

You also can use these instructions for testing your audio before a meeting. You will need to connect to the audio conference so that you can hear and be heard in Zoom events. See the article Joining a Test Meeting in the Zoom Help Center for more information about using the using the test Zoom meeting feature. This option also will let you test your audio, screen sharing and chat. If you do have the desktop client installed, /test will open the test meeting in the client, just like it does for a normal meeting or webinar. It is a good choice if you plan to host or attend a meeting or webinar through Google Chrome. This option lets you test your audio and video even if you don't have the Zoom desktop client installed.

This will launch a meeting where you are the only participant (you then can decide if you want to invite others).

You also can launch a test Zoom meeting anytime at /test. For instructions on testing video for your specific device, read How Do I Test My Video? in the Zoom Help Center.Zoom mobile app on your smartphone or tablet.Zoom Client for Meetings desktop application.Make sure you have the correct software installed.

You can do that by checking manually or via a test meeting. Thus, choosing "Join Audio" then "Join with Computer Audio" is the only way to get audio working reliably.It is a good idea to test your video in Zoom before a meeting or webinar. When I close the that window, I expected to join audio, but looking at the button, it is still prompting me to join audio. Since my audio was not working in the call, I would retest my settings or try different settings. If I selected the larger "Join Audio" button, I get a choice of "Join with Computer Audio" or "Test Microphone and Speaker". But I would still not hear/be heard in the Zoom call. When I click the "little up arrow" it brings up setting choices, I would sometimes change the settings but always test them and then close the window. Why did I (and possibly others) repeatedly miss these obvious steps? If you do not setup Zoom to join audio automatically, the button in the lower left corner of Zoom will ask you to "Join Audio" with a little up arrow. Select "Join with Computer Audio" (not test settings).Click the "Join Audio" button (not the little 'up arrow').These Steps for Each Call Fixed My Problem: I found a solution to this that was really a user error, possibly related to a change in Zoom (or just me being daft).
