Apple Watch Series 10 Reduces Wind Noise During Phone Calls

[MacRumors]

The new Apple Watch Series 10 launching next week includes a voice isolation feature that will make you sound better during phone calls.

Apple says the Series 10's Neural Engine is able to suppress background noise during phone calls or FaceTime audio calls, so that your voice sounds more clear and crisp on the receiving end of the call. Apple says the feature even works in especially noisy environments, such as outdoors on a windy day or inside a crowded restaurant.

This feature is not available on the Apple Watch Series 9 or older, but the Apple Watch Ultra 2 does already feature wind noise reduction.

As for iPhones, there is already a voice isolation setting available for phone calls, but all four iPhone 16 models have gained wind noise reduction on top. Apple says machine learning algorithms reduce wind noise for better audio quality, but we'll have to wait for tests to see how much of an improvement there is over previous iPhones.

Apple Watch Series 10 pre-orders began yesterday, and the device will begin arriving to customers on Friday, September 20.

Article Link: Apple Watch Series 10 Reduces Wind Noise During Phone Calls

 

[Chiromac81]

So lame-yet another feature that could be on the last model

 

[turbineseaplane]

So lame-yet another feature that could be on the last model

It's so tiring to see them hold back things year after year in order to give themselves easy "new features" each year.

One wonders how much more rope this routine has to give out..

 

[BabyBoii]

Customers: "we want a new design with some cool new health and software features"

Apple: "best we can do is our same 2015 design but it's black and has wind noise reduction"

 

[jblank]

It's so tiring to see them hold back things year after year in order to give themselves easy "new features" each year.

One wonders how much more rope this routine has to give out..

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.

 

[HJM.NL]

Customers: "we want a new design with some cool new health and software features"

Apple: "best we can do is our same 2015 design but it's black and has wind noise reduction"

Timmy: the good news is that we don’t charge extra for last years tech. The price stays the same!

 

[jblank]

Customers: "we want a new design with some cool new health and software features"

Apple: "best we can do is our same 2015 design but it's black and has wind noise reduction"

Pretty much. This would have been the perfect year to flatten the design and alter the casing but they just don't seem to want to do anything other than iterative, minor, updates. I have money to give them but they aren't giving me products that warrant purchase.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Timmy: the good news is that we don’t charge extra for last years tech. The price stays the same!

The messaging about the "same price!" for the AirPods Max was .... incredible 🙃

No updates whatsoever (sorry, changing the charging port doesn't count for much) and the same WILDLY overpriced (like $200+ too much) MSRP

 

[HJM.NL]

The messaging about the "same price!" for the AirPods Max was .... incredible 🙃

No updates whatsoever (sorry, changing the charging port doesn't count for much) and the same WILDLY overpriced (like $200+ too much) MSRP

Apple is getting ridiculous these days. Seems like Timmy hasn’t a glue on what’s available on the market. I really hope people are starting to vote with their wallets. That’s the only way to get a “better” Apple. China sales are good indicators. People are more technological driven over there and always want the latest and the greatest. Something Apple hasn’t offered for a long time. Their whole lineup is getting a complete mess. Only some color changes here and there and we get an 1,5 hour keynote with Timmy making micro jumps from excitement.

 

[Techwatcher]

Starting to understand why keeping the S9 chip on the Ultra 2 was not an oversight lol

 

[Pitogyro]

If this is all they can do for Series 10, wait for next year’s top feature being slimmer boxes and more durable USB C cables.

 

[BelgianChoklit]

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.

How can you seriously expect Apple to launch a compelling enough upgrade from the Apple Watch that launched just 12 months ago? I mean like seriously? Yearly iPhone upgrades aren't compelling and the Apple Watch is much much smaller and you think it's going to be ground breaking compared to last gen?

 

[jblank]

How can you seriously expect Apple to launch a compelling enough upgrade from the Apple Watch that launched just 12 months ago? I mean like seriously? Yearly iPhone upgrades aren't compelling and the Apple Watch is much much smaller and you think it's going to be ground breaking compared to last gen?

So you're saying a company like Apple CAN'T do that? There's a difference between "ground breaking" and "compelling" and Apple has made compelling updates in a yearly cycle before, across their product lines. Also, Apple doesn't just have 12 months to work on a product, they start working a couple of years in advance.

 

[iamgalt]

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.

Seriously, you were considering updating an 11-12 month old apple watch? I'm rocking a series 5 and am on the fence as to if I should try to get another year out of it. Personally, I don't think any Apple product should be upgraded every year. You can easily get 4-5 years out of most products.

