If you've ever moved your hand during a video call and seen thumbs-up bubbles or confetti fly up on your screen, you're not alone.
Many people consider this a strange feature for Zoom or WhatsApp, but it's an Apple feature built into iOS and Mac. However, you can turn off the reactions feature to prevent these effects from appearing on your screen during work calls.
How to turn off video call responsiveness on Mac
While you're in a video call on your Mac, click the video menu in the menu bar. This is the green camera icon at the top of your screen. Then click[反応]Click the option to turn off reactions for all video calls.
You must be in a video call to turn off these reactions. Image credit: Apple
How to turn off video call reactions on iPhone
During a video call on your iPhone, open Control Center and tap the Video tab. Then, tap the Reactions option and turn off gesture-based effects.
Image credit: Apple
When Apple released iOS 17.4 earlier this year, it gave third-party video calling app developers the option to turn these reactions off by default, so if your favorite video calling app has implemented this change, you may not need to manually turn these reactions off.