People say they can not hear me well when speaking with my AirPods
What can I do about my microphone not working so great on my AirPods? People say I sound far away?
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Hello Yasmini74,
To confirm, is this only occurring with your AirPods or have you tested this using your iPhone by itself? Also as another test, could you move the microphone to the left and then right AirPods bud and see if they both sound the same to the other party? Here's how per Change the settings of your AirPods and AirPods Pro - Apple Support:
There's a microphone in each AirPod, so you can make phone calls and use Siri. By default, Microphone is set to Automatic, so that either of your AirPods can act as the microphone. If you're using only one AirPod, that AirPod will be the microphone.
You can also set Microphone to Always Left or Always Right. You can also set Microphone to Always Left or Always Right to always have either the right or the left AirPod use the microphone even if you remove it from your ear or put it in the case.
Thanks!