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The bot is a participant, not just a recorder. Everyone in the room sees something — a name in the roster, a camera tile, and often a message in chat as it joins. This section covers that identity. For making the bot act once it is there, see Controlling the Bot.

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Roster Name

The bot joins as a visible participant with its own entry in the meeting roster. By default it appears as Meeting Bot; set bot_name (1-100 characters) when you create the session to control the name other attendees see:
You can also rename the bot before it joins with PATCH /v2/meeting_sessions/{id} while the session is scheduled. There is no API for a custom profile picture. The bot uses the meeting platform’s default profile for its account, so its roster entry is the name above plus the platform’s standard bot appearance.

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Identity

What the bot shows on camera is a three-way choice, because the service treats it as one:
  • Nothing — the default. A plain roster entry with no camera tile.
  • Still image — a static JPEG shown as the bot’s camera tile.
  • Digital avatar — a rendered avatar, lip-synced to everything the bot says.
An active digital avatar takes precedence over a still image: the image is ignored and its URL is never fetched. A session can hold both, but only the avatar will ever be seen.

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Introductions

The bot can announce itself the moment it is admitted, by voice, in chat, or both. Because these are create parameters rather than actions, they are documented with the rest of the create request — see Announce the Bot on Arrival.