Presence

Presence tells you who's free to talk before you call. Every teammate is in one of four states.

Away turns on by itself after 5 minutes without input, including while the screen is locked. It turns off once you use the keyboard or mouse again.

In the menu bar

The menu bar icon shows up to 3 teammates' photos; with more, 2 photos and a count such as +2. People in a call come first, then who's online, then who's away. During your own call, the photos are the people in it.

After the photos, the icon shows a speech bubble when you have unread chat, or else a green phone while you're in a call or a call is ringing. The icon keeps its width, so the menu bar items next to it don't move.

To keep faces out of the menu bar, turn off Settings > General > Menu bar > Show teammates in the menu bar. A single green dot shows when anyone is online.

On People and Home

People, the page the panel opens on, lists the calls teammates are in, each with Ask to join, then who's online, each with a Call button, then who's away or offline. Type to filter the list, and press Return to call the selected person.

Home shows everyone as a tile with their photo, their dot and a status line, such as "Away 12 min" or "In a call with Sam". Home is a tile on the Workspace: click the Workspace button at the top right of the panel.

Set a status

Click your face at the top right of the panel and choose Set status, which shows your status under it once you set one. You can also right-click your own tile on Home and choose Set status. A status is an emoji and a short text, with an optional time when it clears.

Share what you're working on

Turn on Settings > Privacy > What your team sees > Share what I'm working on, and your tile shows your front app, plus the repository and branch while a developer tool is in front. The hub deletes it when you disconnect.