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The talk button and its colors

One button with the same colors and words on every device: grey Mic off, red On air, amber Waiting.

The big button tells you what your mic is doing. Red only ever means your mic is sending.

Ways to talk. Pick Hold, Tap, Raise or Open mic, hold to talk, and tap to talk on the watch. Captions only, no sound needed.

What each color means

  1. Mic off (grey) with a note like Hold to talk or Tap to talk: you are ready.
  2. On air (red) with level bars: your mic is sending and the room hears you.
  3. Listening (soft red, slow pulse): your open mic is on and waiting for your voice.
  4. Waiting (amber) with the talker’s face: someone else, or the assistant, has the room.
  5. Mic off (grey) with a reason, like Reconnect to talk, Tap to resume, On a call or Talk on your watch: you can’t talk right now. See Why the talk button says Mic off.
  6. Asking (violet): you are asking the AI assistant.

Where it is

Phone

The big button on the Talk tab. The line under it says Your mic is sending with a timer, Mic on · Not sending or Your mic is off.

The Talk tab in #dispatch: You, Priya and Sam at the top with 3 here, Priya’s last message, a grey Mic off button that says Hold to talk, and the Hold, Tap, Raise and Open mic switch with Sound on and Chat under it.
The Talk tab, ready to talk.
The Talk tab while Sam is talking: an amber Waiting button with Sam’s face, and “Waiting for Sam to finish.” under it.
Amber means someone else is talking.

Watch

The round button on the main screen, in every theme.

The watch talk screen in #dispatch: the pinned note line under the room name, a grey Mic off button with Mute and read on the left and What was said on the right, and “Tap to talk · 3 here”.
The watch talk screen.
The watch on air in #dispatch: a red On air button and “On air 0:01” under it, with Mute and read and What was said on each side.
On air from the watch.
The watch while Sam talks: an amber Waiting button with Sam’s face and “Sam is talking”.
Someone else is talking.

Web app and iPhone

  1. The big button on the Talk tab, with the same line under it. Faces show as initials.
  2. While someone talks it names them: Waiting for Sam, with You’re listening. Talk when Sam finishes. under it.
The web app on air: a red On air button with level bars and “Your mic is sending”.
On air in the web app.
The web app while Sam talks: an amber Waiting button and “Waiting for Sam to finish.”
Someone else is talking.

See who heard your talk

A moment after you stop talking, the line under the talk button says who in the room heard you, for a few seconds. Only you see it, nobody else in the room.

Phone

  1. For example Heard by Priya, Heard by Priya and Sam, Heard by all 5, Heard by 4 of 5. Alex didn’t hear (offline), Heard by 3 of 5 or Nobody heard it.
  2. Why someone didn’t hear: offline means KeyUp was not open in this room for them, or they had no connection. Quiet means they had Quiet on, the room’s sound muted, or the sound off on their device. A plain didn’t hear means they were there but got less than half of your talk, for example they joined late. A person who muted you also shows as didn’t hear.
  3. Your own talks in Replay show a count for 48 hours, for example Heard by 2 of 3, Heard by all 5 or Not heard. That needs a saved Replay clip, so the room has to keep a copy of talks and you have to have agreed to save your voice. See Keep a copy of talks.

Watch

A short line under the talk button, for example Heard by Priya, Heard by both, Heard 4 of 5, Not heard (offline) or Nobody heard it. If the screen is off when it comes, nothing shows and the watch does not buzz.

Web app and iPhone

The same line under the talk button, and the same counts on your own talks in Replay.

Still stuck? Email [email protected]. Tell us your phone and watch model and what you tried.