Microsoft Teams - Show When I'm Speaking in a Meeting

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Microsoft Teams - Show When I'm Speaking in a Meeting

Thomas Brooks 266

Swapping from Webex to Teams, I notice there is no way to see if there is any sound coming in through my mic in the middle of a meeting. Webex has a visual representation (on the mute button) so that if you had background noise or you forgot to mute it was easy to see. Teams does not seem to have this feature and only shows when other people are talking.

Am I missing something, or is Teams just missing this very simple feature? Can anyone recommend an alternative?

Cheers

JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-06T09:48:55.443+00:00

Hi @Thomas Brooks

Do you mean you cannot see this visual representation when you are speaking in Teams meeting?

Based on my test result, when someone is speaking, their tile will be highlighted in a purply-blue like the following pictures, could you check if you have it?
Thomas Brooks 266 Reputation points

2022-06-07T06:32:51.49+00:00

Hi there Jimmy,

I want to be able to see my own voice but there is no indicator for that.

Cheers
Thomas
JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-10T08:34:50.053+00:00

Hi @Thomas Brooks

What indicator do you want to see?

If you see your tile, could you see the purply-blue around your profile picture like the above picture?
JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-17T09:15:52.527+00:00

@Thomas Brooks

It has been a while, how is everything going?
If you have any update about this issue, please feel free to post back.
Anonymous

2023-04-05T07:44:32.4166667+00:00

+1 I just switched from Zoom and I have the very same cognitive dissonance - when others are speaking a purple border is shown around their camera/avatar but when I'm speaking the same is not true (i.e. I see my camera preview but there is no border rendered when I'm speaking) so I'm never sure if I'm audible (e.g. because my headphones have a mute switch of their own) which is quite annoying.
Anonymous

2023-04-05T08:28:07+00:00

Actually - the same if true for the Mute icon - which is rendered when someone else is muted by on my video preview it's not shown (guessing that's due to the fact that the preview is a raw camera stream?)
Andrew 40 Reputation points

2023-04-05T14:37:39.53+00:00

@Anonymous The ring only appears for other speakers. This happens in both the normal view of people and in the People/Participants list.
Rastislav Hubočan 60 Reputation points

2023-06-07T10:54:44.8066667+00:00

As being said, it's very annoying that I can't see when a sound goes from me to others.
Christian Molback 75 Reputation points

2023-07-24T13:10:37.4166667+00:00

The purple ring shows around others but I want an option to have it show around me as well, it's a good indicator if I'm having any audio issues. (If I am talking when not supposed to, or if I'm not talking and I'm supposed to). I would really like this as a feature
Dan Doughty 90 Reputation points

2023-08-08T15:07:45.8266667+00:00

They need to add this 'feature'. I want visual representation that I'm speaking like what I see when others speak.
Mark Gregory 50 Reputation points

2023-08-14T16:51:28.09+00:00

This feature used to be active for your own mike but got removed. PLEASE put it back

I recommend turning off AGC in settings and setting the mike level manually, especially if some people are close together. With AGC on if you stop talking the mike gain increases until it picks up something or it reaches maximum gain
Keith Russell 15 Reputation points

2023-08-29T17:26:35.0333333+00:00

This issue is also reported here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/teams-tile-does-not-highlight-when-i-am-speaking/05aad13a-3847-494a-8e12-2716ce24f141
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2023-09-13T03:51:12.93+00:00

(Revised from an answer into my latest comment 18/10/2023)
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2023-10-17T22:44:09.3133333+00:00

I can't stress enough how bad this missing feature is. First, let's change the term from "talking" to "transmitting audio".

There's a software voice cancellation feature in the client, however in an office as a meeting participant I have NO IDEA whether I'm polluting the call with random background noise as the software noise cancellation certainly isn't NVIDIA Broadcast (which requires a proper GPU, which I have at home where, ironically, my ageing Burmese cat excepted, it's 100% quiet).

For participants not to know whether they are transmitting audio is very, very disruptive, and completely breaks the flow of the meeting.

Basically I will have to mute myself entirely, and perhaps unnecessarily, and only unmute myself to talk. This breaks the natural flow of conversation.

I need to be able to focus on the meeting, not whether or not I'm muted properly.

It's at the point where, as a tech lead, if I can influence the decision, I'm using a different provider to Teams - e.g. WebEx, Hangouts - anything but Teams.

