AirPods Pro 3 mic voice call quality the same as AirPods Pro 2

[WeekendGearGuide]

Hey everyone,

I just purchased the AirPods Pro 3 and tested them thoroughly against my previous AirPods Pro 2 for microphone voice call quality (by recording how my voice sounds at the other end of a Zoom call and asking many people how I sound and switching back and forth between APP3 and APP2, for both Zoom and regular phone calls), and in every noise environment they sound very similar in both my Zoom recordings and from the feedback of the people I was speaking to in Zoom and regular phone calls, with no noticeable improvement in this regard for the APP3 over the APP2.

While the new design of the APP3 does help improve both the ANC and sound quality, due in part to the new vents and hybrid eartips combined with software optimizations on the H2 chip itself, it seems to me that the new design did not help with improving the mic call quality, coupled with the fact that the same H2 chip is used on both the APP3 and APP2.

Also, since Apple themselves made no mention of improved voice call quality on the APP3 over the APP2 in either their Sept 9 Event or any of their marketing material, this in itself confirms my testing and hypothesis above.

Does anyone else who have both the APP3 and APP2, and have used them in Zoom and phone calls with others, also find that the microphone voice call quality is pretty much the same?

Thx!

 

[R_Allonce]

Going through Apple's adverts, yeah there's nothing there about improved microphone voice call quality that I was also hoping for. It's to the point that I don't even take calls on the APP unless I have to. My gf says that the quality and clarity sounds exactly the same.

 

[jabbr]

uhh interesting, the one major highlight in Dave2D review was the much better sounding microphone

 

[WeekendGearGuide]

uhh interesting, the one major highlight in Dave2D review was the much better sounding microphone

1 important aspect to note in his review is that he recorded audio using either Voice Memos or Video Recorder, which is not the same as the "mic voice call quality" performance that people would experience in actual Zoom conference calls or phone calls, because of different Bluetooth Profiles and Codecs used.

Check out the review in my signature below for comprehensive comparison of Apple AirPods Pro 3 vs Apple AirPods Pro 2 vs Samsung and Bose, that is actually reflective of mic voice call quality between these Earbuds.

After hearing the comparison in each noise scenario, do you think the APP3 and APP2 mic voice quality are the same or different?

Thx

 

[WeekendGearGuide]

Going through Apple's adverts, yeah there's nothing there about improved microphone voice call quality that I was also hoping for. It's to the point that I don't even take calls on the APP unless I have to. My gf says that the quality and clarity sounds exactly the same.

I agree with your girlfriend, and based on the lack of any claims from Apple themselves on any improvements in mic voice call quality of APP3 over APP2, I think Apple would agree with your girlfriend as well!