Airpods Pro: very bad quality in Headset mode on Windows 10

Anonymous
2020-04-02T12:50:11+00:00

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
2022-01-17T19:57:00+00:00

According to this post it should be fixed already in Insiders Build (currently Dev Channel only).

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  1. Anonymous
    2021-12-13T11:36:06+00:00

    sorry, not solved using the tool MagigPods.

    Still mic setting in Windows 10 is on low telephone quality and cannot be change (1 channel 16 bit 8000 hz).

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  2. Anonymous
    2021-10-17T19:16:23+00:00

    Hi All,

    Found the solution pretty simple fix, if you just remove your air pods from the remove device section & re-connect as a new device it would work perfectly. Let me know how it goes

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  3. Anonymous
    2021-09-21T09:57:52+00:00

    Hi Guys!

    The solution I found was this 

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e5ipSrWjacQ

    It was very effective and now I can use my airpods pro with good sound quality playing from Windows

    Thanks ! This solved my problem nice and easy.

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  4. Anonymous
    2021-08-22T02:30:13+00:00

    unfortunately no one is giving the easy truth. basically you CANT use airpods for the whole thing. apparently its got to do with the bluetooth bandwidth limitations.
    1- use airpods for audio only(headphone mode) and for mic, you have to use external.
    2- use airpods in headset mode. which makes you hear bad sound and you're gonna sound bad too.

    these are the only options.

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