When I am on the phone with my AirPods bluetoothed to my phone things get distorted. My voice speeds up on the other end to whom I am speaking with and their voice slows down on my end. This happens about once a day and it actually has been happening to a coworker of mine as well.
iPhone 7 Plus, iOS 11.4
What I've noticed is that this issue only happens when the phone goes into lock mode. I have mine set up for 1 minute and I can almost guarantee you that when the phone auto-locks during a call, I will get that slowed down voice issue that takes about 5 seconds to clear up. Very frustrating on a phone interview! See if that happens to you too on auto-lock.
I have this exact same issue. Do you have the iPhone 7? From searching other forums it appears to be an iPhone 7 + AirPods issue. Here are a couple other discussion sites with the same problem we're having:
https://www.reddit.com/r/airpods/comments/8fekbh/audio_distortion_during_a_call/
I've been having the exact same problem for over 1-2 months now. About once a day or two, on a phone call, I hear the person at the other end slow way down -- to the point of being unintelligible -- for about 5-10 seconds. After another 3-5 seconds of silence, the audio returns to normal. If I'm talking during this time, apparently I sound sped-up (like a chipmunk) to the person on the other end.
This is really causing issues when I have business calls or conference calls. It's hard to be confident in the AirPods when this kind of thing happens randomly.
It happens both during normal phone calls and also during calls using e.g. Skype. It does not seem to happen when listening to music.
I didn't have this problem for the first 6+ months of owning these AirPods. Was there some kind of software update 2+ months ago that caused this issue to appear?
Yes I do! And so does my boss who has the same issue... I gueees I need to upgrade my phone 🙄
I have the iPhone 8 Plus and I’m having the same issue.
I have the exact same issue - happening on 50% of calls daily. Embarrassing when on conf calls. Does anyone have a or work around for this????
I'm having the same exact issue and it is disruptive and embarrassing during business calls. I wonder if there is any way to escalate this to Apple for a fix?!
I called Apple and for the first time they have told me they can’t help me... I am at a loss. I have the same problem with business calls. My iPhone is my lifeline for work and not having a reliable for to speak via Bluetooth iis becoming a huge issue.
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