What are Slack Huddles?

How do Slack Huddles work?

Start a Huddle

  • Open Slack on your desktop. Open a channel or DM. Click the headphones toggle in the bottom left corner of your sidebar. Once the huddle has started, you can: Click the microphone icon to mute your microphone Click the screen icon to share your screen Or click the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle. To turn on live captioning: Click the name of the person actively talking in the bottom left corner of your screen. Click the three dots icon. Select Turn on captions.

  • Click the microphone icon to mute your microphone Click the screen icon to share your screen Or click the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle.

  • Click the name of the person actively talking in the bottom left corner of your screen. Click the three dots icon. Select Turn on captions.

  • Open Slack on your mobile device. Open a channel or DM. Tap the antenna icon in the top right corner of the screen. Once the huddle has started, you can: Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone Or tap the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle

Leave a Huddle

  • Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone Or tap the add people icon to invite specific people to the huddle

Accept a Huddle invitation

  • Click the Join button from the notification in your sidebar. Once you’ve joined, you can: Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone.

  • Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone.

  • Tap the banner notification at the top of your screen. Or tap Join from the invitation. Once you’ve joined, you can: Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone.

Join an active Huddle

  • Or tap Join from the invitation.

  • From a channel or DM, click the headphones toggle in the sidebar. Once you’ve joined, you can: Tap the microphone icon to mute your microphone.

  • From the Home tab, tap the antenna icon next to a channel or DM. Tap Join.

Who can use Slack Huddles?

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