🧾 Summary of the release
You can now
share files inside Live Chat
. Drop in an
image
or a
PDF
, write a message and hit send, no more asking customers to email screenshots. It’s simple, quick and works great on desktop and mobile.
✨What’s New
1.
Where it works
: Live Chat type (the web chat on your site). There are no changes to the builder configurations.
  1. What you can send:
    Images
    with extensions -
    .jpg, .jpeg, .png, .heic
    and
    PDF docs
    with
    .pdf
    extension.
  2. How many
    :
    Up to 5 files per message
    and each
    file size < 20MB
    .
  3. How it looks
    :
  • JPG/PNG
    show a small picture preview right in the chat.
  • HEIC/PDF
    show the file name with a download option.
  1. Desktop & mobile: Drag files in from your
    file explorer
    on desktop or pick from
    Camera/Gallery
    on mobile.
  2. Built‑in checks: Clear messages if a file is too big, not supported or you try to add the
    same file twice
    in one message.
šŸ› ļøHow to Use
  1. Visitors/end users
    can click the
    paperclip
    in the chat (or drag files from your file explorer).
image
image
  1. Pick up to five supported files.
image
  1. Type a short message
    (required), then
    Send
    .
  2. In your
    Conversations
    inbox, click images to preview or download; HEIC/PDF will download.
image
Tip
: If nothing happens when you drag a file, make sure you’re dragging from your computer’s file explorer and not from another app/window.
šŸ¤– Conversation AI (optional)
Want the bot to
respond to images
customers send?
  • Go to
    Agency view > Settings > Labs > sub-account tab
    and enable
    Respond to images
    .
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  • Open your
    AI Agent
    and toggle
    Allow this bot to respond to images
    .
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Note
: For now, the bot responds to
images only
(not PDFs).
šŸš€What’s Next
  • Agents sending files
    from the Conversations inbox (in progress)
  • More file types and extra safety checks
šŸ“Notes
  • Filenames with
    unusual characters (e.g., repeated spaces, +, <, >)
    may be blocked to be uploaded.
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