Published on February 17, 2026

# MuteDeck 4.4.1 – Fixing Zoom on macOS (and a few nice upgrades)

Last week I shipped MuteDeck 4.4 with a major change: Microsoft Teams reactions now work through the native UI instead of the old integration that Microsoft deprecated, and Zoom control was refactored to use more robust internal logic.

Shortly after release, macOS Zoom users started noticing something odd.

# A quick mea culpa

In 4.4, I refactored and ported the Zoom toggle logic (mute, video, etc.) to use native macOS functions, instead of previously using AppleScript - which could be less reliable. It worked — but not quite as before.

Specifically, toggling mute or video briefly flashed the macOS menu bar open and closed. It wasn't breaking functionality, but it wasn't invisible anymore. And if you use MuteDeck in live meetings (which you probably do), that kind of visual flicker is distracting.

That one's on me.

In 4.4.1, this is fully restored to the previous behavior:

No visible menu flash
Fully invisible toggling
Faster response when muting/unmuting or switching video

Here's a 24-second before and after demo:

# Other Fixes & Improvements

While I was in there, I shipped a few additional updates:

# 🛠 Fixes

Auto-update preference respected again If you disabled automatic update checks, that setting now actually sticks.

# ✨ Improvements

Quick mute & video toggles in the tray menu When you're in a call, the system tray now dynamically shows:
- Mute / Unmute
- Turn Video On / Off

It reflects your current state, so you can control your call directly from the tray without touching your Stream Deck (or if you don't use the hardware integrations at all).

API status now includes app version The /v1/status endpoint now reports the MuteDeck version. This makes integrations and compatibility checks easier.