How To Fix Microsoft Teams Audio?

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I am on Windows 10 on an HP laptop and my audio for Microsoft Teams keep cutting off every now and then. It comes back on, it goes back off. I would say it does it for 15 seconds and then I get a minute of a good audio. The video works fine too, but there's no audio while the video shows the person is clearly talking.

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Hi All,

This is Alan Wu from Microsoft Office 365 forum team.

I am very glad to have this chance to reply here. Well, for teams audio related issue, I believe dear customers may try the following suggestions:

Check the band width which has been stated clearly in Prepare your organization's network for Teams - Microsoft Teams | Microsoft Docs.
Make sure your driver and audio device are workable. For more information, you can refer to My microphone isn't working in Teams - Office Support (microsoft.com).
Update your Teams client to the latest version.
Isolate it is not the recipient side issue. I mean, supposing you are having a Teams call with another user and got this problem, please make sure the issue is not coming from that user's side.

At last, dear customers, as the similar/same issue may be caused via different factors since your environment like OS, client version, network, etc are different. I suggest our dear customers who are having the issue can post a new thread in our forum so that our engineers can better handle it. Here we can avoid some confusion from the original post. Thanks for all very much.

Regards,

Alan

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[Update] Ignore all that I said below regarding audio drivers. I noticed exactly the same issue while using Zoom. The real issue turned out to be WiFi. Even though the WiFi speed showed a respectable 30-40Mbps, switching to Ethernet solved the issue forever.

Ignore the part below:

I had the same issue and was able to solve it after some investigation. In my case, the cause boiled down to an audio driver that my Samsung PnP monitor (used as extended screen) was installing. Somehow Teams allowed itself interference from this audio driver, even though it was not selected in Teams settings. Here are the steps I would recommend, especially if you are using an external screen / microphone / webcam etc.:

Go to Control Panel > Device Manager
Expand Audio inputs and outputs
Right click the audio driver(s) that you do not use, and click Uninstall.

(Just disabling did not make the problem go away; uninstalling was required.)

Now the problem should go away. If you detach and reattach the monitor / device to your laptop, the audio driver will show up again, and you will need to uninstall it again.

TIP: If you are not sure which audio driver is being installed by your monitor / device, physically disconnect that device, open Device Manager and then plug in the device. You will see the Device Manager refresh and the new audio driver that shows up is the one being added by your monitor / webcam / mic / device.

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2021-04-27T13:58:06+00:00
This is exactly my issue. It started about the same time, end of Jan 2021. This is a major issue since I'm on Teams calls 4-8 hours a day for my job. This is unacceptable and I hope Microsoft resolves this.

When I am in a meeting on Microsoft Teams, the audio of the person speaking will cut out for 2-5 seconds at a time every couple of minutes (not consistent how often). The first thing that often happens is a "bad network connection" notification pops up. Most times ONLY the audio cuts out. Sometimes the closed captioning still works and most of the time the video (if being used) continues. Just the audio cuts out every single time.

It happens
- only with MS Teams
- only on my home network
- on iphone, mac, pc and andriod
- on wired or wireless connection (I have 1GB and router is 6 inches from my PC when wireless)
- using web version and desktop app and mobile app
- on audio only calls along with video and sharing calls
- to EVERYONE on my network (so it's not tied to my teams account)
- wired or wireless headset/speaker AND through laptop audio
It DOES NOT happen

- if I use any other internet or cell phone service

- with Zoom, skype, etc

Things I have done
- Uninstalled and reinstalled teams
- confirmed good network connection to the gateway and to the devices
- Misc trouble shooting suggestions related to windows 10 that I found in answers.microsoft.com
- I've also tried clearing my Teams cache before joining a meeting
- factory reset to my modem
- Enabled MoCA
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Anonymous

2021-03-25T17:31:19+00:00

I and, obviously a lot of other people, have the same recurring issue of voice cutting out just for a few seconds with or without accompanying video freeze. This started about 6 weeks ago and has been continuing. It is highly disappointing and a shame that Microsoft, after seeing so many reports of this problem, has chosen not to fix the issue. Can @Microsoft rise to the occasion and FIX it once and for all??
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Anonymous

2020-09-16T19:32:43+00:00

I found that the problem doesn't happen when I connect to my VPN (I'm on NordVPN) but then when I try without the VPN the issue comes back again and every few minutes the audio cuts out then the little network triangle appears. So it seems like it's definitely an issue with the network, the incoming audio stream is getting dropped packets or something somewhere along the line. Very annoying. Please issue a fix MS.

Thank you for this. I didn't even realize I wasn't connected to my VPN. When I finally connected, I didn't have any audio cuts in my Teams meeting! Thanks again!
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