# How to have multiple participants interact with an agent in the same room **URL:** \ **Category:** Agents\ **Tags:** agent-development\ **Created:** [January 21, 2026, 1:35pm UTC](https://community.livekit.io/t/how-to-have-multiple-participants-interact-with-an-agent-in-the-same-room/151 "2026-01-21T13:35:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1

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_This question originally came up in our Slack community and the thread has been consolidated here for long-term reference._ I built an agent that runs a meeting. When the first user joins, they can interact with the agent and I see transcripts. When a second user joins, I can hear them on the call, but they cannot interact with the agent or contribute to the meeting. How do I handle this when the meeting is open and multiple people will contribute based on the agenda (not a single speaker)? ---

For multi-participant interactions, check out these examples: **Multi-user transcription:** > This shows how to transcribe audio from multiple remote participants. **Push-to-talk:** > This shows how to have the agent hear and respond to each participant. Both approaches can be combined for your meeting use case.