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How to enable the Universal Mute button in Windows 11
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Updated onOctober 4, 2023
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Windows 11‘s official announcement revealed a lot of neat new features that will greatly improve your experience.
And among them is the fact thatafter it received major improvement, Microsoft Teamswas included right in the central part of the Taskbar, at hand for quick communication with your peers.
That great news, of course, moreover that Teams stepped out from the business area and is turning towards all the users, to families and friends.
However, when you receive an important call, before answering, you should be muting your microphone in all other apps you’re using it and that can be pretty daunting.
That’s why Microsoft included a Universal Mute button inWindows 11that can be used to mute the mic from all the apps.
How can I enable the Universal Mute button in Windows 11?
Well, that’s the whole trick. You won’t need to do anything. The button will be placed right in the notification area along with the Wi-Fi, battery, and sound indicators.
That means that with one click, you will be able to spare yourself the possible awkward situation to be heard by third-party listeners that you forgot to mute when taking another call.
The beauty of it is that you won’t even need to open any apps. However, after that, you will need to unmute yourself from the app that you really want to use at that moment.
We don’t have an instance with the alleged button but once Windows 11 rolls out officially, we will surely get a glimpse of it.
Windows 11 is going to roll out soon enough to Windows Insiders and it will be available as a free upgrade.
If you want to know whether or not you can go with the upgrade, you can take a look at theWindows 11 system requirements.
How do you feel about this new feature? Tell us your opinion in the comments section below.
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Claudiu Andone
Windows Toubleshooting Expert
Oldtimer in the tech and science press, Claudiu is focused on whatever comes new from Microsoft.
His abrupt interest in computers started when he saw the first Home Computer as a kid. However, his passion for Windows and everything related became obvious when he became a sys admin in a computer science high school.
With 14 years of experience in writing about everything there is to know about science and technology, Claudiu also likes rock music, chilling in the garden, and Star Wars. May the force be with you, always!
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Claudiu Andone
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Oldtimer in the tech and science press, with 14 years of experience in writing on everything there is to know about science, technology, and Microsoft
