Airpods 3 AAC-ELD for Facetime only?

The promo for the new Airpods 3 claim AAC-ELD to allow better audio quality with Facetime. However, there are a few open questions concerning that claim:


  • Does this only apply to Facetime on an iPhone or would it equally work with Facetime on macOS?
  • Does it only apply to Facetime or can this codec also be used for two-way communication (mic and speakers) with other applications such as Slack on macOS? (In other words, on macOS, when selecting the Airpods 3 for input and output, will AAC-ELD be used or fall back to the rather crappy SCO codec?)
  • Airpods 3 lack ANC which is an extra feature of the Airpods Pro. Is it correct, that the current Airpods Pro do not support AAC-ELD at all and in order to get both AAC-ELD and ANC, it'll take some patience to wait for the next gen Airpods Pro?


Thanks for shedding some light on the matter!

MacBook Pro (2020 and later)

Posted on Nov 6, 2021 6:59 AM

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