We’ll show you how to improve your voice quality with a somewhat hidden feature. Source: Unsplash
The iPhone has a feature that you can use to improve your voice quality enormously. However, it is somewhat hidden in the menu. We show you which function it is, how to activate it and when you can use it.
The feature is called voice isolation and does exactly what it sounds like. It isolates your voice by largely blocking out disruptive background noise such as barking dogs, children playing, colleagues speaking and others. At the other end of the line, almost only your clear voice comes through, which makes you much easier to understand.
Voice isolation was introduced together with iOS 15 and is available on devices that have the operating system. However, it seems to only work on newer models. The colleagues from TechRadar have tried to enable the feature on an iPhone 7 and an iPhone 11 but have failed. The current operating system was of course installed.
This is how you turn on voice isolation
Activation is a bit cumbersome, because you have to activate the feature for each app individually. For example, when you’re on a WhatsApp call, you swipe down from the top-right corner of the iPhone to reach the control center. You should now see the tile at the top right Modus
and see a microphone icon. There you click on it and select the option voice isolation
out. Now you have activated the feature for Whatsapp.
You have to repeat this for every app in which you want to use this mode. This is possible, for example, in FaceTime, Zoom or Microsoft Teams. However, the feature does not work for normal phone calls with the phone app. If you primarily use it to make phone calls, you must continue to work without voice isolation.
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Voice isolation also for iPad and Mac
But the feature works on other Apple devices. You can use it on the iPad and also on the MacBook. The latter should have MacOS Monterey installed. Activation on the MacBook works similarly: Here you click on the upper right corner when you are in conversation and select that microphone mode
menu off.
According to our impressions and other reports, the feature makes a big difference and your voice quality will be a lot better. Hopefully it will be enabled by default in the future.
At this year’s Worldwide Developers Conference from June 6th to 10th, we’ll find out what else Apple has planned in terms of software. We also speculate what new features iOS 16 could bring.
Did you already know the voice isolator and have you already used it? What are your experiences with the feature? Please let us know.