To make this crystal clear: I can see other participants' blue actively transmitting audio boxes fine, but I also need one on MY OWN FACE when I'm transmitting audio. I was dismayed to see that even the new version of the client that's just being pushed out now as a trial doesn't have this. Please listen to this feedback, thanks.
Serban 36 Reputation points

2024-02-08T10:15:05.2533333+00:00

Just came here to say +1 from me for this "feature".
mrjohn44141 65 Reputation points

2024-04-10T12:27:20.35+00:00

Any news on this? super useful feature.
Marcos Yam Garcia 65 Reputation points

2024-08-22T15:47:48.5733333+00:00

Any updates on this?
I don't understand how this feature is still missing.
Rees, Doug 30 Reputation points

2024-10-14T12:36:25.3233333+00:00

Honestly its quite shocking this still isnt implemented. It would be a relatively simple feature to add surely, and so helpful to all users. The amount of times we have to manually mute someone who doesnt know they left their mic live in a noisy environment would be solved easily of people see when they are "speaking".
Lockhart, James 5 Reputation points

2024-11-20T17:03:40.2866667+00:00

This needs to be implemented ASAP. Discord has this and it's great.
mrjohn44141 65 Reputation points

2024-11-20T17:07:09.0133333+00:00

Still waiting for this :)
Taylor Craig 5 Reputation points

2024-12-03T15:44:49.04+00:00

+1 To this. All many competitors like discord have this feature. Its extremely nice because its an indicator that i'm "hot-micing" or am making noise in a chat without having to actually click mute. Please add this as a feature.
Lucas 5 Reputation points

2025-02-06T09:11:49.94+00:00

Damn, how isn't this a simple feature, really..
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2025-03-05T05:36:45.8033333+00:00

For the love of all that is good, please fix this issue.

Edit: I can't believe I came back to this thread and (after posting the above) found my own comment from 2023 where I talked about what a major detriment it is to the platform, and we're still having this issue in 2025.
Ivers, Adam 0 Reputation points

2025-03-07T16:13:31.43+00:00

Adding my voice to this request, insane it isn't already a feature
RM 0 Reputation points

2025-03-12T16:46:38.78+00:00

We have just started using Teams with the sunsetting of Skype and moving away from GoToMeetings, and the lack of being able to tell when I'm transmitting audio is really concerning for me. I will be pushing for us not to adopt Teams wide scale or paid version in favor of another platform that will actually show this seemingly basic feature.

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JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-06T09:48:55.443+00:00

Hi @Thomas Brooks

Do you mean you cannot see this visual representation when you are speaking in Teams meeting?

Based on my test result, when someone is speaking, their tile will be highlighted in a purply-blue like the following pictures, could you check if you have it?
Thomas Brooks 266 Reputation points

2022-06-07T06:32:51.49+00:00

Hi there Jimmy,

I want to be able to see my own voice but there is no indicator for that.

Cheers
Thomas
JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-10T08:34:50.053+00:00

Hi @Thomas Brooks

What indicator do you want to see?

If you see your tile, could you see the purply-blue around your profile picture like the above picture?
JimmyYang-MSFT 57,591 Reputation points Microsoft External Staff

2022-06-17T09:15:52.527+00:00

@Thomas Brooks

It has been a while, how is everything going?
If you have any update about this issue, please feel free to post back.
Anonymous

2023-04-05T07:44:32.4166667+00:00

+1 I just switched from Zoom and I have the very same cognitive dissonance - when others are speaking a purple border is shown around their camera/avatar but when I'm speaking the same is not true (i.e. I see my camera preview but there is no border rendered when I'm speaking) so I'm never sure if I'm audible (e.g. because my headphones have a mute switch of their own) which is quite annoying.
Anonymous

2023-04-05T08:28:07+00:00

Actually - the same if true for the Mute icon - which is rendered when someone else is muted by on my video preview it's not shown (guessing that's due to the fact that the preview is a raw camera stream?)
Andrew 40 Reputation points

2023-04-05T14:37:39.53+00:00

@Anonymous The ring only appears for other speakers. This happens in both the normal view of people and in the People/Participants list.
Rastislav Hubočan 60 Reputation points

2023-06-07T10:54:44.8066667+00:00

As being said, it's very annoying that I can't see when a sound goes from me to others.
Christian Molback 75 Reputation points

2023-07-24T13:10:37.4166667+00:00

The purple ring shows around others but I want an option to have it show around me as well, it's a good indicator if I'm having any audio issues. (If I am talking when not supposed to, or if I'm not talking and I'm supposed to). I would really like this as a feature
Dan Doughty 90 Reputation points

2023-08-08T15:07:45.8266667+00:00

They need to add this 'feature'. I want visual representation that I'm speaking like what I see when others speak.
Mark Gregory 50 Reputation points

2023-08-14T16:51:28.09+00:00

This feature used to be active for your own mike but got removed. PLEASE put it back

I recommend turning off AGC in settings and setting the mike level manually, especially if some people are close together. With AGC on if you stop talking the mike gain increases until it picks up something or it reaches maximum gain
Keith Russell 15 Reputation points

2023-08-29T17:26:35.0333333+00:00

This issue is also reported here:
https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/msteams/forum/all/teams-tile-does-not-highlight-when-i-am-speaking/05aad13a-3847-494a-8e12-2716ce24f141
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2023-09-13T03:51:12.93+00:00

(Revised from an answer into my latest comment 18/10/2023)
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2023-10-17T22:44:09.3133333+00:00

I can't stress enough how bad this missing feature is. First, let's change the term from "talking" to "transmitting audio".

