PowerToys update to version 0.36: microphone and camera can now be turned off with a hotkey

Microsoft PowerToys are one of the most interesting resources we can use in Windows. A series of tools with which to enhance the capacity of the teams and all at the cost of minimal resources. A tool that we have already talked about on other occasions and that now updated to version 0.36

Available on GitHub, the latest update brings the application to version 0.36 and comes offering a major improvement to the video conferencing utility, as it adds the ability to mute the microphone and turn off webcam with a key combination.

Mute camera and microphone

The new version can already be downloaded from Github or through the automatic updates of the PowerToys if you already have them installed. An update that adds the ability to turn off the microphone and camera using a hotkey combination.

This improvement is complementary to the options that the equipment already has to turn off these systems. The difference is that now with this update these functions are disabled at the system level, regardless of the program we are using for video calls.

The user can configure in the PowerToys settings the to turn off both devices simultaneously or to turn off the camera separately and the microphone depending on the user's needs.

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It is one of the improvements, the most important, but not the only one, because now it allows us to show an image that we have created, which it is shown to the other participants instead of the camera image as soon as it is turned off. In this way you can create an image that pledges, for example, I&39;ll be right back."

The developers advise that once the changes are applied to the PowerToys, it may be necessary to restart the program used for video calls in order for the overlay image to be applied. Also, PowerToys must be run in administrator mode for the new feature to be used.

PowerToys in version 0.36 can be found and downloaded from this link on GitHub.

Via | DR.Windows