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Work · June 7, 2022

AirPods.WTF

AirPods mic sounds terrible in calls

AirPods.WTF launched on June 7, 2022 with 108 votes, #298 of 3,005 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.

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What it does

We built "AirPods.WTF" so people realize they sound terrible in meetings just because of using AirPods as both their input and output device in calls. Best practice is to use your MacBook's built-in mic and then use AirPods as just your output device.

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