Loud Fan noise when using Microsoft Teams

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Agreed! This doesn't happen on any app other than Teams, and it drains so much battery unlike the rest of my apps. A 1 hour zoom class only takes up 20% of my battery, whereas a 1 hour Teams call uses around 50% of my battery.

I have been a very disgruntled user of Teams on my 2019 mac with lots of memory available etc, but have found since Teams was updated and also there was recent Catalina update that the fan noise is much reduced. Still uses quite a lot of battery though. Perhaps we are getting there.

Thanks for that link, but you didn't answer her question about affecting the Macs longevity or if its normal?

I too have a MacBook Air 2019 that I just bought November last year, and it does the SAME thing. Only when I use Microsoft teams and It goes away once I quit the program.

is there a way to decrease the sound or have our Macs run this program in a way that it won't affect it?

Hi. I have the same issue and your response was still not helpful. I have the issue with Microsoft Teams as well. Less so on Zoom or Skype. Is there a setting where i can consume less CPU and therefore not work the fan so much? Many thanks,

Gavin

I agree the hissing when I am using Teams on two screens is absolutely AWFUL. I have everything else closed. I always end up giving up and using one screen and then the hissing stops. Any advice gratefully received.

I have the same issue when using zoom or when streaming live for a long time.

The computer gets very very hot and the fan starts. Wonder if this is a problem with my particular machine or is it a problem with this whole model.

This happen to me yesterday while using Zoom app, sidecar and Miro on the web with Google Chrome. I have had my 2019 MBP since October of last year and this is the first time it did that.

I see people stating it is isolated to MS Teams and it isn’t.

I am very fed up with the fans going. I agree that there may be other applications than Teams which are also problematic on my mac, but I have had to use Teams a lot during lockdown. My mac so often gets hot, even when I'm not running many applications, even if the fans aren't really loud, and even after I've turned it off and on again. Battery life is nowhere near long enough to last a day out (not that I have a day out currently because I'm working from home). Mine is from mid 2019 and has been a total disappointment. I'm afraid I don't have the confidence to try a third party TB switch, but thank you for the suggestion.

I hope Mac are keeping an eye on this thread and might consider making some constructive suggestions about what to do about it.

Same here! Purchased a 2020 MacBook Air with good processor and 16gb ram as I have loads of apps open at work. Fan noise and battery drain is ridiculous with Microsoft Teams, which is the system that my employer uses. It’s making Macs look like a bad choice in the eyes of my PC-using colleagues! Really hope this gets addressed soon - long overdue.

Hi am having the same problem as well

have a fairly new MacBook Air 13-inch 2019.

I’ve had to do a lot of working from home recently and have been using Microsoft Teams.

Question - whenever I’m in a Video Conferencing meeting my fan goes crazy loud. It quiets down as soon as the meeting is over. Does anyone know why this is? Is this the laptops fault or is this normal?

Can this affect the longevity of the laptop?

Many thanks!

Thanks for this gjsa73. Have now installed it and will give it a go. Are you aware of any adverse effects as a result of switching turbo boost off? I tend to have a lot of apps open when I’m working ie Teams, PowerPoint presentation, web browser, Word Docs, Evernote etc - all of which I could be referring to in the course of work. Will turbo boost switcher cause a problem?

Thanks again.

Is there a hack that will lessen the burden on CPU, say turning off video during the call?Consultants setting up meeting with this app don't seem open to using another.

ps to the above: these are just work arounds. Teams should surely work better than this on a Mac. My zoom calls are never messed up by fan noise even on two screens.

Have the same thing with Teams; it is worse when I have camera on. I noticed that this does not happen in Webex meetings.