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id: 70de8feb-ecce-4ea3-80ad-6b1c3586e579
title: playSilence
slug: /node/reference/voice/call/play-silence
description: playSilence method for the Call class.
max-toc-depth: 3
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[callplayback-9]: /docs/server-sdk/v3/node/reference/voice/call-playback

### playSilence

* **playSilence**(`params`): `Promise<CallPlayback>` - See [CallPlayback][callplayback-9] for more details.

Plays some silence.

#### Parameters

| Name              | Type     | Description                 |
| :---------------- | :------- | :-------------------------- |
| `params`          | `Object` | -                           |
| `params.duration` | `number` | Seconds of silence to play. |

#### Returns

`Promise<CallPlayback>` - See [CallPlayback][callplayback-9] for more details.

#### Example

```js
const playback = await call.playSilence({ duration: 3 });
await playback.ended();
```