Slack huddles
Record Slack huddles on your Mac
Replay now records Slack huddles from the Slack Mac app: what’s on screen, everyone’s voices and your microphone. It notices when a huddle starts, offers to record it, and stops when it ends.
What’s new in Replay 0.2.15
Huddles are where a lot of quick decisions happen: a design review that was meant to take five minutes, a bug walked through with a screen share, a plan agreed with a teammate. Replay already recorded Google Meet, Zoom and Microsoft Teams. Version 0.2.15 adds Slack huddles.
Replay records the Slack Mac app from your Mac, the same way it records other calls. Nobody new joins the huddle, and nothing needs to be installed in your Slack workspace. The recording, its transcript and your notes stay on your Mac.
- Record from the Record menu or press ⌘4.
- Replay notices when a huddle starts and can offer to record it.
- Replay can stop on its own when the huddle ends, after a 30-second warning.
- Huddle recordings are filed under Slack, so you can filter for them in All Recordings.
How Replay notices a huddle
A Zoom or Teams call has a window whose title says it’s a call. A Slack huddle doesn’t: Slack’s windows look the same before, during and after one. So Replay looks at what Slack is doing with sound instead.
When the Slack app is using your microphone and playing sound at the same time, that’s a huddle. Either one on its own isn’t: Slack uses the microphone alone when you record a voice clip, and plays sound alone for a video or a notification. Replay reads only whether Slack is using the microphone and speaker, never what’s said.
Record a huddle
- Update to Replay 0.2.15 from Replay → Check for Updates, or download it from tryreplay.online.
- Join the huddle in the Slack Mac app, and tell the others you’d like to record it.
- Click Record in the prompt that appears. Or open Replay’s Record menu and choose Slack, or press ⌘4, then click Start Recording.
- Talk as usual. Replay records all of Slack’s windows and sound plus your microphone, so the recording keeps going if the huddle moves to its own window or someone shares their screen.
- Stop from Replay’s floating controls, or let Replay stop when the huddle ends. Open the recording in your library to watch it, read the transcript and write notes.
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Microsoft Teams⌘3Slack⌘4When the huddle ends
When you leave a huddle, Slack’s window stays open, so Replay can’t wait for it to close. It waits for Slack to stop using both the microphone and the speaker. Being muted doesn’t count as leaving, because you’re still listening.
Once Slack has been quiet for 15 seconds, Replay shows a 30-second countdown. Press Keep Recording if you’re still talking, or let the countdown finish and Replay saves the recording.
- Huddle onReplay is recording
- You leaveSlack stops using the mic and speaker
- 15 seconds later30Stopping in 30 sThe Slack huddle ended.Keep Recording
- SavedReady to watch, transcribe and search
Choose how much Replay does for you
Open Replay → Settings → Recording to decide how much happens on its own.
| Setting | What it does for huddles |
|---|---|
| Offer to record | Shows a small prompt with a Record button when a huddle starts. |
| Start recording without asking | Starts recording the huddle as soon as Replay notices it. |
| Ask about Slack huddles | Turn this off to keep Replay quiet about huddles but keep prompts for other calls. |
| Stop when a Zoom, Teams or Slack call ends | Shows the 30-second countdown once the huddle is over. |
Good to know
- Replay notices huddles in the Slack Mac app. If you use Slack in a browser, choose Slack in the Record menu and pick that browser window yourself.
- Replay doesn’t show a participant count during huddles yet. It does for Meet, Zoom and Teams.
- If a calendar event on your Mac has a Slack huddle link, Replay uses the event’s title for the recording.
- Many places require everyone’s consent to record a conversation. Tell the people in the huddle before you record.