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Apple Watch Series 10 Reduces Wind Noise During Phone Calls

The new Apple Watch Series 10 launching next week includes a voice isolation feature that will make you sound better during phone calls.

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Apple says the Series 10's Neural Engine is able to suppress background noise during phone calls or FaceTime audio calls, so that your voice sounds more clear and crisp on the receiving end of the call. Apple says the feature even works in especially noisy environments, such as outdoors on a windy day or inside a crowded restaurant.

This feature is not available on the Apple Watch Series 9 or older, but the Apple Watch Ultra 2 does already feature wind noise reduction.

As for iPhones, there is already a voice isolation setting available for phone calls, but all four iPhone 16 models have gained wind noise reduction on top. Apple says machine learning algorithms reduce wind noise for better audio quality, but we'll have to wait for tests to see how much of an improvement there is over previous iPhones.

Apple Watch Series 10 pre-orders began yesterday, and the device will begin arriving to customers on Friday, September 20.

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24 months ago

The messaging about the "same price!" for the AirPods Max was .... incredible 🙃

No updates whatsoever (sorry, changing the charging port doesn't count for much) and the same WILDLY overpriced (like $200+ too much) MSRP
Apple is getting ridiculous these days. Seems like Timmy hasn’t a glue on what’s available on the market. I really hope people are starting to vote with their wallets. That’s the only way to get a “better” Apple. China sales are good indicators. People are more technological driven over there and always want the latest and the greatest. Something Apple hasn’t offered for a long time. Their whole lineup is getting a complete mess. Only some color changes here and there and we get an 1,5 hour keynote with Timmy making micro jumps from excitement.
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iamgalt Avatar
24 months ago

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.
Seriously, you were considering updating an 11-12 month old apple watch? I'm rocking a series 5 and am on the fence as to if I should try to get another year out of it. Personally, I don't think any Apple product should be upgraded every year. You can easily get 4-5 years out of most products.
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
BelgianChoklit Avatar
24 months ago

Well it didn't work for me this year. For the first time in many years, I will not be buying anything new that Apple announced at the Fall Event. I had the watch 10 in my cart but I just couldn't pull the trigger because there's literally zero reason to buy this if you have a Series 9.
How can you seriously expect Apple to launch a compelling enough upgrade from the Apple Watch that launched just 12 months ago? I mean like seriously? Yearly iPhone upgrades aren't compelling and the Apple Watch is much much smaller and you think it's going to be ground breaking compared to last gen?
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
turbineseaplane Avatar
24 months ago

Timmy: the good news is that we don’t charge extra for last years tech. The price stays the same!
The messaging about the "same price!" for the AirPods Max was .... incredible 🙃

No updates whatsoever (sorry, changing the charging port doesn't count for much) and the same WILDLY overpriced (like $200+ too much) MSRP
Score: 5 Votes (Like | Disagree)
24 months ago
So lame-yet another feature that could be on the last model
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azhava Avatar
24 months ago

Are there even a whole lot of people who make phone calls on speakerphone on their Apple Watch? I feel like you either have your phone with you, or you leave your phone behind to go on a run and you likely have AirPods on to make and receive calls.

I guess I’m just anti speakerphone in general. I don’t want people to hear my conversations, and I don’t want to hear others’.
I'm generally anti-speakerphone too, but even though I very seldom use my watch for calls, it is a handy feature when I'm not near my phone and need to take a quick call from my wife or whatever. It's not something I'll do in the middle of the grocery store or sitting in a restaurant - more for when I'm at one end of the house and my phone is at the other and I don't feel like running across the house to grab my phone to pick it up, or something like that.

If the feature is there, it might as well work well.
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