Jan 28 2021 06:23 PM
When sharing a Desktop or Window, users on the Teams Desktop App for Mac can now include their computer’s sound. This allows other meeting participants to hear the audio playing out of your Mac’s speakers while you are sharing (but not the meeting audio, of course). It is very helpful when you want to share a video as part of a collective viewing experience – like sharing a YouTube video with sound.
This feature requires a one-time installation of an audio driver. Once installed, users can freely toggle the functionality on or off before or after you start sharing.
Rolling out, available to all preview users by next week.
Note: Release notes will be published soon.
You’ll be notified when the installation succeeds. The notification says, “Driver Installed. You might need to pause and play your content to start sharing sound.” The latter part is important! After you install the driver, you might need to toggle the play/pause button on the content you are sharing to get the driver to kick in. This is only needed after installation. In subsequent meetings everything should work smoothly.
If the installation fails, you’ll be notified and computer sound won't be shared. This is a very rare occurrence. To try again, simply toggle the “include computer sound” toggle back on in the Share Content tray.
You can start sharing your Desktop or Window before the installation completes. As soon as it completes, you’ll be notified and your computer’s sound will be shared.
Once the driver is installed, you can also toggle computer sound on or off while you are sharing from the sharing toolbar at the top of the screen you are sharing. Mouse to the top of your monitor to bring up the sharing toolbar.
For more information on the feature, please visit: Share sound from your computer in a Teams meeting or live event - Office Support (microsoft.com)
Note: If you need information about enabling the public preview itself, see “Enable the public preview for Teams” below.
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Dependency (Yes/No) |
If yes, version requirements and other dependencies |
Exchange |
No |
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SharePoint, files |
No |
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Skype for Business |
No |
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Outlook add-in |
No |
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Azure AD |
No |
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OneDrive |
No |
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Office |
No |
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Windows 10 |
macOS |
iOS |
Android |
Linux |
Chrome |
Firefox |
Safari |
Edge |
Internet Explorer |
yes |
yes |
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If you encounter any of the issues below, please let us know via Help > Give Feedback.
Source: https://helpdesk.arapahoe.edu/kb/article/118-teams-permissions-in-mac-os/
Enable your Teams client for the public preview
For a history of features in the Office and Teams public previews, see Release Notes Current Channel (Preview) - Office release notes | Microsoft Docs.
Got feedback on features in the public preview or other areas of Teams? Let us know straight from Teams via Help > Give feedback.
Thank you,
Preview Team @Emily Kirby
Quality & Customer Obsession, Microsoft Teams
Jan 29 2021 02:07 PM
I am unable to share the system audio. The setting is there, I toggle it on, I share my screen, and the other person cannot hear it. I never got the driver installer prompt. Is there a way to manually install that portion?
Jan 29 2021 02:09 PM
Feb 03 2021 09:33 AM
Feb 04 2021 08:47 AM
This isn't working for us, despite having public preview enabled and checking for updates to get the latest version (1.3.00.33671). The prompt for driver installation doesn't happen - three separate users experiencing the same behaviour. I'm on Big Sur 11.1.
Feb 04 2021 01:52 PM
@Deleted @IamWJC thanks both for reporting these issues. We are investigating why it isn't working and will update here once we have some more information.
Feb 08 2021 08:58 AM
Feb 09 2021 02:15 AM
Feb 10 2021 08:01 PM
@Kaushal Mehta (LYNC)
Would this be automatically roll out to all users rather than having in Public Preview?
Feb 17 2021 12:37 AM
I was also not able to get the driver installed by following the instructions. However, if I start a regular MS Team meeting and go through the steps on sharing content with audio, I do get the prompt and the driver installs. Then, when I start an MS Teams Live Event, the feature is working as designed.
Feb 17 2021 02:45 AM
@metam0rphic Yep, this works. You have to start a meeting *first* and then share screen content after and toggle the use computer audio switch to get the driver installation.
Feb 17 2021 05:08 AM
Feb 17 2021 05:19 AM
@IamWJC - I used the "Meet Now" option so I didn't need to invite another colleague.
Feb 17 2021 05:27 AM
Feb 17 2021 05:41 AM - edited Feb 17 2021 05:42 AM
So using the Meet Now button suggested by @metam0rphic, I got the driver install. I then tested it with a colleague, and he could hear my mic and my computer audio, but I could not hear him. My computer output was set to "Microsoft Teams Audio Device", and so even though my Teams settings were my headset, I could not hear anything there.
Feb 18 2021 03:08 AM
I also don't manage to share the sound in Teams, working from a Mac or MacBook Air. I've got the latest Teams version. When I go to the sharing options, no wizard to install the sound sharing toggle appears... How can I solve this?
Feb 18 2021 08:56 AM
Feb 18 2021 08:58 AM
Feb 19 2021 01:16 AM
@Emily Kirby Thanks for your response Emily. Unfortunately the trigger to install the sound driver still doesn't appear. Even though my Teams software is updated: "You have Microsoft Teams Version 1.3.00.33671. It was last updated on 10/02/2021." Any other suggestions?
Feb 20 2021 03:06 PM