Changing your status

Availability of this feature depends on the Bria solution you subscribe to.

Available in: Teams.

Not available in: Solo.

Bria allows you to share your online status (your presence) with team members. When you launch Bria, your online status is Available.

You can change your status from Available to Busy, Away, Not available for call, Do not disturb, and Appear offline. When you change your status from Available, Bria no longer automatically updates your status and it remains as what you set it to until you change it again.

Bria updates your status to On the phone when you make or receive a phone call if your status is Available. If you do not use your computer for a specified period of time (set in Preferences: Application panel), Bria updates your status to Idle.

  1. Click the drop-down arrow beside your online status indicator.

  2. Select the status you want to display.

Bria updates your status. If you change your status away from Available, Bria does not automatically update your presence.

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Status

Meaning for your status

Meaning for others’ status

Available

Either:

  • You have set your status to this value.

  • Bria has determined that you are logged on but not on the phone or idle.

When you have this status, Bria automatically detects when you are idle or on the phone, and changes the status to match.

You can contact this person.

Busy

You have set your status to this value. Bria never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

You can contact this person.

Away

You have set your status to this value. Bria never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

You can contact this person.

On the phone

Either:

  • You have set your status to this value. In this case, Bria never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

  • You started a phone call when your status was Available. When your call ends, your status reverts back to Available.

You can contact this person.

Do not disturb

You have set your status to this value. Bria never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

You cannot contact this person.

Not available for calls

You have set your status to this value. Bria never automatically switches you out of this status; you must switch yourself.

You cannot contact this person.

Idle

You have not moved or clicked the mouse or pressed a keyboard key for the idle period. Set the idle period in Preferences: Application panel.

As soon as you click the mouse or keyboard, your status changes to Available.

You can contact this person.

Appear offline

You have set your status to this value. The other person sees you as offline, even though you are actually online. The other person cannot tell the difference between this status and you really being offline.

You see the status Offline for this contact. You cannot tell the difference between this status and if the contact is really offline.

Offline

This status if automatically set by Bria when you are not signed in.

The contact is either not logged in or does not want to share online status.

n/a

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Not applicable

You are not watching the other person’s status.

Setting your custom status

You can create a custom wording for your presence status. When you set a custom status, Bria does not automatically update your status for you.

  1. Click on the wording in the status indicator and type your custom status. Press enter when you finished.

    Type your custom status in "Presence Status".

Bria updates your custom status.

  1. Click on the wording in the status indicator, delete all text, and press Enter.

Bria returns to the default status wording.