Reduce Background Noise in Google Meet

By August 10th 2021

Google Meet now includes an option to reduce background noise on both desktop and mobile. Meet can remove background noises such as typing, closing a door, or the sounds of a nearby construction site.

  • Audio capture from screen sharing won’t be affected by noise cancelling.
  • Meet filters out noises that don’t sound like voices. Voices from TV, or other people talking at the same time, won’t be filtered out.
  • If non-speech sound is an important part of your call, like playing musical instruments, turn off noise cancellation.

Turn on noise cancellation in your desktop browser:

Before a video call

  1. Go to meet.google.com.
  2. Select a video call.
  3. Before you join, on the top right, click More options More
  4. Choose Settings Settings.
  5. Click Audio.
  6. Turn on Noise cancellation.
  7. Click Join now.

In a video call

  1. On the bottom, click  More options More
  2. Choose Settings Settings.
  3. Click Audio.
  4. Turn on Noise cancellation.

Tip: To check how much noise is cancelled out, next to your self preview at the top right corner of your screen, look at the Voice indicator  Voice indicator. The Voice indicator reflects what others may hear. Sounds that are blocked and cannot be heard by others will not move the indicator line.

Turn on noise cancellation on mobile:

  1. Tap the screen .
  2. Tap More More
  3. Tap Settings Settings.
  4. Tap Noise cancellation.

Here’s an example showing the difference it can make:

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