now looks and behaves more like a desktop app window. The title bar stays on one row and shows the game being played, the sidebar has clear icons, and pop-up windows open in the centre of the screen. Games played inside a room share the same light style, with purple buttons and green and red for right and wrong answers.

Questions that affect everyone, such as ending or cancelling a round, now use a clear confirmation with a button that says exactly what it does, for example End round or Close room.

Sit out a round

Players can now leave a game part-way through without leaving the room. Choose Leave game from the title bar or the Controls window:

• In games where each person plays on their own device, the game stops on that device and the round counts as 0 for them, so the rest of the room is not kept waiting.
• In games the whole room plays together, the round carries on and they can rejoin while it is still running.

Either way they stay in the room and are back in for the next game.

Clearer room controls

Leaving a room and closing it are now easy to find. Players see a Leave room button with a short explanation, and hosts see a red Close room button. On larger screens the same option is pinned under the room code in the sidebar, and hosts can also close the room from the Controls window during a game. Closing a room shows the session results first.

Live answers on the presenter screen

If you show the room on a TV or projector, the presenter screen now puts the answers front and centre. During a quiz it shows the question, the answer options, a countdown and how many people have answered, with each player's name ticking as they lock in. Individual choices stay private until the answer is revealed, when the screen shows how many people picked each option and highlights the correct one.

The same view shows progress for Majority Rules, caption rounds and games where everyone plays on their own device. To use it, the host chooses Enable presenter screen in the room and opens the presenter link on the shared display. Keep that link off public streams, because anyone with it can view the screen.

Try it at your next game night

Start a room, add a quiz to the lineup and open the presenter screen on a second display to see the live answers view. Use your usual voice or video call for conversation; GroupGames rooms do not provide the call itself.

Free rooms hold up to 8 entries; Social rooms hold up to 100 and Host Pro rooms up to 500, including the host. Social is £2.99 per month or £29.00 per year paid upfront; Host Pro is £7.99 per month or £79.00 per year paid upfront. Plans renew automatically until cancelled.

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