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I've tried troubleshooting my airpods like forgetting the device off my phone and reconnecting, cleaning them, and switching the microphone from left to right to automatic but nothing has helped. I've tested the microphone through voice memos and the sound is either muffled, just background noise or nothing at all, and anyone I'm on a call with cannot hear me.
If you have already applied these troubleshooting steps you mentioned, I can suggest some more like:
For detailed steps you can check this guide: 11 Steps to Fix Airpods Microphone not Working (skip the steps you already applied). After applying all these steps and are still facing the issue then I guess your airpods microphones have hardware issues.
Buying new ones and replacing won’t do anything. They work for a while because I guarantee you they’re on older firmware. Eventually they update to the latest firmware and break again. The last two firmware releases have not helped correct this issue. 6A321 I hoped would correct, it hasn’t. Apple is of no use in this at all. Wish they’d at least admit to an issue which they never ever will.
I can confirm that this fixes it: start toggling on and off your settings until the "Microphone" section re-appears. Then you're good to go!
same problem with me.
Update - I just reset mine and it seems to have worked.
What fixed my issue was turning on live listen and speaking. It heard me, turned off and mics are working again.
What fixed my issue was turning on live listen and speaking. It heard me, turned off and mics are working again.
If trouble shooting doesn’t work at the bottom of each AirPod there is wire mesh under the mesh is a dap of glue. Get those two out and more than likely you will be back in business idk who decided putting glue over a mic was a good idea but goodluck
My Airpods Pro microphone has not connected to my windows machine for months. It has been resolved today after Dell Command updated my Realtek driver and Dell docking station firmware.
I've done all steps as mentioned in this thread and others where Airpods get deleted from my iphone, factory reset the airpods, deleting the device via Device manager, etc. Nothing worked.
Check your computer for Windows/Manufacturer updates.
I had all the mics on my Airpods gen 1 and only resetting the network settings helped, reconnected the headphones and everything worked.
Try resetting them by venturing into Settings > General > Transfer or Reset iPhone > Reset > Reset Network Settings. You'll need to type in your passcode to confirm the action.
Please note that resetting your network settings will instantly disconnect you from your current network, as well as remove previously used Wi-Fi networks and VPN settings, set your device name to "iPhone," and remove any manually trusted certificates.
UPDATE
Switching off Live Listen, the microphone volume returns to 0.
Worse, you have to have Live Listen on before the recording/phone call starts.
However this is proof that it’s and iOS setting bug somewhere.
The problem hasn’t occurred in my AirPods for a couple of months and I see that in January Apple released a firmware update (6A321).
I didn’t notice at the time because as I rarely trusted the AirPods any longer for phone calls.
I conclude that this was an Apple bug and they have fixed the problem. I’ll report back if I discover otherwise.
Thanks for giving us another thing to try, however, it didn’t work for me.
My microphones work with everything but Apple software - so fine on 3rd party apps on phone and 3rd party devices (like PC bluetooth), only work on iOS with the adaptive listening thing above.
That’s with 4 different pairs of iPods and 3 phones.
In my case it’s a setting that is being carried over with my profile.
I experienced the same issue and tried all the troubleshooting tips without luck. I ended up contacting Apple and got it working! There was in fact a bug with the operating system, so I had to update to the most recent ios on both my iPhone and MacBook. Then I reset my AirPods and it worked again!
i dont think this thing will ever be solved. Ive owned airpods 2nd gen since 2021. My first pair after 1 year of use started having problems with the mic. Some times it worked and other it didnt. After some time it stopped working on phone calls. It was my first pair of airpods so i truly believed that i may destroyed them because i was dropping them all the time. Airpods were of warranty when i realised this forum existed and i couldnt replace them so i got a new pair. It was working fine the first 2 weeks so i thought it was a problem of my previus pair. Then it started not working like the previus pair. It got fixed after resetting them and after 1 week same thing again. Reset doesnt work anymore either any other suggestion that i found here. I guess im just going to replace them again until i get a pair that wont stop working randomly.
My AirPods 2nd gen microphones haven’t been working for months and I tried ALL the troubleshooting steps. I just tried connecting them to my Samsung Galaxy S20 instead of my iPhone 13 and they worked PERFECTLY. So the problem is with the connection with iPhone, NOT the AirPod hardware.
Thank goodness I didn’t buy another pair.
Airpods (2nd gen) microphone not working even after troubleshooting
