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May 2, 2022
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Automatically muted when I screen share on zoom pwa

  • May 2, 2022
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Good day everyone,

Hope all is well. I have an issue with Zoom PWA. When I start screen sharing and to explain what is there I am told I am muted.  I checked my settings and could not pin point anything. Does anyone here have a solution?

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    Newcomer
    May 7, 2022

    I have this exact problem. When I share mic is muted

    Newcomer
    July 26, 2022

    +1

    Newcomer
    July 26, 2022

    On Chromebook. Is anyone at Zoom working on this? Quite problematic, given that you're deprecating ChromeOS app in favor of PWA.

    Newcomer
    September 8, 2022

    This debilitating problem (on Chromebooks) is still present, four months after it was identified by AbigailD. Is anyone at Zoom aware of this?

    Newcomer
    September 17, 2022

    I understand your frustration, I am having the same issue. Have you figured it out yet?

    Newcomer
    September 17, 2022

    Nope. No change.

    Newcomer
    September 19, 2022

    The audio works if you pause screen sharing. Your video will be static, but at least others can hear you.

     

    It's a workaround, of course. It would be nice if Zoom responded to this issue, then actually fixed it. 

    Newcomer
    September 19, 2022

    Thanks for this hack, Joeb. Less than desirable of course. I don't understand that Google and Zoom can let this be given the importance of the education market for Chromebooks.

     

    Benoît

    Newcomer
    September 19, 2022

    This one is on Zoom. I don't have this problem when using Google Meet on my Chromebook.

    Newcomer
    January 20, 2023

    Eight months later, and I have this problem. My work around is to have two devices on the call: one for presenting and one for explaining.

    Newcomer
    January 20, 2023

    Here's another workaround. Share the window, rather than the tab--Zoom doesn't mute you when you do that. I haven't tried sharing the whole screen.

    Newcomer
    February 4, 2023

    Thank you, that works for me, though never had to do this before. 

    Newcomer
    February 8, 2023

    I had this same problem, too - when sharing my presentation, I am muted, and I am unable to unmute!
    Then I noticed in the Zoom "Choose what to share" window that pops up when you try to share, on the Chrome Tab, at the bottom there's a box that is checked by default, which says, "Share tab audio." If you UNCHECK THAT BOX, you will be able to speak without being muted. Definitely NOT intuitive and very easy to miss.

    Newcomer
    March 11, 2023

    Thank you for pointing this out - I hadn't seen the check box at first but it does the trick.