Slack Emoji for Announcements, Updates and Reminders

The usual Slack emoji for an announcement is 📣 :mega: or 📢 :loudspeaker: at the very start of the post, so it stands out as people scroll. Use 🆕 :new: for product updates, 📅 :date: for meetings, ⏰ :alarm_clock: for reminders, and keep 🚨 :rotating_light: for real emergencies such as an outage. End the post by asking people to react with ✅ :white_check_mark: once they have read it; the reactions show you who saw it.

For a team-branded announcement emoji, use the free Slack emoji maker.

Slack emoji for announcements and updates

Type the code at the start of the message, or search "mega" or "announce" in the emoji picker.

Which emoji for which post

• • Team or company news: 📣 or 📢, then a bold first line with the news itself.
• • Updates and releases: 🆕 or 🚀, with a link to the details.
• • Meeting reminders: 📅, the time, and the link to join.
• • Deadlines: ⏰ and the date in the first line.
• • Outages and incidents: 🚨. If every post gets 🚨, people stop reading it.
• • Keep-handy info: 📌, and pin the message in the channel too.

For your own time off rather than a team post, see Slack emoji for OOO and PTO.

A Slack announcement template

📣 *New expense tool starts Monday 6 October*

What changes: expenses go through [tool] instead of email.
What you need to do: log in once before Friday with your work account.
Where to ask: this thread, or #finance-help.

Please react with ✅ once you've read this.

Put the news in the first line in bold; many people read only that line in the channel. Use @channel or @here only when everyone needs to see it now. When to use each is in Slack @here vs @channel vs @everyone. To preview the formatting before you post, paste it into the Markdown to Slack converter.

Emoji that track who read it

Ask for one reaction and you get a list of who saw the announcement: hover over the ✅ under the post to see names. Slack has no read receipts, so reactions are the closest thing; see does Slack have read receipts. Common pairings:

Some workspaces also have an announcement-only channel where only admins can post, so news does not get buried.

Make a custom announcement emoji

A team emoji, such as your logo with a megaphone or the word "PSA", makes company news easy to spot. Open the Slack emoji maker, use Text to emoji for a word like "PSA" or "NEW", or drop in your logo, then add it with Add Emoji in Slack. Name it something short, such as :psa:. More ideas are in Slack emoji ideas.

FAQ

What is the Slack emoji for announcement? 📣 :mega: or 📢 :loudspeaker:.

What emoji should I use for an update in Slack? 🆕 :new: for something new, 🚀 :rocket: for a launch.

What emoji means urgent in Slack? 🚨 :rotating_light:. Save it for real emergencies.

How do I see who read my Slack announcement? Ask people to react with ✅ and hover over the reaction to see names.