Yes, it is just a side effect of the only bidirectional profile in Bluetooth being the HFP profile, which is mono and generally sucks. You just can’t get audio

Yes, it is just a side effect of the only bidirectional profile in Bluetooth being the HFP profile, which is mono and generally sucks. You just can’t get audio that sounds better than a 2005 earpiece over Bluetooth if you need a mic. I hope there’s some serious engineering effort to fix this. I think there’s some proprietary magic that makes that work better in iOS.