Users can update their presence setting to a status such as Be right back, Out to lunch, or Busy, and you can view their
status in real time from your Buddy list.
Add Contacts to Your Buddy List
Add contacts to your Buddy list if you want to monitor their status.
You can only add people to your Buddy list from your Contact Directory, so you must first add them to your Contact
Directory before adding them to your Buddy list.
Task
1 In the Contact Directory, select a contact.
2 On the Contact Information screen, select Edit.
3 In the Edit Contact screen, select Watch Buddy > Enabled.
4 Select Save.
Updating Your Buddy Status
Poly phones enable you to sign into and update your presence status on your phone to let contacts know when you are
busy or available.
You can update your status to one of the following:
• Online
• Busy
• Be right back
• Away
• On the phone
• Out to lunch
• Do not disturb
Your phone also sends certain status information automatically to the people watching you—such as if you are in a call, if
you enabled Do Not Disturb on your phone, or if your phone is offline because you restarted it.
Update Your Buddy Status
You can update your status on your phone so that contacts can monitor your status from their phones.
Your updated status is displayed in the status bar on your phone, and your contacts are automatically notified of your new
status.
Note:
If your status is set to Do Not Disturb, when you enable then disable the Do Not Disturb feature on your phone,
your status changes to Online.
Task
1 Select My Status or navigate to Settings > Features > Presence > My Status.
2 From the My Status screen, select your desired status.
Automatically Update Your Buddy Status
You can enable your phone to automatically set your status to Away when your phone is idle for a certain length of time.
After you press a key on your phone, your status changes to Available again.
Task
1 Go to Menu > Settings > Basic > Preferences.
2 Select Presence > Idle Timeout.
3 Enable Office Hours and Off Hours, and enter the number of minutes your phone should be idle before your status
changes to Away.
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