According to this post it should be fixed already in Insiders Build (currently Dev Channel only).
Airpods Pro: very bad quality in Headset mode on Windows 10
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Anonymous
Dear all,
I've got my new Airpods Pro, they work well with my iPhone.
Also on Windows 10 via bluetooth, sound quality is good when using the "Airpods stereo" mode.
However, in the headset mode ("Airpods Hands-Free AG Audio") sound and especially microphone quality is extremely bad. I tried to change the default format (see screenshot, it's only 8000Hz), but I cannot change it as it's grey. Any advice to get a better microphone quality?
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Anonymous
2022-01-09T10:09:19+00:00 You are just confusing other people. There are only 2 possibilities on Windows. Period.
- Headset - very bed audio quality, but you can use mic
- Headphones - normal quality, but you can NOT use mic
You cannot set spatial audio on Headset, only on Headphones. You just most likely just switched to using Headphones as your audio output device and you didn't notice. Although having that set is useful, don't get me wrong.
You cannot use both at the same time as iPhone and Mac does, this is an issue of Windows.
There are no bluetooth headphones that don't have this issue.
And one more really cool feature is, that if you switch to Headphones while some application is using the mic from headset, you wouldn't hear anything.
Since I mainly bought Airpods for using with Windows I returned them.
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Anonymous
2021-12-10T18:32:17+00:00 SOLVED: Go to the windows store, Download MagicPods, it cost like 2 bucks. Not only solves the audio problem with handsfree, but the app can also auto-connect when you open the case and read battery life accurately. Apparently, Apple's Bluethooth software has an API not included in Windows. The App either contains that API or some bloody genius reverse-engineered it.
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Anonymous
2021-08-12T02:02:11+00:00 waste 10 minutes get nothing from this thread.
Microsoft have no motivation to solve a problem relate to apple products
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Anonymous
2021-07-02T08:12:53+00:00 Just for information:
My AirPods Pro connected only with 8000 Hz on my Lenovo Laptop.
The microphone also connected with 8000 Hz.
The sound was so bad, that I could not use the Airpods as Headset.
Today I updated the Bluetooth driver for the laptop and then reconnected the Airpods with the Laptop.
Now I have 16000 Hz in Headset mode, both for speakers and microphone!
The quality is totally acceptable for Teams calls!
Hope this helps.