Enable High Fidelity Sound in Microsoft Teams
High fidelity sound in Microsoft Teams offers much clearer audio quality by turning off sound compression.
This setting lets Teams send your voice and music without making them smaller, which usually removes important sound details. You hear richer sounds and clearer speech.
Turning on high fidelity sound in Teams bypasses the default audio compression, a step that reduces file size but can lose audio nuance. This preserves richer sound details that standard settings often miss, providing a significant difference for sharing audio in presentations or during music-focused calls.
Turn on High fidelity music mode and Enable echo cancellation in Microsoft Teams. Go to Settings, then click Devices and toggle both options to On. This improves audio quality for music and voice calls.
How to enable high-fidelity sound
Turning on high-fidelity sound in Microsoft Teams makes your calls and music sound much clearer and more natural. To find this setting, open the Teams app, click the three dots next to your profile picture, and choose ‘Settings’. Then, go to the ‘Devices’ tab to locate the option for better audio.
- Open the Microsoft Teams app from your Start menu .
The app can also be opened from the Taskbar or Taskbar overflow.
- Click the Settings and more (three dots) button near your profile picture.
- Select Settings from the menu.
- Click the Devices tab on the left side of the window.
- Find the High fidelity music mode switch and turn it to On.
- Check the box for Enable echo cancellation to turn that feature on as well.
Admin privileges are not required to change these audio settings. Your standard user account allows you to modify these settings, improving sound quality on your personal device without needing special permissions.
Summary
High-fidelity sound in Teams enhances your music and calls with improved audio quality and reduced background noise. This feature, known as High-Fidelity Music Mode, makes audio sound better during calls. Echo Cancellation helps remove distracting noises. Setting it up in the Devices tab leads to better, clearer meetings.- High-Fidelity Music Mode: Makes music and audio sound much better during your calls.
- Echo Cancellation: Removes distracting background noises and echoes.
- Simple Setup: You can find these options quickly within the Devices tab in your Teams settings.
- Better Meetings: Clearer audio helps everyone stay focused and engaged during your virtual meetings.
What is high-fidelity audio mode in Teams?
Microsoft Teams offers a high-fidelity music mode. This setting helps you give listeners a better experience when you share sound in Teams. In this mode, Teams supports a 32kHz sampling rate at 128kbps when network bandwidth allows.
What does high-fidelity sound like?
For recorded audio to be considered hi-fi, the sound quality needs to be as close to the original performance as possible. This means no noise, distortion, or other flaws in the original recording.
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