Add an option to disable auto-adjusting mic level
When on the call the Teams will automatically adjust the mic sensitivity level. I want it to stay at the same level. It's really annoying as it picks up background sounds when not talking. Also, it doesn't readjust it after the call, so i.e. if I had set level 50% before the call the Teams will readjust it to 80% and it will stay at 80% after the call has ended. This forces me to keep manually adjusting the mic level. It's a minor thing, but really infuriating. Would be really great, to just have a checkbox to disable mic level adjusting.
Thank you for your continued feedback. The team has placed this item on their backlog. We will share an update as soon as one is available.
829 comments
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Iain S
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It is absolutely infuriating that it adjusts the volume right down when someone else is talking and then they can't hear me. Sort it out, Microsoft!
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Michael
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Crazy this simple thing hasn't been addressed yet.
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Daniel Weinert
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Please add this already. My mic is natural very loud, I set it at 70 in windows and teams will always change it to 80 or 90 which is way too loud and hurts peoples hears in meeting, It happens almost every time I talk. PLS FIX THIS!!!!
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Anonymous
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zzz come ON, we're asking for LESS not more for god sake.
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Gustavo Schneider
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We need an ETA on this please
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Anonymous
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We're getting forced to use your software and can't even achieve great microphone quality because of you forcing our pc's to change microphone volume by the words. In a work environment this is hilariously stupid. You're far behind for e.g Discord...
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Marcio
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This is not only annoying, this is a massive bug. It's literally impossible to use the mic on calls, which nowadays are the standard worldwide with half planet WFH. as soon as you go off-mute, the sensitivity levels keep changing.
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Tasmin Ahmad
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I have the same issue, my mic is very sensitive and I need to set it to 60% otherwise my voice is not comprehensible to others in the Teams call. Teams auto-adjusts the volume to 100% and even if I turn it down, teams automatically keeps increasing it during the call. This is frustrating for me, and even more so for others who are trying to listen to me.
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Maurizio N.
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Is very urgent to solve this issue. This problem is becoming unmanageable and frustrating. Since they won't do anything about it yet, I'll give you a link as a workaround: https://sysadmin-central.com/2020/08/05/microsoft-teams-fix-auto-adjusting-microphone-audio/
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Jarek
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This is an incredibly frustrating anti-feature. Please give the more advanced users at least an option to turn the auto gain adjustment off!
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Niclas
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I have the same issue. Teams adjusts my volume to 0.
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Brian Rubow
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Please make this a higher priority. This is a big problem. I don't have this problem with any other communication software (Zoom, Ring Central, GoToMeeting). Only in Teams.
There is no reasonable way to keep Teams from changing my microphone settings and making me sound ridiculous. It is embarrassing in every call to have to deal with this. Calls with my team. Calls with my customers. Calls with my entire company. Please stop embarrassing me with this deficiency.
I just upgraded to a new Dell Precision 5750 computer where this is a problem. On my previous computer this was not a problem.
Unchecking and applying "Allow applications to take exclusive control of this device" does not work. Teams somehow ignores this setting.
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Brian
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I have an SM7B and a Scarlett 2i2 USB interface. There is a good reason for this- I am on Teams LITERALLY all day long. And I want to sound as crisp as possible. I can't because you can't make this (seemingly) simple fix.
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Christopher Haworth
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When using any kind of microphone which has gain controls e.g. my Behringer C1 connected to my UMC22, this destroys the quality when in a teams call. the Gain needs to be turned down in Windows cause of the audio interface.
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Matt Dovey
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This is causing constant grief for us in classrooms for hybrid learning while some students are self-isolating, particularly where the classroom architecture creates reverb. We are wasting time every single day fighting this, and a single tickbox for "do not adjust volume automatically" would save us--without exaggeration--hours a week.
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Jenks Guo
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Please have this option available, with some USB mics, it cuts off the mic completely by constantly adjusting it to 0 level.
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MonTea
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For all I care, the Autoadjust can be completely disabled, then we don't need a button to turn the bug on and off.
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MonTea
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My Mac is often loud because of the fan and I disrupt the meeting every time because the mic level adjusts to the fan sound and not my voice.
I strongly request to fix this bug. Because this cannot be a feature.
Thank you very much.
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Sébastien De Bosscher
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We have users that can't use Teams calls any more, because the audio send through is so quite, it is impossible to hear. If the other person increases volume, the background white noise also increases, making it an terrible experience. Fix ASAP needed for affected users!
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Anonymous
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You either don't want to fix it or you can't. I don't know what is worse. The solution is obviously to turn away from teams.