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Newcomer
May 7, 2024
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Audio is repeating words/sounds

  • May 7, 2024
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I'm having a strange audio issue. I'm in a meeting where one user has a conference microphone in a room, and occasionally, the sound from the room starts repeating. As in, someone from the room will say "oh wow okay", and immediately after other users will hear "oh wow okay" again, identically, coming from the same room. Weirdly, it's not just the audio that's repeating - we're also seeing the repetition in the transcript: "0 wow, okay, oh wow, okay". It happens with incidental noises in the room as well.

 

As far as we can tell, no other users in the meeting are having this problem when they are speaking. We fixed it once for the room by ending and restarting the Zoom meeting, but now after several restarts, we're still getting this repetition. I'm trying not to call it an "echo" because it's not like the feedback loop you'd get from a speaker getting picked up on a mic in the same room - it's sporadic repeats of words and sounds.

 

Has anyone else ever run into this problem? Is there a better solution than turn-it-off-and-back-on-again?

6 replies

Newcomer
September 13, 2024

Same issue. Any luck?

MGSR
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 19, 2024

Hello @sjdecaro and @CSmith1,

I'm sorry about the late response and welcome to the Zoom Community.

First, kindly double check if someone in the room is also logged in on the meeting and has their mic turned on,.

Most of the time the feedback happens when multiple attendees are in one room and two or more has their microphone turned on.

If you need further assistance, please let us know.

Newcomer
January 15, 2025

Mark - I have had a situation occur where the audio is stuck in a loop. Changing mics, swapping audio options, reentering the meeting, nor quitting Zoom does not remedy. I must completely restart my computer and rejoin to make it stop. 

 

It's the most random of errors and not related to screen share or other repeated actions on my part. 

 

My colleague captured it today and shared the clip but I don't have a means of sharing here. 

 

Any other suggestions on trouble shooting? I am on the latest update and this has occurred once every 3-6 months. A total of maybe 5-10 times max. 

 

Newcomer
March 10, 2025

I have this too. it's so annoying. help zoom!

Newcomer
March 10, 2025

I have this too. it's so annoying

Newcomer
March 10, 2025

I found a temporary fix. open the zoom settings and click on the audio tab. that stopped it for me

 

 

Newcomer
March 10, 2025

I found a temporary work around. open zoom settings. click on the audio tab. that silenced the loop for me.

Newcomer
September 10, 2025

Hello - 

 

we have been having the same issue - maddening.  When i open settings on the zoom room app, i have a tab for Microphone, Speaker, and Camera.  By audio, do you mean click on the speaker tab?

MGSR
Community Manager
Community Manager
September 17, 2025

Hello @kmulcahey! Welcome to the Zoom Community! We're sorry for the inconvenience. Kindly try updating to the latest version or reinstalling the app. Let us know if it helps or if you need further assistance.