Use audio to chat with your team

Use audio to have live conversations with other collaborators directly in your Figma and FigJam files. Audio is great for:

• Spontaneous conversations and collaboration
• Quickly explaining an idea
• Presenting ideas for feedback
• Casual chats and group working sessions
• Getting on the same page with another collaborator

Combine audio with other expressive features like: 

• Cursor chat to type quick messages.
• Stamps and emotes in FigJam to drop reactions on ideas and designs.
• Spotlight to present your designs and ideas.

Closed captions are available on Figma's desktop app only. For closed captions in the browser, you can use a Chrome browser and turn on Live Captions. Closed captions in audio →

Set up audio

You'll need to grant Figma permission to access your microphone. You can also choose a default microphone and speaker.

Grant microphone permission

Give Figma access to your microphone:

1. Open a Figma or FigJam file.
2. Click your avatar in the top left sidebar, then click .
3. The app or browser will ask you for permission to use your microphone or input device.
4. Allow access.

Once you've granted permissions and joined a conversation, a tab indicator will appear in your file tab to confirm your microphone is in use.

Choose microphone and speaker device

Figma uses your computer's default microphone settings. To change your microphone device:

1. Click in your audio controls.
2. Use the dropdown fields under Microphone to select your preferred device.

To change a speaker device (Chrome & desktop app only):

1. Click in your audio controls.
2. Use the dropdown fields under Microphone and Speakers to select your preferred devices. Your setting will be saved automatically.

Use audio

Start or join a conversation

Each file can hold a single conversation at any given time, allowing for fewer interruptions if you need to switch between pages.

To start a conversation:

1. Hover over your avatar in the toolbar and click to open the Multiplayer tools dropdown menu.
2. Click Start conversation.

To join an active conversation, click Join conversation in the toolbar.

Figma will confirm that you've successfully started or joined a conversation with a green Connected label in your audio controls.

When someone is talking, their avatar bubbles up to the toolbar and their cursor creates an audio pulse depending on the volume of the sound coming into their input device.

Audio controls

Audio controls appear when you join a conversation. Use audio controls to:

• Click to mute/unmute your microphone

• Click to access additional settings and change your microphone and speaker sources

• Click Leave to leave the call

Mute or unmute your microphone

You can mute or unmute your microphone in your audio controls or in the toolbar.

• Click to mute your microphone so that participants cannot hear you.
• Click to unmute your microphone and allow participants to hear you.

Leave or end conversations

To leave a conversation, click Leave in your audio controls or close your file tab tab.

If you haven't spoken in a while, a modal will appear asking if you're still there. If there is no response, your audio connection will end. The conversation ends once the last person leaves.

Remove a participant's access

Anyone with access to a file can use audio. To remove someone from an audio conversation or restrict someone's ability to join one, you can do so by removing their file permissions. Adjust file permissions →

Troubleshoot

If you're experiencing issues with using audio in your files, check out our guide on troubleshooting audio issues. If the issues persist, please submit a bug report to our support team.