Adjust your huddles preferences

If you use huddles in Slack, there are several preferences that you can manage to tailor your audio and video experience.

Select your default camera

You have a few options for microphone preferences:

Select a default microphone
Enable automatic gain control to ensure that your voice stays at a constant level for others that you’re talking with
Enable noise suppression to remove background sound

To test your microphone, say a few words and check that the input level moves up and down while you’re speaking.

You can set the following preferences for huddles:

Set your status to In a huddle when you’re in a huddle
Always join with your audio muted
Automatically turn on captions
Show a warning if you’ll be starting a huddle in a channel with more than 150 members
Play music when you're the last one in a huddle
Blur your video background when your camera is on
Automatically leave when your computer locks

Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
Select Preferences.
Select Audio & video.
In the When joining a huddle section, tick or untick the boxes to set your preferences.

Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
Select Preferences.
Select Notifications.
In the Sound & appearance section, click the drop-down menu under Notification sound (huddles) to select an option.

Note: For help with huddles, visit our troubleshooting guide.