Recreate the quick, informal discussions that you usually have in the office right in Slack. You can start a huddle in any channel or direct message (DM), invite specific people to join and share your screen to work side-by-side with your team.
What to expect
Huddles can have up to 50 participants, and anyone in a conversation can join a huddle once it starts. When a huddle starts in a DM, all members will receive an invitation.
When you join a huddle from the Slack desktop app or Slack in a browser, you can share your screen and turn on live captions. Captions in huddles are only available in English, but we plan to offer more languages in the future.
Note: Google Chrome and Firefox are the only browsers that support huddles.
Start or join a huddle
Start a new huddle
Desktop
Mobile
Open a channel or DM.
Click the headphones toggle in the bottom left corner of your sidebar or press ⌘ShiftH (Mac) or CtrlShiftH (Windows/Linux).
Open a channel or DM.
Tap the antenna icon in the top right corner of the screen.
Tip: You can invite people to huddles in group DMs or channels that they’re not a part of. They’ll be able to join the huddle, but will not be able to see the name of a private channel or access the content in the conversation.
Accept a huddle invitation
Desktop
Mobile
When you receive a huddle invitation, a notification sound will play and you'll see the invitation at the bottom of your sidebar. Click the Join button to accept.
Tap the banner notification at the top of your screen, or tap Join from the invitation.
Join an active huddle
When a huddle has started in a channel or DM you're a part of, you'll see a blue antenna icon next to the conversation in your left sidebar. Here's how to join:
Desktop
Mobile
Open the channel or DM where the huddle is taking place.
Click the headphones toggle at the bottom of your sidebar.
From the Home tab, tap the antenna icon next to a channel or DM.
Tap Join.
Take actions in a huddle
Once you've joined a huddle, here's what you can do:
Mute or unmute yourself
Share your screen on desktop
Add people to the huddle
To view live captions, click the name of the person who’s talking. Click the three dots icon, then select Turn on captions.
Tip: Use ⌘ShiftSpace (Mac) or CtrlShiftSpace (Windows/Linux) to quickly mute or unmute from your desktop.
Leave a huddle
Anyone can leave a huddle at any time, including the person who started it. Huddles will automatically end when the last person leaves.
Desktop
Mobile
Click the headphones toggle at the bottom left corner of your sidebar or press ⌘ShiftH (Mac) or CtrlShiftH (Windows/Linux).
From the channel or DM where the huddle is taking place, tap the antenna icon in the top right corner of the screen.
