Your phone calls on iPhone just got a lot clearer. Apple previously implemented Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum for FaceTime. Now, they have made Voice Isolation available for phone calls as well. Wide Spectrum is also available on FaceTime audio calls. Here’s everything you need to know about Voice Isolation on iPhone.

What Is Voice Isolation?

Voice Isolation is a feature that filters out background sounds, making your voice clearer and easier to hear. This is especially useful if you’re out in a crowded area or if you’re at home and your kids are watching TV while you’re trying to talk on the phone. I find it to be most handy when my apartment’s landscaping team decides to mow the grass while I’m on the phone with a friend. SeniorNet Editor's note - it also silences fan noise as well as the turn signal clicking from my car when on speaker phone or CarPlay.

Wide Spectrum, on the other hand, enhances background sounds. This is meant for when there are multiple people talking on a phone call, such as during a conference room meeting. This way, everyone’s voice comes through loud and clear. Note: Wide Spectrum is only available on FaceTime* (including FaceTime audio calls).

How to Enable Voice Isolation on iPhone

Now, to enable Voice Isolation, you first need to be on a phone call. Additionally, these features are only supported on the iPhone XS and newer.

• While on a call (you must do this during a phone call), swipe down from the upper right edge of your display to open the Control Center (or swipe up from the bottom edge of the display if you are using an iPhone SE).
• Tap Mic Mode to change your iPhone's microphone setting
• Tap Voice Isolation to turn the feature on.
• *If you are on a FaceTime call, you can also select Wide spectrum.

Once you have enabled Voice Isolation or Wide Spectrum, the caller on the other end should be able to hear you loud and clear. You do not have to activate this each time as it remembers the last setting.

PS - Waiting on Android for this feature as it is still in beta.

Thanx to iPhone Life

Control Center showing "Mic Mode Standard" while on a phone call

Control Center after tapping "Mic Mode Standard" and choosing "Voice Isolation".

"Wide Spectrum" available when on FaceTime.

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