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Robotic voice with Airpods Pro microphone on Macbook Pro

I am having trouble with the microphone of the AirPods Pro with magsafe when using my MacBook Pro.


I have been using the Airpods for over a month now and have had some troubles with video conversations via my MacBook Pro 13" 2020 four Thunderbolt 3 ports.  I have had multiple encounters where the microphone of my Airpods would turn my voice into a robotic one. Where it was sometimes possible to understand some parts and sometimes people would be completely clueless. This is quite frustrating in the current work from home situation. The situation only occurs with my MacBook, when I use the Airpods with my ios devices it works fine.


In other posts on several forums, I have seen several ways to "fix" it. I have seen the following:

  1. Reconnect Airpods with the Bluetooth connection.
  2. Reset your AirPods: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT209463
  3. Reset NVRAM or PRAM on your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295
  4. How to reset the SMC of your Mac: https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201295


Number 3 did the trick for me for quite some time, but the issue has returned! I have also used the 4th which also worked for a while, but after closing the laptop and opening it up again I have a robot voice again.


I have also read that my bluetooth logitech mx keyboard and mouse might be a problem?


What is going on here?


AirPods Pro: version 4C165

MacBook Pro: Mac OS Monterey 12.1



MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 12.1

Posted on Jan 23, 2022 2:13 PM

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Posted on Apr 1, 2022 8:18 AM

I have the same issue with the Airpods 3rd Gen, using the same peripheries (with MX Keys and Master), however when I use my Bose 700 there is no issue at all, I think apple might need to introduce an update to solve that since the issue seems to be only with Airpods

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Robotic voice with Airpods Pro microphone on Macbook Pro

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