Microphone not working when using Google Meet.

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Sat, Nov 22, 2025 at 10:50 PM Owen Thomas <owen.paul.thomas at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Using Google Meet in Firefox 145.0.1 (64-bit) on Ubuntu Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS.
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> I cannot get my microphone to work. Noticed in Ubuntu Settings -> Apps -> Firefox -> Play and record sound was turned off, so turned that on, without a result.
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> Notice that an icon of a microphone comes up as a status notification in the top right of my screen (see attached). I would assume this has something to do with what is going on. It appears only when I use Google Meet and goes away when I stop.
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> I don't use my microphone for anything else.
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> Any suggestions?

The place to start is
<https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/how-manage-your-camera-and-microphone-permissions>.

Jeff