Adjust your huddles preferences

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

Select your default camera

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Preferences.
3. Select Audio & video.
4. Under Camera, open the drop-down menu to select an option.

Set your microphone preferences

You have a few options for microphone preferences:

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

Manage your microphone preferences

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Preferences.
3. Select Audio & video.
4. Under Microphone, open the drop-down menu to select an option.
5. If you’d like, check or uncheck the box to manage automatic gain control.

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

Select your default speaker

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Preferences.
3. Select Audio & video.
4. Under Speaker, open the menu to select an option.

Set other huddles preferences

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

Manage your huddles preferences

1. Click your profile picture in the sidebar.
   
2. Select Preferences.
3. Select Audio & video.
4. In the When joining a huddle section, check or uncheck the boxes to set your preferences.

Choose your huddles notification sound

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

Set huddles preferences on mobile

Certain mobile-specific preferences for huddles can be customized in the Slack mobile apps.

Manage your raise to listen preferences

Raise to listen allows you to interact with huddles like you would a traditional phone call. When this feature is turned on, you can lift your phone to your ear to play huddles audio through the phone earpiece and automatically turn off video.

iOS

Android

1. Tap your profile picture at the top of your screen.
2. Tap   Preferences.
3. Under Audio, Video & Images, select   Huddles.
4. Tap the toggle next to   Raise to listen on or off.

1. Tap your profile picture at the top of your screen.
2. Tap   Preferences.
3. Under Accessibility, tap the toggle next to   Raise to listen on or off.

Choose whether to play music in huddles

iOS

Android

1. Tap your profile picture at the top of your screen.
2. Tap   Preferences.
3. Under Audio, Video & Images, select   Huddles.
4. Tap the toggle next to Play music when alone in a huddle on or off.

Slack does not currently support the ability to manage huddles music on Android.

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