With Slack Calls, you can make a voice or video call and connect with any member of your workspace. Keep reading to get familiar with the basics of Slack’s call features and availability.
Features
In Slack, getting in touch with your teammates and sharing information is a piece of cake. Make a voice call, connect by video, share your screen and more! 🍰
Present to others, and allow them to draw on your screen if you like.
Note: Some Slack calls features are only available for workspaces on paid subscriptions. This includes group calls (voice and video), screen sharing and switching between multiple apps from the phone icon.
Availability
Need to make a voice call or share your screen with teammates? Check the table below to see which devices support voice, video and screen sharing.
Mac*
Windows
Linux
iOS
Android
Voice calls
✓
✓
✓
✓
✓
Video calls
✓
✓
✓
Screen sharing: present
✓
✓
✓
Screen sharing: draw
✓
✓
A note about browsers: With Google Chrome, you can make voice and video calls and view a teammate's screen, but you can't start a screen share. Slack Calls isn't supported in other browsers at this time.
Note: Slack Calls are not officially supported on virtual machines. Performance and availability of features may vary depending on the environment.
Call actions
Here’s your key for all things related to voice calls, video calls and screen sharing.
Desktop
iOS
Android
You’ll find built-in controls in your call window:
Action
Icon
Add a member to a call, or share a call in a channel
Mute or unmute your microphone
Enable or disable video on a call
Start or stop sharing your screen
Draw on your screen
Let others draw on your screen
Call settings (call name + voice and video settings)
Send an emoji reaction
Exit a call
You can also use keyboard shortcuts:
Action
Key
Toggle mute on and off (hold down to talk when muted)
M
Toggle video on and off
V
Show the invitation list
+ or A
View and select and emoji reaction
E then 1 – 9
Change the colour of your pen while drawing on your screen
⌘ (Mac) Ctrl (Windows/Linux)
📞 Start a call
Tap the channel or direct message name to expand the channel or conversation info, and chooseStart a call.
☎️ End a call
Press the red End button.
🙋 Answer a call
Tap Answer from the pop-up notification or on the call message in the channel or direct message where the call is taking place.
🙅 Decline a call
Press Dismiss on the pop-up notification.
📞 Start a call
Tap the channel or direct message name to open the channel or conversation info, and choose Start a call.
☎️ End a call
Tap the red End button.
🙋 Answer a call
Tap the green phone iconto accept a call in a direct message or Join this call from the channel where the call is taking place.
🙅 Decline a call
Tap Dismiss to decline an incoming call.
Get started
Now that we’ve covered the basics, you’re ready to go. Use the links below to discover more about Slack Calls.
