Meet Volume Control

For a long time, video calls on Google Meet presented a frustrating technical challenge: the inability to manage the tab’s volume independently without affecting the global system—or worse, having to deal with participants talking too loudly while others could barely be heard. Personally, I found myself at a crossroads every time I attended a meeting. If I lowered my computer’s general volume to avoid being deafened by a speaker with a poorly configured microphone, I ended up missing important notifications from other work applications.

The need for granular, direct control is what drove me to develop Meet Volume Control. I wanted a solution that integrated perfectly into the user interface, allowing me to slide and adjust audio in real-time without friction. It wasn’t just a technical whim; it was a matter of hearing health and work efficiency.

Interestingly, this problem wasn’t exclusive to me. My brother-in-law, who spends a large part of his workday in virtual meetings, suffered from the exact same inconvenience. He constantly complained about how invasive the Meet audio was and how it prevented him from focusing on other simultaneous tasks. When I shared the early versions of the extension with him, the improvement was instant: he could finally balance his calls without sacrificing the sound of the rest of his digital ecosystem.

Today, Meet Volume Control is a lightweight and efficient extension that resolves this functional gap in Google Meet, ensuring that every user has total power over what they hear and how they hear it.