Here are the steps to get your own Slack call started (keep in mind, you might not have access yet): For example, users can send a ? or ? when they agree with the person speaking. It’s less distracting than un-muting yourself, and doesn’t require you to type something out. Slack wants to make these Calls a bit more conversational, and will add the ability for participants to respond to one another with an emoji that appears over their profile picture. The ideal use for Slack Calls? Well, the VP of Product, April Underwood, told TechCrunch, “If I’m DMing someone in Slack and we want to switch to have a quick voice conversation, it addresses that problem.” TechCrunch says team administrators, once given access, must turn on the Calls feature via Team Settings. The company has already begun rolling out the new “Calls” feature, and eventually it will be available to all teams. Slack’s 2.3 million daily active users and 570,000 paid subscribers requested a video call option built into Slack (most users rely on integrations such as appear.in). As the saying goes, “ask and you shall receive,” which is exactly what Slack is doing.
