Hot Mic

Monitor and control microphone mute status on Google Meet and Microsoft Teams.

🔥 Never wonder if your microphone is live again. Hot Mic is a privacy-first Chrome extension designed for remote workers, multitaskers, and power users. Instantly monitor, mute, switch between, and manage your microphone, camera, and active calls across Google Meet and Microsoft Teams from anywhere on your computer. --------------------------------------------------- ⚡ KEY FEATURES --------------------------------------------------- 🎙️ Global Microphone Mute Shortcut Mute and unmute your microphone system-wide with a single keystroke (Shift+Alt+M on Windows/Chromebook, ⇧⌘M on macOS)—even when Chrome is minimized or you're actively working in another desktop application (VS Code, Slack, Word, etc.). ⚡ Activate Hot Mic & Multi-Meeting Cycling • Open Hot Mic Deck: Press Shift+Alt+H (⇧⌘H on macOS) from your browser to open the instant control deck. • Re-Press to Cycle: When the popup is open, pressing the activation shortcut again cycles through active calls. • Multi-Call Round-Robin: If you have multiple active meetings open, repeatedly pressing the shortcut cycles sequentially through each meeting tab (Meeting 1 → Meeting 2 → Meeting 3 → Meeting 1). • Full Keyboard Navigation: Use Up/Down Arrow keys to highlight meeting rows and press Enter to jump directly to any call. 🟢🔴 Dynamic Toolbar Status Indicator Check your live mic and camera status at a glance directly from your Chrome toolbar: • Green Mic: Live microphone (unmuted / broadcasting audio). • Red Mic with Slash: Microphone is muted. • Blinking Green Corner Dot: Camera is enabled and actively transmitting video. • Steady Red Corner Dot: Camera is disabled / turned off. • Gray Icon: Standby mode (no active calls detected). 🎛️ Unified "Hot Mic" Control Deck Click the toolbar icon or press the shortcut for an instant real-time control deck: • One-Click Global Controls ("All:"): Mute all calls, turn off all cameras, or hang up all meetings simultaneously with matching status colors. • Per-Meeting Toggles: Dedicated microphone mute, camera toggle, and leave call buttons for each active call. • Real-Time Page Favicons: Easily distinguish calls with native Google Meet and Microsoft Teams favicons alongside sanitized meeting titles. • Click-to-Jump: Click anywhere on a meeting row to immediately focus that tab and bring its browser window to the front. 🛑 Safe Hang-Up & Foreground Focus • Automatically brings the meeting window to the foreground if Google Meet or Microsoft Teams displays a confirmation dialog (e.g. "Just leave the call" vs "End the call for everyone"), ensuring you never get stuck. 🛡️ Privacy-First & 100% Local • Zero audio or video recording. • Zero telemetry, analytics, or network requests. • Operates completely within your local browser session using native DOM integration. --------------------------------------------------- 🌐 SUPPORTED PLATFORMS --------------------------------------------------- ✅ Google Meet (meet.google.com) ✅ Microsoft Teams Web (teams.microsoft.com & teams.cloud.microsoft) ✅ Works seamlessly with multiple simultaneous calls across different windows and browser profiles. --------------------------------------------------- ⌨️ DEFAULT KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS --------------------------------------------------- • Toggle Microphone Mute: Shift + Alt + M / Alt + Shift + M (macOS: ⇧ ⌘ M / Command + Shift + M) — Global (Any app) • Open Deck / Cycle Meetings: Shift + Alt + H / Alt + Shift + H (macOS: ⇧ ⌘ H / Command + Shift + H) — Extension Action • Navigate Meeting List: Up / Down Arrow keys + Enter to select — While popup is open --------------------------------------------------- ⚙️ HOW TO CUSTOMIZE SHORTCUTS --------------------------------------------------- 1. Open chrome://extensions/shortcuts in your browser. 2. Scroll to "Hot Mic". 3. Assign your preferred hotkey combination (e.g., Command+Shift+M or Ctrl+Shift+U). 4. Select "Global" in the dropdown menu to control meetings even when Chrome is not the active window. --------------------------------------------------- 💡 PRO TIPS --------------------------------------------------- • Pin Hot Mic to your Chrome toolbar for constant visibility of your live microphone and video camera status. • Works across Google Workspace and Microsoft 365 business, school, and personal accounts.