Facetime audio dropouts

[dingobiatch]

My friends and I have been experiencing a ton of audio dropouts when using FaceTime Video or FaceTime Audio recently, and it seems to be since iOS 15 was released. It may also occur on my 16" MacBook Pro running Monterey but I'm not sure.

Basically, the first few words of a new sentence after someone stops talking is totally muted... almost like an audio gate or noise reduction feature of some sort. We've all tried messing with the new mic mode settings.. we've done normal, voice isolation, wide spectrum, none of it seems to stop the issue. It's unbelievably frustrating.

Is anyone else experiencing this??

 

[ManuCH]

I've noticed that with iOS 15 too, but it depends on the devices being used. Between 2 iPads it's usually fine. With the iPhone 12 Pro Max it's really bad when on speakerphone. And with AirPods while walking outside it can get even worse.

Funny enough, switching to a third party app like Telegram fixes it, as it probably uses a different noise cancellation technology.

 

[turbineseaplane]

Same thing for me -- glad someone brought this up

I routinely chat with one family member with FTA and we both used wired EarPods .... and the dropouts are happening a lot.