Slack Calls: the basics

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! 🍰

Voice call	Talk with your teammates in Slack.
Video call	Talk or video conference in Slack.
Share your screen	During a call, present, share control, and even allow others to draw on your screen.

Note: Some of Slack's call features are only available to workspaces on paid plans, including group calls (voice and video) and screen sharing.

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 & draw	✓	✓	✓
Screen sharing: share control	✓	✓

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.

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
Let or don't let others draw on your screen
Share or stop sharing control of 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 invite list	+ or A
View and select and emoji reaction	E then 1 - 9

📞  Start a call

Tap the channel or direct message name to expand the channel or conversation info, and choose Start 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 icon to 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.

📞  Make calls in Slack
Get the low down on making voice and video calls.

🖥  Share your screen in Slack
Learn how to start a call and share your screen.

🛠  Troubleshoot Slack Calls
Having connection, audio, or video trouble? Learn how to troubleshoot.

🚓  Slack voice and video call security
Privacy and security are important to us — get the details you need.