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setSubscribeToTracksAutomatically(enabled) Toggles automatic track subscription during a call. When enabled, Daily automatically subscribes to audio, video, and screen tracks from all participants. When disabled, no new subscriptions are created automatically — you manage subscriptions manually via updateParticipant(). Must be called while in a call. To start a call without subscribing to any tracks, set subscribeToTracksAutomatically: false at call creation time.
Track subscriptions only apply over SFU connections. In P2P calls, all tracks are always received.

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Parameters

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enabled
boolean
required
true to subscribe to all tracks automatically, false to manage subscriptions manually.

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Return value

Returns this for chaining.

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Example

// Stop auto-subscribing, then selectively subscribe to specific participants
call.setSubscribeToTracksAutomatically(false);

call.updateParticipant(participantId, {
  setSubscribedTracks: { audio: true, video: true, screenVideo: false },
});

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