Since the presentation of the first AirPods, Apple told us to have done a study with thousands of 3D models of ears to find a way that would be comfortable for most users. History repeated itself with the AirPods Pro and subsequent generations. But things change when it comes to talking about sound quality.
One thing is comfort, which is a very personal and subjective matter that we are not going to get into, another thing is acoustics. As for acoustics, the subject is much better studied and it is possible to know precisely how a sound will behave
Precise measurements to optimize spatial audio
Thanks to the TrueDepth system of our iPhone X or later, we can accurately measure the size and shape of our ears as well as the general size of our head. Using this information, the system is able to optimize spatial audio for make it sound as good as possible.
Having our AirPods linked to our iPhone and connected to the phone, we open the covers for them to appear in the settings. So, the steps to follow to perform the optimization are as follows:
- We open the application Settings on our iPhone.
- we play in AirPods from [Nombre].
- we play in Custom spatial audio.
- Click on Customize Spatial Audio.
- we play in Continue.
- Click on Start front view capture and we scan our face as we would to configure Face ID.
- we press Continue.
- we play in Start right ear capture.
- We will hear a sound when the ear seems good, after hearing it we turn our head, not the iPhone, to the right, and after hearing another sound, to the left. Another sound will confirm that we have scanned correctly.
- We repeat the process with the left ear.
- we press OKAY .
And that’s all. Our AirPods already have their own equalization thanks to the microphones that focus on the inside of the ear, but thanks to the information on the relief of our ear and the diameter of the head, spatial audio will fit even better. With this, we can expect head tracking for spatial audio to improve.
Likewise, we must notice a difference in appreciation of spatial sound specialty. A difference that can be more or less marked, but that we will always be there. And it’s all thanks to the fact that we’ve made the closest thing to Face ID for our ears.
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