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Zoom: Disable reactions in Zoom calls

Zoom: Disable reactions in Zoom calls

Starting with the Apple Sonoma OS, a new feature called Reactions fills your video frame with a 3D effect expressing how you feel. This feature is automatically enabled and will display when using a video call. You can disable this feature through FaceTime.

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On Mac OS Sonoma, you will need to disable the Reactions before opening the Zoom or FaceTime session.

  1. Open FaceTime.

  2. Click the Video menu in the menu bar, represented by a green and white camera icon.

  3. Click โ€œReactionsโ€ to turn them off.

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There are 8 possible reactions you can use.

  1. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป Pop a single thumbs-up, and youโ€™ll see the bubble reaction.

  2. ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป Not a fan? Give it a thumbs-down

  3. ๐Ÿซถ๐Ÿป Show your love with the heart hand gesture, and youโ€™ll see hearts erupt from your hands.

  4. โœŒ๐Ÿผ Fire up the peace sign, and balloons will rise from the bottom of the screen.

  5. โœŒ๐ŸผโœŒ๐Ÿผ Want to go one further than balloons? Throw up a double peace sign, and confetti will fire onto the screen.

  6. ๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘Ž๐Ÿป A double thumbs-down will cause the screen to darken and rain to fall around you.

  7. ๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป๐Ÿ‘๐Ÿป A double thumbs-up will cause a whole firework display to appear behind you.

  8. ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ๐Ÿค˜๐Ÿผ Show the double horns and a full-blown laser party will pop up.

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Verified: Nov 14, 2023

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