A method (S100) for optimizing speech pickup in a speakerphone system, wherein the speakerphone system comprises a microphone system placed in a specific configuration, wherein the method comprising receiving (S10) acoustic input signals (12) by the microphone system, processing (S20) said acoustic input signals (12) by using an algorithm (100) for focusing and steering a selected target sound signal towards a desired direction, and transmitting (S30) an output signal (13) based on said processing.