Favoriting a channel in the app

Favorite a channel to add it to your Favorites tab. You can then quickly navigate to the channel from your list of favorite channels without needing to search for it or access it by way of its content.

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Considerations

  • Notifications: Favoriting a channel does not subscribe you to it. If you want to receive notifications from a channel, you must follow it.

Who can do this?

  • Any digital workplace member

Favorite a channel

Before you can favorite a channel, you need to be able to navigate to it: 

  • Navigating to a channel using search: While viewing any tab other than the Web tab:
    1. Tap Igloo_Mobile_SearchIconSmall.svg Search.
    2. Enter the name of the channel that you want to follow.
    3. Tap Search or tap any recent search suggestions to perform a search.
    4. (Optional) If the search defaults to the People tab, tap Content to view those results.
    5. Tap a search result to go to it. 
  • Navigating to a channel through its content: While viewing content on the channel you want to favorite, tap the channel name at the top of the app to navigate to the channel. 

To favorite a channel:

  1. Go to the channel.
  2. Tap Igloo_Mobile_MenuIconSmall.svg Menu in the top right corner of the app. 
  3. Tap Favorite

The Follow and Favorite options appear after tapping the Menu button.