Layers Communication
Calls, chat, calendar and contacts in one window
On the left: your team’s chats, calendar and contacts. On the right: a group call started right from the chat, where colleagues and guests with a link share one grid and you can see who is speaking.
No card · free for up to 20 people
The pain
How most teams communicate
Without Communication
- ✗Calls live in a separate service, and the link gets dug out of the chat five minutes before the start
- ✗A guest with the link walks into the call without asking
- ✗Answers to a question get lost in the shared feed
- ✗Task deadlines aren’t visible next to meetings
01 · Call
A call from the chat for the whole team
A call right from the group chat, guests with a link and your consent, screen sharing and noise reduction.
Call from the chat
A call is one button in the group chat
Click Start a call in the group header and join — your camera and mic stay off until you turn them on. Colleagues join next, and each gets a tile with their name.
Guests
Guests only with your consent
A guest opens the group call link and asks to join. In Participants they are marked Anonym: accept them one by one or all at once with Accept all requests.
In the call
Screen, hand, sound and layout
Screen sharing
The presenter’s screen up front, participant tiles on the side.
Raised hand
One button in the call bar puts a hand on your tile.
Noise reduction
Call settings: microphone, camera, speaker and noise reduction.
Two layouts
Dynamic layout or Sidebar — whichever suits the call.
02 · Write
A chat where answers don’t get lost
Groups and direct messages, threads, mentions and reactions. Important messages get pinned above the feed.
Threads
Replies go to a thread in a separate panel
Reply to a message in a thread and the conversation opens in its own Discussion panel. Any message takes reactions, thread replies included.
Spaces
The same chats in every space
Groups and direct chats sit in one list, and it is the same in all your spaces. Start a new group or a direct chat right from here.
Everything else
Invites, forwarding, files and quiet
Invite to a group
Invite someone by email or send an invite link.
Forwarding
Forward a message to a group or a direct chat — with a note of who it’s from.
Group info
The group’s members, meetings, media and files in one panel.
Quiet when you need it
In a direct chat: no notifications for an hour, a day, forever — or mentions only.
03 · Plan
A calendar that knows about your tasks
Day, week, month and year. Meetings, repeats and your task deadlines in one grid.
Week
Meetings and tasks in one week
The weekly stand-up and the design review sit in the week grid. Tasks follow their due dates: timed ones right in the grid, all-day ones in the All day row. View by day, week, month or year.
New event
A meeting with a call, right from the calendar
The event has a reminder, Every week repeat and Add a call link. Call type: a regular call, a conference for 300 people or a webinar for 1,000.
Subscription
Your calendar in your phone’s app
A subscription for iPhone and Mac, Android, Google Calendar and others: Open in Apple Calendar in one click, or connect it as a CalDAV account.
04 · People
Colleagues and contacts at hand
A person’s card with one-click message and call. Contacts on your phone too.
Contacts
Who to message and who to call
My contacts
Everyone you work with: search, filter, message and call right from the list.
Contact card
Email, organization, department and position — plus Send message and Start a call buttons.
Contacts on your phone
Colleagues show up in Contacts on your phone and your Mac.
Incoming call
A colleague calls from a direct chat — you get a window to decline or join.
05 · Recordings
What was said in a recorded meeting, easy to find
A group moderator records the meeting, and with a connected speech recognition model a transcript appears in Recordings: who said what and when. Transcription uses AI credits. Recording is on paid plans, starting with Plus.
Recording transcript
A transcript you can search
After a recorded meeting: every line with a name and a timecode. Type a word into search and only the lines with it remain. Requires a connected speech recognition model; transcription uses AI credits.
Speakers
Who talked how much
With a connected speech recognition model, the recording’s Speakers tab lists each participant with their talk time and share, and a bar of their turns below.
Cloud or your own server
Free for up to 20 people. Your own server when you want it
In the cloud: no card, no time limit. Need full control over your data? Deploy Layers on your server: the same chats, calls and calendar.
One workspace
Communication is just the start
Your data, your control
Does a guest need an account?
No. A guest opens the call link and enters a name. With a group call link, they first ask to join, and you accept them.
Do I see my chats if I’m in several spaces?
Yes: direct chats and groups are visible in all your spaces.
Can I subscribe to the calendar in Google Calendar?
Yes: Settings → Calendar. Tasks with due dates and, if you like, meetings show up in Google Calendar, Apple Calendar or another app. View only — they are changed in Layers.
Can I share my calendar with a colleague?
Yes: Settings → Calendar access. A colleague sees when you are busy or your full meetings — whichever you allow.
How many people fit in a call?
It depends on the call type: a conference holds up to 300 people, a webinar up to 1,000. In a webinar, the speakers turn on their mic and camera, and everyone else listens.
Do contacts sync with my phone?
Yes, over CardDAV: Settings → Contacts on your devices. For iPhone, Mac and Android.
Call and message right next to the work
Start free in the cloud or deploy Layers on your own server.