 

[dannyyankou]

Are there even a whole lot of people who make phone calls on speakerphone on their Apple Watch? I feel like you either have your phone with you, or you leave your phone behind to go on a run and you likely have AirPods on to make and receive calls.

I guess I’m just anti speakerphone in general. I don’t want people to hear my conversations, and I don’t want to hear others’.

 

[BelgianChoklit]

So you're saying a company like Apple CAN'T do that? There's a difference between "ground breaking" and "compelling" and Apple has made compelling updates in a yearly cycle before, across their product lines. Also, Apple doesn't just have 12 months to work on a product, they start working a couple of years in advance.

I know Apple starts years in advance with their products. However, that doesn't change the fact there's 12 months between iterations.

How can you assume Apple can just add a gazillion new features to something as tiny as the Apple Watch? If you know a think or two about engineering you'd realise how difficult that would be. If you want one Apple Watch to be a huge upgrade over the previous one, that would mean Apple would have to stall upgrading previous generations to keep all of the new stuff for that giant upgrade.

Yes Apple has made compelling upgrades in 1 year upgrades, but let's not pretend it's always the case. I've known less compelling upgrades than from the S9 to S10. And when you look at the iPhone line, there's very little difference between iterations

You said "For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event" and that shows you expect every single year to be worthy of an upgrade. i just cannot understand people who upgrade stuff every year.

 

[peejer]

I'm curious to know your thoughts. I have the Apple Ultra. Is there any reason to consider Series 10?

 

[citysnaps]

How can you seriously expect Apple to launch a compelling enough upgrade from the Apple Watch that launched just 12 months ago? I mean like seriously? Yearly iPhone upgrades aren't compelling and the Apple Watch is much much smaller and you think it's going to be ground breaking compared to last gen?

People just love to complain over the littlest things. Probably living sad lives.

 

[Sasparilla]

Its an interesting little feature that will probably get alot of use (I try to avoid watch calls, but they happen, so this would be nice). Guessing the S9 should be able to do this since the processor in the SIP is the same I believe - unless its something special they added to the S10 SIP.

 

[HJM.NL]

People just love to complain over the littlest things. Probably living sad lives.

Like your complaining you’re doing right now? 😂🤣😂

 

[citysnaps]

I know Apple starts years in advance with their products. However, that doesn't change the fact there's 12 months between iterations.

How can you assume Apple can just add a gazillion new features to something as tiny as the Apple Watch? If you know a think or two about engineering you'd realise how difficult that would be. If you want one Apple Watch to be a huge upgrade over the previous one, that would mean Apple would have to stall upgrading previous generations to keep all of the new stuff for that giant upgrade.

Yes Apple has made compelling upgrades in 1 year upgrades, but let's not pretend it's always the case. I've known less compelling upgrades than from the S9 to S10. And when you look at the iPhone line, there's very little difference between iterations

You said "For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event" and that shows you expect every single year to be worthy of an upgrade. i just cannot understand people who upgrade stuff every year.

Spot on. The problem is not many here are engineers, and never system engineered and/or designed a product.

It's easy to tell who has. And who hasn't.

 

[citysnaps]

Like your complaining you’re doing right now? 😂🤣😂

Not complaining at all. Just commenting on what I observe. Every single day of the year it's a rag on Apple.

 

[ApplesAreSweet&Sour]

I really thought Watch Series 10 would either disappoint on AI and improve hardware, or improve hardware and disappoint on AI.

I did not see them dropping on the ball on both fronts.

And on that note, I have to assume this is a consequence of way too many Watches sold.

-Can we please stop buying more Watches? Apple will never quit this nonsense.

 

[CrysisDeu]

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.

There is literally zero reason if you have a series 7.. or a 4

 

[CrysisDeu]

I know Apple starts years in advance with their products. However, that doesn't change the fact there's 12 months between iterations.

How can you assume Apple can just add a gazillion new features to something as tiny as the Apple Watch? If you know a think or two about engineering you'd realise how difficult that would be. If you want one Apple Watch to be a huge upgrade over the previous one, that would mean Apple would have to stall upgrading previous generations to keep all of the new stuff for that giant upgrade.

Yes Apple has made compelling upgrades in 1 year upgrades, but let's not pretend it's always the case. I've known less compelling upgrades than from the S9 to S10. And when you look at the iPhone line, there's very little difference between iterations

You said "For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event" and that shows you expect every single year to be worthy of an upgrade. i just cannot understand people who upgrade stuff every year.

Huh but plenty of watches have blood oxygen and blood pressure, and 1 week battery life.

So we are okay with an innovative hardware company to be lagging on developing.. hardware?