Address chrome ideal device handling change (#1478)

lukasIO · web-flow · commit 6bd75d77dcf5 · 2025-04-10T07:16:32.000+02:00
diff --git a/.changeset/selfish-cats-fold.md b/.changeset/selfish-cats-fold.md
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+---
+"livekit-client": minor
+---
+
+Address chrome ideal device handling change by defaulting to exact device matching
diff --git a/src/room/Room.ts b/src/room/Room.ts
@@ -1280,7 +1280,7 @@ class Room extends (EventEmitter as new () => TypedEmitter<RoomEventCallbacks>)
    *  `audiooutput` to set speaker for all incoming audio tracks
    * @param deviceId
    */
-  async switchActiveDevice(kind: MediaDeviceKind, deviceId: string, exact: boolean = false) {
+  async switchActiveDevice(kind: MediaDeviceKind, deviceId: string, exact: boolean = true) {
     let success = true;
     let needsUpdateWithoutTracks = false;
     const deviceConstraint = exact ? { exact: deviceId } : deviceId;

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 +"livekit-client": minor
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 +Address chrome ideal device handling change by defaulting to exact device matching