Allow us to expose Annotations and Measurements to View Seat users.

Viewing Annotations should NOT be a paid feature. They provide important context on designs such as tooltip content, interactivity, etc. It’s a great feature that is far more efficient than adding on-page notes. 

Any update here? 🥲

This would be so impactful!

Pls!!

Figma, pls do this…being able to see annotations and measurements shouldn’t be a paid feature…

Pls enable users with view access to see annotations, otherwise it’s really pointless to have this feature. 

Thank you

Any updates on this? This would be sooo helpful!

+1 to all comments and inquiries around updates on this..?

The Value: > The Figma annotations feature is fantastic for my daily workflow. The ability to anchor notes directly to specific components (or nested items) provides incredible clarity for my team.

The Problem: > However, this feature loses its value because users on free/viewer seats cannot see the annotations. Many of our stakeholders (PMs, devs, QA) don't need edit access to warrant a paid seat, but they do need to see the contextual details and documentation tied to the designs.

The Impact & Workaround: > Because of this permission limitation, I am forced to abandon the native feature and use a manual workaround: dropping custom annotation components next to the UI. This:

• Wastes time and slows down my workflow.

• Clutters the canvas and takes up valuable file space.

• Creates visual chaos, making it difficult for stakeholders to identify exactly which part of the design the note refers to.

The Ask: > Please update the permission model so that free/viewer accounts can view native annotations!

+1 for this.

However since it’s left behind for a year without any response from the team I suppose Figma would not go for user friendliness, but keep to monetize each feature as much as they could.

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