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does the mic still pick up literally everything though?

tommit 4y ago
That's what I'm wondering. It's impossible to do anything while on a call without the other side complaining that it sounds like I'm banging cutlery on my pots.
- afterburner 4y ago
  That sounds like every vocal-tuned mic ever. Someone's kids could be two rooms away and barely audible to them, but over the mic they are amplified screams. Kitchen stuff, forget about it.
  - tommit 4y ago
    I don't know much about it so let me ask: is this primarily a software or hardware "issue"? I feel like it wasn't really an issue before the Pro's, and I've been using AirPods since 2016. I may just be misremembering things though. I totally get it, too. When I'm on call with someone and they do kitchen stuff or whatever, I quite literally feel an erratic rage building up and just want to hang up immediately. It sounds so infuriatingly loud, even though the other side may have only put down a glass on the counter or something. It's really bad imo. If this somehow gets fixed, I'll buy a pair at an instant.
    - HatchedLake721 4y ago
      It’s a software issue.
- alphabetting 4y ago
  If that's your main issue with headphones the pixel buds pro noise cancellation for mic and headphones are both insane. Examples from stress test here https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23309582/wireless-buds-stress-test-galaxy-pixel-airpods-linkbuds-vergecast-podcast https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23309582/wireless-buds-st...
knownastron 4y ago
On the iPhone I turn on voice isolation and 99% of the problem goes away. Have you tried that?
- Tagbert 4y ago
  Where is that? I don’t see anything about voice isolation.
  - deleted 4y ago
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  - ok_dad 4y ago
    It's one of those things hidden in the menu you get when you drag down from the upper right (during a call). I think. I found it once on a video call to my mom, but like the lost city of Atlantis, it seems to have disappeared for me again now that I'm trying to find it again. I hate the iPhone UI, but they work so well most of the time...
    - happyopossum 4y ago
      It shows up when you’re actively in a voice call, and disappears all other times.
  - philsnow 4y ago
    It's a setting that AFAICT only shows up in facetime. When I'm in a facetime call, in the control center there's a new "mic mode" tile (next to the also-facetime-only "video effects" tile that toggles portrait mode). In the mic mode panel there's three options "Standard", "Voice Isolation", and "Wide Spectrum". I use the voice isolation one and people I've talked to say that it's drastically improved the call quality, particularly while I'm walking next to a busy street. edit: you can see the setting without actually starting a call, just go into the facetime app and hit "New FaceTime". It will show you a blurred front view camera and let you pick a contact to call, but at that moment you can drag the control center down and they'll be there.

That's what I'm wondering. It's impossible to do anything while on a call without the other side complaining that it sounds like I'm banging cutlery on my pots.

afterburner 4y ago
That sounds like every vocal-tuned mic ever. Someone's kids could be two rooms away and barely audible to them, but over the mic they are amplified screams. Kitchen stuff, forget about it.
- tommit 4y ago
  I don't know much about it so let me ask: is this primarily a software or hardware "issue"? I feel like it wasn't really an issue before the Pro's, and I've been using AirPods since 2016. I may just be misremembering things though. I totally get it, too. When I'm on call with someone and they do kitchen stuff or whatever, I quite literally feel an erratic rage building up and just want to hang up immediately. It sounds so infuriatingly loud, even though the other side may have only put down a glass on the counter or something. It's really bad imo. If this somehow gets fixed, I'll buy a pair at an instant.
  - HatchedLake721 4y ago
    It’s a software issue.
alphabetting 4y ago
If that's your main issue with headphones the pixel buds pro noise cancellation for mic and headphones are both insane. Examples from stress test here https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23309582/wireless-buds-stress-test-galaxy-pixel-airpods-linkbuds-vergecast-podcast https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/17/23309582/wireless-buds-st...

knownastron 4y ago

On the iPhone I turn on voice isolation and 99% of the problem goes away. Have you tried that?

Tagbert 4y ago
Where is that? I don’t see anything about voice isolation.
- deleted 4y ago
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- ok_dad 4y ago
  It's one of those things hidden in the menu you get when you drag down from the upper right (during a call). I think. I found it once on a video call to my mom, but like the lost city of Atlantis, it seems to have disappeared for me again now that I'm trying to find it again. I hate the iPhone UI, but they work so well most of the time...
  - happyopossum 4y ago
    It shows up when you’re actively in a voice call, and disappears all other times.
- philsnow 4y ago
  It's a setting that AFAICT only shows up in facetime. When I'm in a facetime call, in the control center there's a new "mic mode" tile (next to the also-facetime-only "video effects" tile that toggles portrait mode). In the mic mode panel there's three options "Standard", "Voice Isolation", and "Wide Spectrum". I use the voice isolation one and people I've talked to say that it's drastically improved the call quality, particularly while I'm walking next to a busy street. edit: you can see the setting without actually starting a call, just go into the facetime app and hit "New FaceTime". It will show you a blurred front view camera and let you pick a contact to call, but at that moment you can drag the control center down and they'll be there.