These guides describe what ChatLite does today, using the names you see on screen. Each one lists what you need, the steps, how to tell it worked, what to try when it does not, and what ChatLite cannot do.
How to open ChatLite, set a nickname, send an invite link and exchange a first message, with what the person who invites (host) and the person who accepts (recipient) each see.
Read this when: You are using ChatLite for the first time, or you want to connect two devices or two people.
What to check when ChatLite cannot use your camera or microphone for a call, a voice message or QR scanning: browser permission, operating system settings, device choice and other apps.
Read this when: A call will not start, the other person cannot hear or see you, a voice message will not record, or the QR scanner shows no picture.
Why a ChatLite chat can deliver messages while a voice or video call fails, how signaling differs from media, and the checks you can run on your side.
Read this when: Texts arrive, but a call keeps connecting, ends by itself, or connects with no sound or picture.
How ChatLite sends files directly or through its server, the actual size limits (100 MB direct, 8 MB through the server), what the success message really means and how to confirm receipt.
Read this when: A file will not send, stops part way, is rejected as too large, or the other person says it never arrived.
How to share a tab, window or screen during a ChatLite call, how to stop, and what to check when the button says screen sharing is not supported or the other person sees nothing.
Read this when: You want to show your screen to the person you are calling, or the Screen Share button does not behave as expected.
Exactly what ChatLite keeps in your browser and what its server keeps, how to leave a conversation, clear everything from a browser, and how optional accounts change the picture.
Read this when: You want to know where your conversations live, remove them from a device, or understand what logging out does.
How to create a group chat from your friends, invite more people later, see who is in the group, what read marks mean in a group, and what happens when you leave.
Read this when: You want one conversation with several people, such as a study group, a team or a family.
How to record a voice message by holding the microphone button, what the messages on screen mean, how the recipient plays it, and what to check when the microphone is blocked.
Read this when: You would rather say something than type it, or you want to leave a message for someone who is not online.
How to show your invite QR code, how a friend scans it with the phone camera or inside ChatLite, how to read a QR code from a photo, and what each message on the scanner means.
Read this when: You are next to the person you want to add, or you have a screenshot of their invite code, and typing or pasting a link is a hassle.
What a ChatLite profile contains, which nicknames are accepted, how to change your name, photo and status later, and where this information is stored and shown.
Read this when: You are choosing a nickname for the first time, or you want to change your name, picture or status message.
The small features that make a ChatLite conversation easier: replying to one message, copying text, reading the read marks and typing indicator, unsent drafts, unread counts, emoji, jumping to the latest message and searching conversations.
Read this when: You want to answer a particular message, copy something someone wrote, find a conversation, or understand the small marks next to messages.
ChatLite is a browser app: nothing here requires an account, and the guides themselves open without starting the app.
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