Similarly to the “audible-as-active” feature, one should not be considered afk when in a voice or video call.
Using a similar method to “audible-as-active”, we could detect mic/webcam usage by the browser tab to determine that.
For actual meeting software like zoom/teams, I’m not sure how it should be detected though
You can use the new feature/setting “always count as active” to count time spent in certain apps as always active.
This works, as long as you don’t leave the application open when actually AFK (as that would incorrectly mark that time as active).
Hello, Sorry for the very long delay.
Would this work even if the video call app or browser tab is in the background ?
And indeed, for standalone software (zoom/teams), the app will mostly stay open even not in call.
Because there is several use cases, the simpler way is to detect the use of microphone. Windows can do that on it’s own (since it’s displaying a mic icon in the task bar when it’s being used). So we “just” need to figure out how to fetch that info
No, it would not work with it in the background.
You have arrived at the same reasoning as many others, it has been discussed quite extensively, but no one seems interested in working on it, at the moment:
I’m not sure if people have considered the “not-AFK if camera/microphone active” before. That would be an interesting solution specifically for Zoom/Teams/calls/streamers.