Disabling the 'Turn on Reactions' prompt when camera turns on

Took me a quick minute, but I might have figured this out. I use Teams. The pop-up is so annoying. I clicked the green icon in the toolbar, and disabled reactions. No joy. Pop-up still happened. I opened FaceTime. Clicked the green icon--and noticed reactions were ENABLED. I disabled them (again). Rebooted. No more pop-ups. My suggestion is to open each app you use your camera for (Teams, Zoom, FaceTime, etc.). With the app open, (make sure it's the "active" window), click the green icon in the toolbar, and disable reactions--for--each--app. THEN reboot. Worked for me anyway.

Answer seems to be in Reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/mac/comments/171rs4k/anyone_figured_out_how_to_stop_video_conferencing/

It looks like turning off Facetime notifications and restarting works!

If your Facetime notifications are already off, toggle them on, switch the style to ‘None’ then turn back off then restart. > System Settings > Notifications > Facetime > turn off Allow Notifications. Then restart your machine. (tried this without restarting and it did not work).

Hope that fixes it for you. Hope even more that Apple patches this terrible feature.

Next solved the issue for me:

When you see the popup appear, toggle the reactions on, then off, then restart your computer

Source:

https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/477436/how-do-i-stop-the-turn-on-reactions-popup-from-appearing-every-time

System Settings > Notifications > Facetime > turn off didn't work, but System Settings > Notifications > Facetime > None worked. (leaving it turn on)

I figured out a workaround! Command-drag the little green menu extra into the trash can. You won't be able to use it afterward, but this "feature" is so annoying that I don't care.

Product managers: take this as an example of why these insipid "tourtips" annoy end users more than they are helpful. I'd rather not use your entire feature than have this thing pop up multiple times a day. It's like having a gnat that constantly is flying into your eyes—not a big deal, but sooooo annoying.

This has been infuriating me for months, but finally fixed it (at least for now) by turning reactions on, turning them off, then rebooting. We'll see if this sticks...

It would be nice if Apple spent a little of their $56 BILLION cash pile on some QA...

I found that I have to turn off "show previews" to get the annoyance to stop:

Also happening on Google Meet in Chrome. Happens for each call I join, which is about 7-8 times a day.

The `x` in the upper right corner doesn't seem to dismiss the dialog either. I need to click the green camera icon in the menu bar.

It's unlikely (and disabling them certainly doesn't work for me) that this has anything to do with FaceTime notifications. The green camera menu extra isn't a FaceTime feature; Apple calls this the Video menu and it "appears in the menu bar when a video call is in progress":

Use Reactions, Presenter Overlay, and other effects when videoconferencing on Mac - Apple Support

Basically, it appears when any video device is connected to your Mac and is active in an app.

I realize this doesn't solve the problem, but maybe it'll keep folks from going down that dead end.

So, menu bar extras are the icons in the menu bar that expose features of some software running on the Mac. Some menu bar extras can still be removed by command-dragging the icon off of the menu bar (that is, hold the command key down, then click and drag), but Apple's recommendation is to now have that as an option in the application.

The Video menu bar extra is not removable by command-dragging, and there doesn't seem to be a System setting to hide/show it. This is not a FaceTime feature — it shows up when FaceTime, Zoom, Chrome, etc., is using your camera.

So, like the suggestion to turn off FaceTime options earlier in this thread, the suggestion to get rid of the Video menu bar extra won't give you the answer you're looking for.

Just updated the OS to Sonoma and now this is an annoying part of my day - every call I get the "turn on reactions" pop up. 😡

I don't want stuff shoved in my face - this is not how you build a happy user base.

And, by the holy teapot, allow us to TURN IT OFF!

This fix didn't work for me. I've tried multiple things and I'm super p.o.'d at this point. Dumbest feature ever. Thankfully this is a new MacBook and I'm still in the return window because this is absolute trash. Going back to my old MacBook.

I tried this and it is STILL happening! Quite annoying! I'd love to be able to turn off gestures, reactions and any other AI nonsense that screws up my video on videoconferencing platforms. GRRRR!!!! :-(

I tried this step you recommended but it's still not working and I get the pop up every time I join a call. I even restarted after ensuring my settings matched yours. I'm on Sequoia 15.3.1 on an M1 iMac.

this is happening across google meet in both edge and chrome, and Teams - the "x" does not dismiss the popup.

I do not want reactions, I never wanted reactions and I want this to go away.

Please someone at Apple read this and fix at the next update.