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Re:How Google Meet's noise cancellation works by skybrian on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:24PM (#23471074)
Some folks find that switching from WiFi to Ethernet for your home office can help:

https://www.jefftk.com/p/ethernet-is-worth-it-for-video-call...

Re:How Google Meet's noise cancellation works by Darkphibre on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @08:24PM (#23472546)
I rolled my eyes at first, because the only client on my network was my streaming laptop.

Then I realized I'd moved to an apartment complex. I did a wifi scan, and found over fifty competing SSIDs.

Switched to ethernet, and the improvement was night and day.

Re:How Google Meet's noise cancellation works by db48x on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @11:06PM (#23473490)
It's easy to forget that only one wireless device on a channel can send at any given time, even if they're on different networks. And that every channel overlaps with its neighbors.
Re:How Google Meet's noise cancellation works by bdamm on Tuesday June 09, 2020 @05:37PM (#23471178)
100% agree. Latency is a killer to natural conversation so if you want to be your best on a conference call, no Wi-Fi and no Bluetooth.