You open Google Hangouts this morning to begin a phone call or video call with family, friends, or coworkers. Unfortunately, the person you're calling cannot hear you. So charged. This is because your Google Hangouts microphone has failed. Don't be disheartened. You can correct it and resume your Google Hangouts call. In this post, we'll walk you through the process of troubleshooting the microphone not working issue in Google Hangouts on Windows. Please continue reading to resolve the issue on your PC.
Several things to check before trying the methods
Please check these many things before attempting the methods below, since they might easily cause your microphone to cease working by accident. First, ensure that your microphone is correctly connected to your computer; if it's a USB microphone, is it plugged into the correct cable? Second, do you have your microphone muted? Finally, do you enable the microphone in your Hangouts call window? If your microphone icon looks like this:
Method 1: Restart your computer
A simple restart can sometimes solve a lot of computer problems. If your microphone stops working on Hangouts, you may also try the simple restart. 1) From the Start menu, restart your computer. 2) Call the Hangouts user again to see whether he can hear you.
Method 2: Update your microphone and other related driver
An obsolete, corrupted, or missing driver is most likely to blame for your microphone not working issue. Furthermore, if your microphone is linked via a USB cable, the USB controller driver affects the function of your microphone. To try to remedy the problem, you can update your microphone driver as well as other associated drivers such as USB controller drivers and sound card drivers.
To update your device driver, go to the manufacturer's website and download the latest driver, then install it on your computer. If you're not comfortable messing around with drivers, let Driver Easy handle it for you. Driver Easy will detect your system and locate the appropriate drivers for it.
Driver Easy obtains all of its drivers from the official manufacturer's website, so you may have complete confidence in it. 1) Get and install Driver Easy. 2) Launch Driver Easy and select the Scan Now option. Driver Easy will then check your computer for problematic drivers.
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