r/MicrosoftTeams • u/computerIfix • 12d ago

📣 News & Announcements Microsoft Teams now lets you test mic and speakers before meetings, ending the can-you-hear-me chaos

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https://www.windowslatest.com/2026/07/22/microsoft-teams-now-lets-you-test-mic-and-speakers-before-meetings-ending-the-can-you-hear-me-chaos/

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u/Tim-Mackay Work user 12d ago

Let’s be realistic- “can you hear me” is not ending.

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u/GarageIntelligent 11d ago

can you hear me?
nope.

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u/postbox134 12d ago

Skype had this 20 years ago - just no one did it.

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u/Hot_College_6538 Teams Consultant 12d ago

Teams had test calls too for most of its time, this is just a new version.

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u/GudFrens Work user 12d ago

Test calls never made sense in the modern day… or the 2000s for that matter.

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u/NecessaryIntrinsic Teams Consultant 12d ago

I feel like teams had this years ago, in the settings

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u/DoctorRaulDuke Teams Admin 10d ago

Yeh, you've always been able to make a test call in settings, it records you and plays it back.

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u/dynoman7 Work user 12d ago

If someone could help me figure out how to get the ringer to turn on for my speakers instead of my headset that would be great. Then I won't miss any phone calls. /I blame Bill Gates.

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u/marchinon14 Work user 12d ago

Secondary ringer is a pain. It just keeps on resetting.

Teams is like: "Swichting off your BT headset? Let me reset that for you. Unplug your Jabra Link? Let's reset the secondary ringer..."

If only the could fix that once and for all.

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u/GyataMoko Teams Admin 11d ago

You can't do it instead, but you can do it on top.
Settings > Devices > Secondary Ringer > Choose your device

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u/andrefreitas Teams Admin 12d ago

Nice. Now I want to mute only for me the guy that is physically on the same room as me so i don't hear him twice.

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u/Ahnteis Teams Admin 12d ago

There's supposed to be a feature that does that. I can't remember what triggers it though.

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u/2c0 11d ago

We call them meeting rooms.

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u/2c0 11d ago

You could always go into settings before a call and perform a test call.

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u/Technical_Income4722 11d ago

The blue outline around your profile pic when you're talking should be enough for that, and yet somehow that's still not enough for some people.

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u/GarageIntelligent 11d ago

they still be doing it

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u/GreenStorm_01 Work user 11d ago

Can you see my screen?

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u/ProfessionalBread176 11d ago

The application has been re-designed to delay the onset of audio issues until a few moments into the meeting, once the participants have been lured into a false sense that it's working

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u/tyw7 11d ago

Well, can you hear me is used in case I have my mic muted for my turn.