I cringe whenever I join a call and someone is using Air Pods. You know you’re in for a muddied audio experience due to the aggressive noise reduction and the h

I cringe whenever I join a call and someone is using Air Pods. You know you’re in for a muddied audio experience due to the aggressive noise reduction and the higher cognitive load for understanding speech that comes along with it. Most of the time the person is in a quiet home office type environment. Almost any other mic is a better option. I suspect the Air Pods input audio design was largely intended for a walk and talk on a busy urban street (as one example) and they do very well under those conditions. Hopefully the implementation will eventually be a lot more adaptive. That said the gaming headsets are cringey as well - audio quality is good but it’s visually distracting to see someone in a meeting look like they’re doing air traffic control.