Chatting in Google Meet? Help us test a new Mic Drop extension!

If you use Google Meet, you’ve probably noticed that Mic Drop works great to mute your mic—but Google Meet doesn’t get it. Nobody on the call sees the “muted” icon next to your name, so you don’t show up as muted to others on the call.

Even more annoying: Google Meet complains about your mic being muted and obscures the call with a giant popup. And if you dismiss that popup, Meet will mute you and keep you muted even after you unmute with Mic Drop. It’s all very confusing and annoying!

So we built a Chrome extension to sync Google Meet with Mic Drop. It’s basically ready to go.

We’re looking for a few people to try it out before we launch it properly.

What it does

Mute in Mic Drop and Meet are kept in-sync. When you mute or unmute in Mic Drop—with your keyboard shortcut, the menu bar, Mic Check, your Stream Deck, or a custom automation—we sync your mute state to Meet. Everyone on the call sees your real status. And if you mute yourself in Google Meet, (or someone else does)—it gets reflected in Mic Drop.

Nothing new to learn. Keep muting the way you already do. Use Mic Drop however you like. The extension just quietly passes the message along.

Private, like the rest of Mic Drop. The extension only shares your mute status between Mic Drop and Meet. It never listens to, records, or sends your audio anywhere. We aren’t interested in snooping on you.

What you’ll need

• A Mac running Mic Drop 3.2. It’s not out yet, so we’ll send you a beta copy.
• Google Chrome. If you use other Chromium browsers like Arc, Brave, or Edge, that should work too.

Want to give it a spin?

Drop us a line and let us know, and we’ll send you everything you need to try it out.

Use it in your calls and let us know how it works. Does the mute status stay in sync? Do you experience any delays? Is there anything we missed?

Thanks for helping us make Mic Drop better!