Friends & party
What Friends & party is#
Friends & party lets you talk with your friends by voice and text inside WingHUD, on top of whatever each of you is playing - you don't all need to be in the same game. A party holds up to six players, and the wingman sits in the room too: anyone can ask it with @wingman in the chat or by voice, and everyone sees (and can hear) the answer. Add friends with a friend code or an invite link, start a party, and invite them. Nothing in a party is recorded: voice is never stored, and party text is deleted a day after the party ends.
Where to find it#
The Party chip is the last item on the game bar, after your game chats - click it to open the party room. While you're in a party, small avatars of the other members sit next to the chip from any chat, so you can see who's there. At the right end of the game bar, the friends icon shows how many friends are online; click it to open the Friends widget. A small blue number on it counts friend requests and party invites waiting for you. There are no "friend came online" pop-ups - the only pop-up is a party invite.
Who can see what#
Other players never see your email or your account name - only your display name and friend code.
| What | Who sees it |
|---|---|
| Display name | Your friends, players you send a request to, members of your party, and anyone who opens an invite link you share |
| Online status | Your friends and your party |
| The game you're in | Your friends and your party, unless you turn off "Show what I'm playing" |
| Party membership and size | Your friends see "In a party"; only members see who's in it |
| Party chat and pictures | Members of the party only, while the party exists and for 24 hours after it ends |
| Party voice | Members in the room, live only - never recorded |
What it costs#
Friends, parties, party chat and party voice cost nothing extra and don't use your allowance. Only asking the wingman does: when someone writes @wingman or asks by voice in a party, the answer counts toward the allowance of the person who asked - never the other members'. The answer uses the asker's own game context, and the reply says whose it was ("answered for Alex").