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looks great! could I use it to get better airpod pro mic audio quality on my mac via the iPhone? to clarify: airpod audio quality works fine paired to mac, but

looks great! could I use it to get better airpod pro mic audio quality on my mac via the iPhone? to clarify: airpod audio quality works fine paired to mac, but when you want to also use the mic (e.g zoom call), the mic audio quality is horrible. Some bluetooth limitation on macs? not sure, but it’s a known problem[0]. Audio and mic quality on the iphone however is great. no problem at all. so that’s the reason I’m asking if it’s possible to connect both audio and mic to the mac via the iphone to work around this limitation? ie mac <> sonobus <> iphone <> airpods [0] https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/282705/airpods-extremely-poor-mic-quality-on-mac https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/282705/airpods-ext...

rock_artist 6y ago
From my knowledge - no. The reason airpods "worsen" on calls is that it switches Bluetooth profile with 8khz audio. A "possible" workaround is setting airpods as output and your mac's internal microphone. It'll have other drawbacks for latency/echo cancelation
Zee2 6y ago
As the other commenter said, the main limitation with Airpods (and any other commodity/non-specialized Bluetooth headphones/headsets/buds/etc) is that the Bluetooth protocol only allows for high quality audio streaming or microphone/headset mode. In microphone/headset mode, the audio quality is severely limited. Thus, if you want to use Airpods (or any other Bluetooth audio device) for communication, you're stuck with low quality audio streaming. Some devices that are designed for high quality audio and microphone usage simultaneously get around this limitation by actually exposing two Bluetooth "devices" simultaneously, one used exclusively for the microphone and the other for receiving high-quality audio. (Some gaming headsets use this technique.)
- gingerlime 6y ago
  Thank you. Yes. However they work great on the iPhone. Sound and mic quality are both totally fine. The problem only happens on the Mac. So this is why I was wondering if using Sonobus + iPhone might work around this issue?
ramraj07 6y ago
Christ this explains so much. I just thought my ceiling fan was loud! Does the problem resolve on the iPad? I've been meaning to move all my zoom Calls to the iPad anyways, this might be the final nail!

rock_artist 6y ago

From my knowledge - no. The reason airpods "worsen" on calls is that it switches Bluetooth profile with 8khz audio. A "possible" workaround is setting airpods as output and your mac's internal microphone. It'll have other drawbacks for latency/echo cancelation

Zee2 6y ago

As the other commenter said, the main limitation with Airpods (and any other commodity/non-specialized Bluetooth headphones/headsets/buds/etc) is that the Bluetooth protocol only allows for high quality audio streaming or microphone/headset mode. In microphone/headset mode, the audio quality is severely limited. Thus, if you want to use Airpods (or any other Bluetooth audio device) for communication, you're stuck with low quality audio streaming. Some devices that are designed for high quality audio and microphone usage simultaneously get around this limitation by actually exposing two Bluetooth "devices" simultaneously, one used exclusively for the microphone and the other for receiving high-quality audio. (Some gaming headsets use this technique.)

gingerlime 6y ago
Thank you. Yes. However they work great on the iPhone. Sound and mic quality are both totally fine. The problem only happens on the Mac. So this is why I was wondering if using Sonobus + iPhone might work around this issue?

ramraj07 6y ago

Christ this explains so much. I just thought my ceiling fan was loud! Does the problem resolve on the iPad? I've been meaning to move all my zoom Calls to the iPad anyways, this might be the final nail!