Teach Yourself VISUALLY Zoom

CHAPTER 4

Working with Meeting Audio

Zoom offers a number of features and tools for working with the audio portion of a meeting. For example, you can test the microphone and speakers you want to use in a meeting. You can also choose a different microphone or speakers, mute and unmute your audio, use push-to-talk, and suppress background noises.

Test Your Audio Devices

Select a Different Audio Output Device

Select a Different Audio Input Device

Mute and Unmute Participants

Mute and Unmute Your Microphone

Mute Your Microphone Automatically

Enable Push-to-Talk

Suppress Background Noise

Join a Meeting with Audio Automatically

Test Your Audio Devices

To get the most out of a Zoom meeting, you should test your audio devices to make sure they are working optimally. By far the most common cause of Zoom problems is a faulty audio setup. This could be a speaker not connected or a microphone on mute. You can prevent such problems by testing your audio devices to make sure they are working.

You can test your audio devices at any time using the Settings dialog of the Zoom desktop app. You can also test your audio devices just before joining a meeting.

Test Your Audio Devices

Test Audio in the Desktop App

Click your profile picture.

Click Settings.

The Settings dialog appears.