I don't have AirPods, but every time I've had a meeting with someone who does, the microphone quality has been terrible, even in quiet environments.
The sounds has been muffled to the point where, while I could still understand the person, it took me 50% more cognitive effort to make out what they were saying because of the low quality. It's almost always much better when I ask them to switch to the built-in MacBook Pro mic (which is decent).
It's an insidious problem. People like their setup because they can hear you well. But what they don't realize is that they are themselves barely understandable. They don't hear themselves and people aren't used to giving them feedback.
It’s not just you, but please let them know. I was experiencing this as the AirPods user but wasn’t aware, it’s kinda hard to know because even if you turn on “listen to this device” it’s not quite what zoom/teams sends.
The sounds has been muffled to the point where, while I could still understand the person, it took me 50% more cognitive effort to make out what they were saying because of the low quality. It's almost always much better when I ask them to switch to the built-in MacBook Pro mic (which is decent).
It's an insidious problem. People like their setup because they can hear you well. But what they don't realize is that they are themselves barely understandable. They don't hear themselves and people aren't used to giving them feedback.
Is it just me?