Sharing availability

On PC and Mac, you can share your availability with contacts you subscribe to.

On Android and iOS, you can see your friends' availability and they can see yours, but you can choose not to share availability with someone if you prefer. You can also send a friend request to people who you have previously refused, or send another request to share availability with a person who originally refused you.

Start sharing availability

Your friends are the people you agree to share your availability with and call or chat with frequently. You can send a friend request to someone in your organisation's phone book.

PC and Mac

1. Select .
2. Right-click on the person with whom you want to share your availability status.
3. Select Subscribe.

Android tablet and Android phone

1. Select .
2. Select and All.
3. Select and hold the person you want to share availability with.
4. Select Add to friends.

iPhone and iPad

1. Select .
2. Select the top centre of the contacts window and then select All to show your contacts.
3. Select the person you want to share availability with.
4. Select Edit.
5. Select Add to friends.

Stop sharing availability

When you share your availability with someone, you become friends. You can also stop being friends with someone if you want to.

PC and Mac

1. Select .
2. Select the person with whom you no longer want to share your availability status.
3. Select Unsubscribe.

The availability icon is no longer displayed next to this person's name and your availability is no longer shared with them.

Android tablet and Android phone

1. Select .
2. Select and All.
3. Select and hold the person you no longer want to share availability with.
4. Select Unsubscribe from friends.

The availability icon is no longer displayed next to this person's name and your availability is no longer shared with them.

iPhone and iPad

1. Select .
2. Select the top centre of the contacts window and then select All to show your contacts.
3. Select the person you no longer want to share availability with.
4. Select Edit.
5. Select Unsubscribe from friends.

The availability icon is no longer displayed next to this person's name and your availability is no longer shared with them.

Follow-up friend requests

You can send a friend request to someone who you have stopped sharing your availability with, who you have previously refused, or who has previously refused you.

Android tablet and Android phone

1. Select .
2. Select and All.
3. Select and hold the person you want to share availability with.
4. Select Add to friends.

iPhone and iPad

1. Select .
2. Select the top centre of the contacts window and then select All to show your contacts.
3. Select the person you want to share availability with.
4. Select Edit.
5. Select Add to friends.