Why does my iPhone 16 Pro Max echo my voice?

This is a user to user only forum, so you're not asking anyone at Apple your question. We have no idea what Apple may be working on. But your question also assumes everyone else is having the issues you are having and that is most definitely not the case. If it was, this forum, the most visited forum for all things iPhone would be littered with posts about this and yet it's not. I have no echos at all on iPhone 16 Pro or 16 Pro Max using AT&T on both phones on speakerphone.

There are lot of variables involved. It could certainly be an issue on the AT&T side, but usually carriers just want to get you off the phone and lay blame anywhere, but with them. You may need a carrier update too. You say you've tried ALL the fixes. We can't guess what fixes you've tried, so perhaps detail them.

A couple questions:

1. Have you tried a forced restart on your iPhones --> Force restart iPhone - Apple Support
2. By chance do you have any bluetooth speakers/headphones, powered on, which are connected to your phones at the same time you are trying use the speaker function during a phone call?

redapeus wrote:

Having the same issue Iphone talks back to me and I can hear my own voice. If the speaker is on it cackles very loudly. Horrible. I called Apple and the agent said it is an At&T problem. Not so. My son has a 14 and it works perfectly. Same with my other son who has a 13. My husband just bought a 16 Pro Max and is having the same problem. Echoing and Cackling. We have tried all the fixes to no avail. What should we do? Is Apple going to address this issue?

Well you contacted Apple and they said to contact AT&T and what did you cellular data provider say about their feature?