Currently, users cannot tell if they are creating an echo unless another participant interrupts to inform them | Representative image
Washington (USA): Google is finally updating its video-communication service app so that it will warn users if they are creating an echo.
The warning will pop up as a red dot as well as a text alert.
The company announced this in a blog post on Monday.
Currently, users cannot tell if they are creating an echo unless another participant interrupts to inform them. Hopefully, this update will make meetings easier.
As per The Verge, Google says that Meet already controls audio to remove echo. But it can’t account for all remote desktop speaker and microphone configurations that result in audio feedback.
The users can click the echo-alert notification to find options that will help fix it, including muting the mic, lowering speaker volume, or switching to headphones.
The warnings will be enabled by default.
The new echo warnings are rolling out now to Google Workspace and G Suite Basic and Business customers over the coming two weeks.