There's a software voice cancellation feature in the client, however in an office as a meeting participant I have NO IDEA whether I'm polluting the call with random background noise as the software noise cancellation certainly isn't NVIDIA Broadcast (which requires a proper GPU, which I have at home where, ironically, my ageing Burmese cat excepted, it's 100% quiet).

For participants not to know whether they are transmitting audio is very, very disruptive, and completely breaks the flow of the meeting.

Basically I will have to mute myself entirely, and perhaps unnecessarily, and only unmute myself to talk. This breaks the natural flow of conversation.

I need to be able to focus on the meeting, not whether or not I'm muted properly.

It's at the point where, as a tech lead, if I can influence the decision, I'm using a different provider to Teams - e.g. WebEx, Hangouts - anything but Teams.

To make this crystal clear: I can see other participants' blue actively transmitting audio boxes fine, but I also need one on MY OWN FACE when I'm transmitting audio. I was dismayed to see that even the new version of the client that's just being pushed out now as a trial doesn't have this. Please listen to this feedback, thanks.
Serban 36 Reputation points

2024-02-08T10:15:05.2533333+00:00

Just came here to say +1 from me for this "feature".
mrjohn44141 65 Reputation points

2024-04-10T12:27:20.35+00:00

Any news on this? super useful feature.
Marcos Yam Garcia 65 Reputation points

2024-08-22T15:47:48.5733333+00:00

Any updates on this?
I don't understand how this feature is still missing.
Rees, Doug 30 Reputation points

2024-10-14T12:36:25.3233333+00:00

Honestly its quite shocking this still isnt implemented. It would be a relatively simple feature to add surely, and so helpful to all users. The amount of times we have to manually mute someone who doesnt know they left their mic live in a noisy environment would be solved easily of people see when they are "speaking".
Lockhart, James 5 Reputation points

2024-11-20T17:03:40.2866667+00:00

This needs to be implemented ASAP. Discord has this and it's great.
mrjohn44141 65 Reputation points

2024-11-20T17:07:09.0133333+00:00

Still waiting for this :)
Taylor Craig 5 Reputation points

2024-12-03T15:44:49.04+00:00

+1 To this. All many competitors like discord have this feature. Its extremely nice because its an indicator that i'm "hot-micing" or am making noise in a chat without having to actually click mute. Please add this as a feature.
Lucas 5 Reputation points

2025-02-06T09:11:49.94+00:00

Damn, how isn't this a simple feature, really..
Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2025-03-05T05:36:45.8033333+00:00

For the love of all that is good, please fix this issue.

Edit: I can't believe I came back to this thread and (after posting the above) found my own comment from 2023 where I talked about what a major detriment it is to the platform, and we're still having this issue in 2025.
Ivers, Adam 0 Reputation points

2025-03-07T16:13:31.43+00:00

Adding my voice to this request, insane it isn't already a feature
RM 0 Reputation points

2025-03-12T16:46:38.78+00:00

We have just started using Teams with the sunsetting of Skype and moving away from GoToMeetings, and the lack of being able to tell when I'm transmitting audio is really concerning for me. I will be pushing for us not to adopt Teams wide scale or paid version in favor of another platform that will actually show this seemingly basic feature.

Answer 1

Billy Braga 41

Other similar threads you can upvote:

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/43213ed6-3417-ed11-a81b-6045bd7d68ae

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/8f93673f-eb4e-ed11-a81b-000d3a7e4185

https://feedbackportal.microsoft.com/feedback/idea/7413ecd3-b918-ed11-a81b-6045bd7d68ae

Answer 2

Abdelrahman Elkammah 10

This has been open for more than two years now, is there any update regarding this feature?

Answer 3

JOHN BORGEN 10

One more vote of support for getting this done...because ALL OTHER PLATFORMS DO IT.

Jorgen Smith 100 Reputation points

2025-03-05T05:35:09.6433333+00:00

Agree 100%, it's my biggest issue with the whole Teams platform. It's so annoying when team members have no idea they're broadcasting the neighbour desk conversation on a meeting, it happens EVERY time.

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