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Video bubble widget

The Video bubble widget is a small, round, personal video you record on the spot from your webcam — a 30-second "hi, here's what's in this room" at the top of a page, a quick walkthrough next to a pricing table, a thank-you after a call. No upload, no editing tool: open the recorder, talk, use it.

Think of it as the Loom-style intro bubble, embedded in the room and recorded without leaving it.

How to add

On the floating build bar at the bottom of the editor, open the ⌄ All widgets popover and locate Video bubble.
Drag it onto the target section. It drops in as a round bubble with a Record button and an Add a caption field beneath it.

[SCREENSHOT: empty Video bubble widget with the Record button and the caption field]

Recording

Click Record. A recorder overlay opens:

Requesting camera… — your browser asks for camera and microphone access. Allow it. (If you blocked it, the overlay says "Camera access was blocked. Allow it in your browser to record.")
Live preview — the hint reads Up to 5:00 · records automatically. Click Start recording.
While recording, a red dot pulses and a timer shows elapsed time and time left. Click Stop whenever you're done; the recording stops by itself at the 5-minute cap.
Review — the clip plays back with the prompt Looks good?. Click Use this video to keep it, or Retake to try again.

Close the overlay at any time with the ✕ in the corner.

[SCREENSHOT: recorder overlay in the review phase with Retake / Use this video]

Options

Caption — the Add a caption field under the bubble. One line, shown to buyers below the video ("Quick tour of the proposal — 2 min").
Re-record — once a video is saved, a Re-record button appears under the bubble; the new take replaces the old one.
Design — select the widget and use the Design chip on the selection pill for spacing, background and corners, as for any widget.

What buyers see

The bubble with a play button and the clip's length. Click to play, click again to pause. The caption sits underneath. Nothing else — no controls bar, no download.

When to use

Page intro — a face and a voice at the top of the first page; buyers who won't read three paragraphs will watch 40 seconds.
Explain a section — drop a bubble beside a pricing table or a mutual action plan and walk through it.
Re-engage — after a quiet week, record a short update and let the room's notifications do the rest.
Handoff — the CSM introduces themselves in the room before the kickoff.

Tips

Keep it under a minute. The cap is five minutes; the attention span isn't.
Write the caption as the promise, not the description: "Why we recommend the annual plan (1 min)".
Recording needs a webcam and microphone in the browser — on a locked-down corporate laptop, check the browser's site permissions first.
For a video that already exists (a Loom, a YouTube demo, an upload) use the Video widget instead; for a call recording, the Recording widget.

Updated on: 01/10/2026

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