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How to set up Tungs in Google Meet

Install Tungs, choose your two languages, then switch Meet's audio devices in the browser.

1. STEP 1

   Set up Tungs first

   In Tungs, choose the language you speak and the language they speak, then select the microphone and headphones you actually use. Leave Tungs running alongside the call.

2. STEP 2

   Give Meet microphone access in your browser

   Google's docs say microphone access must be granted at three levels: Google Meet, your browser, and your device. In Chrome, open meet.google.com, click View site information in the address bar and turn on Microphone; check chrome://settings/content/microphone is set to Sites can ask to use your microphone; then allow the browser microphone access in macOS System Settings.

3. STEP 3

   Open the pre-join green room

   On your computer, go to Google Meet and select the meeting you want to join. Before you join, your peripheral devices such as mic, speaker, and camera appear at the bottom of your preview tile.

4. STEP 4

   Pick Tungs Microphone and Tungs Speaker

   To change a peripheral, click the dropdown arrow and select your preferred device: choose Tungs Microphone on the microphone and Tungs Speaker on the speaker. The same selectors are also reachable from More options > Settings > Audio.

5. STEP 5

   Check the devices, then click Join now

   To test your microphone, click the microphone icon and speak; if the mic bar moves, your mic works. To test your speaker, click the speaker icon then Test speakers; if you hear a test sound, your speaker works. When ready, click Join now.

6. STEP 6

   Re-select the devices mid-call if needed

   In a meeting, click the arrow next to the microphone icon to open the audio devices pop-up, then use the dropdown arrow on the microphone and on the speaker. Alternatively select More options > Settings, then click Audio to change your microphone and speakers settings.

Steps follow Google Meet’s own documentation: Connect your video & audio - Google Meet Help Fix audio issues in Google Meet - Computer - Google Meet Help Filter out noise from your meeting on Google Meet - Computer - Google Meet Help Use Adaptive Audio in Meet - Google Meet Help

Worth knowing

• Noise cancellation is a Meet-side voice filter that Google documents as on by default for Business Standard, Business Plus, Enterprise Essentials, Enterprise Standard, Enterprise Plus, Frontline, Workspace Individual, and Google One 2TB+ accounts; Education accounts have it off by default. Google says non-speech noise only ("Voices from TV or people talking won't be canceled"), but if translated speech sounds thinned or clipped, turn it off under More options > Settings > Audio.
• On Google Workspace with Gemini accounts, Google's docs say studio sound replaces noise cancellation, is automatically applied when noise cancellation is enabled, and uses AI to recreate higher audio frequencies. That resynthesis is exactly the kind of processing that can alter synthetic translated speech, and the only control Google documents for it is the Noise cancellation toggle in More options > Settings > Audio.
• Google's Adaptive Audio page tells macOS users to turn off Voice Isolation, which processes microphone input at the system level before Meet ever sees it. On macOS you change this in Control Center under Mic Mode while the browser is using the microphone; set it to Standard.
• Adaptive audio can automatically detect and connect the microphone and speakers in a room across multiple laptops, overriding your chosen devices. Turn it off at the bottom of Settings > Audio (Adaptive audio). Google separately warns that mismatched microphone and external speaker devices can cause an echo.

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Tungs is an audio device, so the same two devices work anywhere with a microphone and speaker menu.

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