What can a TV information board show? The wifi and a code to join it, the time and the weather, a countdown, notices, a menu or the day's schedule, the photos and messages guests send from their phones, a poll they vote on, your team's calendar and more: 23 widgets, each a tile you place and size on the board from your phone.
They are listed here as the picker lists them, under its headings, each with what it is for, which plan has it, and the guide where it is shown at its best. Every one of them works on a wide TV and on a screen turned on its side.
A board worth copying
A few of them together, playing as they would on a TV: "A bit of everything", the board the setup guide walks through tile by tile.
The essentials
Wifi and QR
FreeNetwork, password, a code to scan
Guests join by pointing a phone camera at the code, so nobody asks for the password or types it across the room.
Clock
FreeTime and date, any city
The time where the board is, or side by side for the cities your team or family live in, as numbers or a clock face.
Weather
FreeNow, the next hours and the week ahead
Now, the next few hours or the week ahead for any place you search, with a band across the tile when the US weather service sends a warning.
Countdown
FreeTo a moment tonight or a date
To the cake, the speeches or midnight, with a big finish that can take over the screen for the last seconds, or counting up since a moment.
Text
FreeNotices, still, scrolling or taking turns
Notices that stay put, scroll across or take turns, and one that can light the tile while it is up.
Image
FreeA logo or poster
Your logo, a poster or a picture of your own.
QR code
FreeA code for any link
A code for any link, a review page, a menu, your website, with the site it opens printed under it.
Video
FreeA muted YouTube video or playlist
A muted video or playlist to rest the eyes on, a fireplace or rain on a window, that plays on by itself.
From your guests
Messages
FreeGuests post from their phones
Guests scan its code and write a line from their phone, and nothing shows until you approve it, unless you switch that off.
Photos
Pro or Event PassA slideshow guests add to
Guests send pictures from their phones, shown one at a time or as a wall, with their name and a caption.
Poll
Pro or Event PassA question guests vote on from their phones
One question and a few answers: the room votes from their phones, and the bars move as they do or wait for you to reveal them.
Find your seat
Pro or Event PassEvery guest's table, and a code to find their own
Paste a guest list with its tables, and guests look up their own on their phones.
Good to know
House notes
FreeCheck-out, trash night, parking
The things you are tired of writing in a message, check-out, trash night, where to park, each with an icon.
Schedule
FreeThe plan, with what's on now
The plan for the day or the evening in order, with what's on now lit and what's next under it.
Welcome
FreeYour guest by name, and check-out
Greets your guest by first name and counts down to check-out, then forgets the name.
Celebrations
Pro or Event PassBirthdays, work anniversaries and welcomes
Today's or this week's birthdays, work anniversaries and new starters, by first name and initial.
Numbers
Free, from a Google Sheet with ProBig numbers, typed in or from a Google Sheet
A few big numbers with their labels, typed in or read from a published Google Sheet.
Something to read
FreeA quote, on this day, or a kind word
A line to read that changes through the day: a quote from a book old enough to belong to everyone, a kind word, or what happened on this day.
Local picks
FreeYour favorite places nearby
Your favorite places nearby, each with a code for directions, and a page guests keep on their phone.
Feeds
Calendar
Pro or Event PassWhat's coming up, from your calendar
What's coming up from the calendar you already keep, Google, Outlook or iCloud, with no account to connect.
Headlines
Pro or Event PassNews or blog posts from a feed
The latest from a news site's or a blog's feed, as plain headlines.
Slides
Pro or Event PassA Google Slides deck or a Canva design
A Google Slides deck that turns its own slides, or the first page of a Canva design, published to the web.
Free and paid
16 of the 23 are on the free plan, with no card. The rest, Photos, Poll, Find your seat, Celebrations, Calendar, Headlines, Slides and Numbers from a Google Sheet, are part of Pro and the Event Pass. The pricing section of the home page has the whole comparison.
The layouts guide puts them together for a party, a stay or a place of work.