Change your WebRTC phone settings

When you use the Chrome browser to access your embedded client, you can access the WebRTC settings in one of the following ways.

• From the client access:
  1. Click Menu > More .
  2. Click Settings.
  3. Click WebRTC.

or

• 1. Click Arrow .
  2. Click Open WebRTC Settings.
• From the WebRTC Phone window, click Settings.

Change phone

To change the phone, you must first log out from the current phone to select another phone associated with your user account.

1. Click Arrow .
2. Click Logout Phone.
3. Enter the name of the WebRTC phone that you want to use.

   The search box automatically looks for a phone as you type. Phones currently associated with other users are not available. When you select the phone, the WebRTC Settings section appears.

   Note: If you select the phone listed under Previous Station, then the WebRTC settings section is skipped and logs you directly in to the station. To view the WebRTC Settings section, select the phone from the search box.

Modify WebRTC settings

In the WebRTC Settings section, you can do the following:

• Stop a persistent connection.

  Click Stop Persistent Connection. For more information, see Persistent connection and Stop a persistent connection.

• Select your microphone and speakers for WebRTC phones.

  Click Refresh to verify your headset software is running or to restart it.

• Test your speakers.

  Click Speaker . If you hear test tones, then your speakers are working properly. When you do not hear test tones or you encounter other problems, click Test Settings to check for issues. 

  Note: If you use the WebRTC Phone window, then test your speakers through the Settings on the WebRTC Phone window. For more information, see Browser window for WebRTC phones.

• Select your speakers for the ringer.

  When you select the Play ringtone on separate device setting, it defaults to your speakers for WebRTC phones. This setting is not selected by default. 

• Change the behavior of the WebRTC Phone window (client access only). 

  The Pop WebRTC Phone window setting is selected by default.

  Note: This setting does not appear in products where it is configured by default (for example, Sales Cloud in Genesys Cloud for Salesforce and some implementations that use Genesys Cloud Embeddable Framework).

• WebRTC audio and alerting notifications

  When you select the Disable WebRTC audio and alerting notifications setting, Genesys Cloud desktop or browser client is used as the primary client to answer the inbound voice calls. Alerts and notification sounds for all digital interactions are also muted in the embedded client. For more information, see Disable WebRTC audio and alerting notifications.

Test your settings

To test the settings for your WebRTC phone:

1. Click Test Settings.

   The test checks the microphone only.

2. For other diagnostics, click Click here for additional troubleshooting.

   The additional troubleshooting opens the Genesys Cloud WebRTC Diagnostics app. For more information about running the tests in the app, see Run the standalone Genesys Cloud WebRTC Diagnostics app.

Mic settings

To improve the audio experience, click Advanced Mic Settings. You can clear or select the following settings for optimal audio:

• Automatic Mic Gain
• Echo Cancellation
• Noise Suppression

For more information, see Configure advanced microphone settings for WebRTC phones.