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

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So needed!

Just amending my comment above - I’d noted that my Collab users need to see Annotations for that feature to be useful. In fact, like everyone else here is saying, it’s View users who need this. 

Absent a change, this feature is nearly useless and without value. There’s no way we would consider upgrading View users to any paid level just for Annotations, and I’m sure my company is not alone in this regard.

Figma - please take notice of this and do the right thing!

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It’s viewers who need annotations as a primary and clear layer of context for the UI in communication with stakeholders.

Please make annotations visible for View Seats. We rely heavily on annotations for our accessibility guidelines, and without visibility for viewers, this highly anticipated feature is unfortunately useless to us.

I was really hoping this would be addressed since the feature was introduced. It would be a shame to release such a promising function that can’t be used effectively by larger organizations like ours.

Please prioritize this change as soon as possible — otherwise, we’ll have to stop using it.

It would be incredibly valuable if users with View seats could access annotations in Figma. Many key stakeholders such as product managers, QA testers, and clients need to see this context but don’t require full editing or Dev Mode access. Comments are too easily removed and can clutter the workspace, while annotations provide clear, structured guidance that’s currently out of reach for many.

Please consider enabling annotation visibility for View-seat users to make handoff and review processes smoother and more effective for everyone involved. The current limitation reduces the impact of this great feature for teams who rely on broad collaboration.

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Please also expose them in the RestAPI in addition to the Plugin API!

This is a terrible misstep for Figma to hide the annotation / comment functionality that makes a the content viewable. Annotations are not only for developers but also other designers and viewers to understand how a design will work.

If this is bait for business reasons to get more subscribers, then designers will find their own work arounds. Too bad they put out such a great feature only to hide it from viewers. It’s very disappointing and should be added back into the View mode.

Great suggestion — giving View-seat users access to annotations and measurements in Figma would significantly improve visibility for non-editor stakeholders. It makes design intent clearer, streamlines collaboration, and ensures everyone sees important context without needing full editing access.

Please Figma, follow users need and add this feature!

I didn’t realize that the annotations weren’t available for collaborators/viewers until someone asked me to add annotations to designs I’d already annotated. At the very minimum, I think it should be clear who can see these annotations in-situ. Realistically, these should be visible to anyone viewing the file, or else they’re pretty useless.

Time to go re-annotate a bunch of designs 😪