Layers Calls
Call your whole team — right from the chat
Start a call right from the group chat: colleagues and guests with a link share one grid, everyone gets a tile with their name, and you can see who is speaking.
No card · free for up to 20 people
The pain
How most teams get on a call
Without Layers Calls
- ✗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
- ✗While the call is on, you can’t switch to your tasks
- ✗After the meeting, nobody remembers who said what
Call from the chat
A call from the group chat header
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.
Quick call
A call link in a second
The Call connection details window has the link to the call: Copy link and send it. The link works until the date shown.
02 · Bring everyone in
The whole team and guests in one grid
The grid rearranges itself, guests join with your consent, and the organizer runs the call.
Lots of people
The whole team in one grid
Someone joins and the grid rearranges itself. Everyone has a tile with their name, and a voice badge lights up on whoever is speaking.
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.
Organizer
The organizer stays in control
In the In call list, each participant has a menu: pin to the screen, hide their video or mute them just for you. And for everyone: mute, disable the camera or remove from the call.
03 · Work in the call
Share, chat and keep working
Screen sharing, call chat, a raised hand and noise reduction. The call shrinks to a bar and stays out of your way.
Screen sharing
The presenter’s screen, up front
A colleague shares their screen — it takes over the whole stage, and participant tiles with names stay on the side.
Call chat
Write without interrupting
Drop a link or a question in the call chat while someone is talking. The call’s messages live in their own panel: your colleagues’ messages and your replies.
Call bar
The call goes on, and so does the work
Minimize the call and it moves to the bottom of the menu. Open your projects: the bar with mic, camera, screen and leave buttons stays put.
In the call
Hand, sound, layout and pin
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.
Pin to the screen
Pin a participant and their tile fills the whole stage.
04 · Look back
What was said in the meeting, easy to find
A group moderator turns on recording in the call, and after the meeting it appears in Recordings. With a connected speech recognition model, you also get a transcript with timecodes and a breakdown by speaker. Recording is on paid plans, starting with Plus.
Transcript
A transcript you can search
From the call recording: 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 Speakers tab shows each participant’s talk time and share, and the meeting timeline shows where they spoke.
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 calls, chats and calendar.
One workspace
Calls next to chat, calendar and tasks
Messages live in Chat, meetings in Calendar. The whole module is on the Communication page.
Calls under 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.
How many people fit in a call?
It depends on the call type chosen in the calendar event: a conference holds up to 300 people, a webinar up to 1,000. In a webinar, the speakers talk and everyone else listens.
Can I keep working without leaving the call?
Yes: minimize the call to a bar and it stays at the bottom of the menu while you open projects and other sections.
Can the organizer mute someone?
Yes: Participants → the participant’s menu → Mute for everyone. The same menu can disable their camera or remove them from the call.
Where do I find the meeting transcript?
If the call was recorded and a speech recognition model is connected, in Recordings: the meeting has a Transcript tab with search and a Speakers tab. A group moderator turns recording on with Start recording, and every participant sees that it is on. In the cloud, recording is on paid plans, starting with Plus. Transcription uses AI credits and is turned off in the desktop app for now. On your own server, recording needs the LiveKit Egress service, installed separately, and the administrator connects the speech recognition model.
Call your whole team — right from the chat
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