Zoom: Disable reactions in Zoom calls

Owned by Margaret Winward, created
Last updated: Nov 14, 2023
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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.

 Instructions

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 “Reactions” to turn them off.

 

There are 8 possible reactions you can use.

  1. 👍ðŸŧ Pop a single thumbs-up, and you’ll see the bubble reaction.

  2. 👎ðŸŧ Not a fan? Give it a thumbs-down

  3. ðŸŦķðŸŧ Show your love with the heart hand gesture, and you’ll see hearts erupt from your hands.

  4. ✌🏞 Fire up the peace sign, and balloons will rise from the bottom of the screen.

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

  6. 👎ðŸŧ👎ðŸŧ A double thumbs-down will cause the screen to darken and rain to fall around you.

  7. 👍ðŸŧ👍ðŸŧ A double thumbs-up will cause a whole firework display to appear behind you.

  8. ðŸĪ˜ðŸžðŸĪ˜ðŸž Show the double horns and a full-blown laser party will pop up.

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