Introducing Mango Recorder

It can be challenging to maintain personal connections among a hybrid or distributed workforce. Over 80% of the global workforce is deskless, making async video a critical channel for reaching workers without a desk or corporate email. One way to keep remote workers from feeling isolated is to incorporate asynchronous video communication, allowing people to make and send quick videos to each other.

With MangoApps 16.0, we introduced a tool that we believe is essential for hybrid and fully remote workspaces: Mango Recorder. It is available now for all MangoApps customers and can be enabled by an administrator from the domain settings panel — no separate installation or third-party subscription required.

The Mango Recorder app allows users to more personally connect with people without endless calls. It also eliminates the need to schedule calendar time with a large group of people. These feats can both feel nearly impossible for distributed teams — especially when they're across different time zones. Async video tools reduce meeting load for distributed teams by eliminating the need to coordinate across time zones for routine updates and training and employee engagement delivery.

With Mango Recorder, you can record quick videos of your screen and camera and utilize screen capture. You can even annotate these images and videos and add a call-to-action button to a video.

Mango Recorder screen captures and videos integrate with posts, pages, campaigns and courses within MangoApps, making them easy to add as media throughout the platform. A single-hub approach to video, forms, and communications reduces the number of disconnected tools employees navigate daily — competitors cite 6–8 tools as the norm as part of broader employee communications sprawl.

Screen and Camera Bubble Recording

• Allows you to simultaneously record your screen and add a camera bubble to appear in the recording alongside your screen.
• Users have the option of just including a profile photo in the bubble, or nothing at all. This bubble can be moved to any part of the screen at any time during a recording.

Capture and Record Screens

• Allows users to capture or record a full window or region
• Supports selecting a desktop when a user has a multi-desktop setup

Annotation Tools

• Annotation tools such as arrows, text boxes and more, can be added to captures and recordings.
• Users can define amount of time the arrow, text box etc. stays on the screen during a video.

Video Trimming

• Videos can be trimmed any number of times
• The user can revert back to the original before saving

Closed Captions (CC) in Multiple Languages

• Mango Recorder can automatically generate closed captions (CC)/subtitles for the audio in videos by using the MangoApps AI engine in up to six languages being used in the domain.
• Closed caption files can also be uploaded in any language.
• The system will detect a user's language preference and will make that language the default for the closed captions when the user plays the video.

Call-to-Action Button for Videos

• Ability to add a call-to-action button to any video to link to a form, survey or internal or external URL or download a resource
• Action button text, text color, button color and button link can all be customized
• The call-to-action button is shown while the video is played, as well as at the end of the video.

Engagement Insights

Engagement insights can be viewed within MangoApps or downloaded in an .xls format, including:

• Video duration (for videos only)
• Total views
• Unique views
• Downloads
• Reactions
• Pinned (saved)
• Call-to-Action (CTA) Clicks (for videos with buttons only)

Async video with built-in engagement analytics — views, CTA clicks, reactions — gives communicators measurable reach data that calendar-based meetings cannot provide. This positions Mango Recorder's Engagement Insights not as a reporting add-on but as a direct way to prove communication ROI. Per McKinsey research, 81% of leading companies effectively use data and analytics tools; Engagement Insights brings that same discipline to internal video communications. Per McKinsey research, 89% of frontline workers will stay with their companies if leaders listen to their feedback — and tracked engagement data is one concrete way to demonstrate that listening is happening.

Privacy, Sharing & Long-Term Storage

• Users can set the permissions and sharing settings for all video recordings and screenshots taken with Mango Recorder, and even set default settings for these.
• All of the recordings and screen captures taken with Mango Recorder are saved in a new MangoApps module called My Recordings, which has a clean, searchable and filterable interface.

Integrated with Other MangoApps Modules

• Recordings created with Mango Recorder are automatically available within MangoApps to embed in a post.
• Recordings that other users have created with either full company or public access can also be added to posts and campaigns.
• Recordings can also be embedded on pages or used as chapters inside of a course using the LMS module — making Mango Recorder a natural fit for employee engagement courses and onboarding programs.

Mango Recorder works within the same no-email, mobile-first platform that already serves frontline workers through the MangoApps employee app — async video is not a separate tool but part of a unified frontline experience. This matters because improved frontline communication and single-hub access have been linked to a 26% reduction in employee turnover.

Videos are a much more effective way to communicate information — viewers retain up to 95% more from videos than they do from text. Using Mango Recorder can better align teams, encourage quicker support, add a personalized touch to sales outreach, create employee engagement training content at scale, and produce smooth presentations without scheduling overhead.

How to Get Started with Mango Recorder

Mango Recorder is available to all MangoApps customers running version 16.0 or later. To enable it for your team:

1. Admin activation: A domain administrator enables Mango Recorder from the MangoApps admin panel under Modules. No third-party software or separate license is required.
2. User access: Once enabled, users access Mango Recorder directly from the MangoApps interface — desktop browser or the mobile app — without installing additional software.
3. Permissions: Admins can configure default sharing and privacy settings at the domain level; individual users can override these for each recording.
4. Storage: All recordings are stored within MangoApps in the My Recordings module, subject to your organization's existing storage plan.

Not yet a MangoApps customer? Contact the MangoApps team to request a demo or learn about plans that include Mango Recorder. You can also explore the 2026 Internal Communications Trends eBook to see how async video fits into a broader employee communications strategy.

Frequently Asked Questions About Mango Recorder

When was Mango Recorder released and is it available now?

Mango Recorder launched with MangoApps 16.0 and is available now for all customers on that version or later. Existing customers can confirm their version and enable the module through the admin panel immediately.

What are the system requirements for Mango Recorder?

Mango Recorder runs within the MangoApps platform and does not require a standalone desktop application. It is supported on modern browsers (Chrome, Edge, Firefox) on Windows and macOS, and is accessible via the MangoApps mobile app on iOS and Android for playback and sharing. Screen recording and camera bubble features require a device with a camera and microphone and browser-level permissions granted by the user.

How does Mango Recorder compare to standalone screen-recording tools?

Standalone screen-recording tools require employees to record, export, upload to a file-sharing service, and then link or attach the file in a separate communication — typically adding 3–5 steps and at least one additional tool to the workflow. Mango Recorder eliminates those steps: recordings are created, stored, shared, and measured inside the same platform employees already use for posts, campaigns, and employee engagement surveys and questionnaires. Per the IDC MarketScape 2024 assessment, unified digital workspace platforms that consolidate cloud-based productivity applications reduce tool-switching friction and improve adoption — see the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Experience-Centric Intelligent Digital Workspaces 2024 Vendor Assessment for context on how integrated platforms are evaluated.

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