Neowin News Feed for: Mute

Microsoft Teams Public Preview members can check out a new way to mute themselves

John Callaham — Wed, 05 Jun 2024 16:26:02 +0000

The members of the Microsoft Teams Public Preview program can check out a new feature that lets them mute and unmute themselves in a Team call from an icon put into the Windows taskbar. Read more...

WhatsApp gets the ability to mute chats forever, here's how to use it

Mehrotra A — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:48:02 +0000

WhatsApp is rolling out a new update today that adds 'always' mute option to the app. The new feature will allow users to mute chats forever and is now available on WhatsApp for Android, iOS and Web. Read more...

WhatsApp is testing a 'mute' shortcut in its notifications

Sharath Ravishankar — Tue, 17 Jul 2018 10:34:01 +0000

The latest WhatsApp beta comes along with a new 'mute' shortcut that accompanies notifications when unread messages from a source exceed a certain number, making it a bit easier to deal with spam. Read more...

You'll soon be able to disable autoplay videos in Google Chrome

Usama Jawad — Fri, 15 Sep 2017 14:58:01 +0000

Google is making some big changes to Chrome, allowing users to mute individual sites starting from October 2017, and finally giving them the choice to disable autoplay videos from January 2018. Read more...

Twitter rolls out more anti-abuse features

Rich Woods — Tue, 15 Nov 2016 17:36:46 +0000

Twitter rolled out new features for its service today that are aimed at preventing abuse. Users will now be able to use the mute button in different ways, such as blocking keywords or hashtags. Read more...

Opera ships version 35, includes audio muting for annoying browser tabs

Chris Dupres — Thu, 19 Nov 2015 14:26:01 +0000

Opera has released a new version of their web browser into their developer channel, bringing with it a number of improvements as well as a major new feature, the ability to mute tabs. Read more...

Skype's Outlook.com integration takes one step forward, one step back

Brad Sams — Mon, 06 Jul 2015 16:02:01 +0000

Microsoft has recently rolled out an update to Skype's Outlook.com integration to allow you to mute notifications, but with one step forward comes another annoying step backward as well. Read more...

Twitter adds a way to "mute" posts that users don't want to see

John Callaham — Mon, 12 May 2014 19:55:40 +0000

Twitter has officially added a new feature that will let users "mute" posts that they receive from other accounts, although those muted users can still see, reply and retweet posts. Read more...

Twitter reverses update after backlash over blocking feature

Shreyas Gandhe — Fri, 13 Dec 2013 08:05:55 +0000

Twitter made changes to its "block user" feature to simply mute the blocked users, but had to revert to the old behaviour of the feature after backlash from users related to privacy and harassment. Read more...

Ukrainian students create gloves for translating sign language

Paul Ferson — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 20:26:19 +0000

Students taking part in Microsoft's Imagine Cup have created technology to convert sign language into speech, which could completely change how we communicate with those using sign language. Read more...

iPad Mute switch here to stay

Byron Hinson — Mon, 25 Oct 2010 07:48:20 +0000

Steve Jobs has been back at his iPhone replying to some emails from users, this time in relation to an upcoming change that will come with iOS 4.2 when it is released next month. In... Read more...