One of the features that most surprises users when they try AirPods Pro for the first time is the ambient sound, since it allows you to hear everything around you in a much clearer way. In fact, it is something that very few headphones have been able to adapt. But beware, Apple has not stopped there and has given it a spin, presenting and launching Conversation Boost.
What is Conversation Boost?
Surely many of you are wondering what this new feature we are talking about really is and what Conversation Boost is for . Well, broadly speaking, it consists of amplifying conversations , increasing the volume of the voices of the people with whom you have a conversation when you meet them and wear the AirPods.
Initially, this function could be totally focused on those users of AirPods Pro who have hearing problems , and indeed, it is a feature that will be great for all these people. However, it is also a totally usable function whether or not you have hearing problems, as it will help you hear the person or people with whom you speak much better without having to remove the AirPods Pro from your ears. Although the reality is that most people will have more than enough with what the ambient mode alone is capable of offering.
How to set it up
Conversation Boost is a function that, although it is very useful and interesting, users who want to enjoy it on a daily basis have to configure it manually. In addition, you not only have to pay close attention to the steps to follow to activate it, but also to the requirements that need to be met in order to use it.
Necessary requirements
Unfortunately for users, there are a series of points that all those who want to enjoy this feature have to comply with, and we have already warned that there is one of them that is quite exclusive and about which we will discuss at the end of this post. It is that the only model of AirPods compatible with this function are the AirPods Pro .
Therefore, the rest of the users who have first, second, third generation AirPods and even the users of AirPods Max, will not be able to use it . In addition, it is not only enough to be an AirPods Pro user, you also have to have them updated to the latest version of their firmware. Fulfilling these two requirements, you just have to take the step to configure them and start using Conversation Boost.
Steps to follow
Once you know the small, but demanding requirements that you need to meet to make use of Conversation Boost, it is time to tell you what you have to do to be able to configure this exclusive function, for the moment, of the AirPods Pro and that, without Without a doubt, it will help many people who need extra sound power to use these devices while talking to other people.
- Make sure your AirPods Pro are updated to the latest firmware version, which is 4A400 or higher .
- On your iPhone, open the Settings app.
- Tap on Accessibility .
- Tap on Audio/Visual .
- Tap Headphone settings and turn it on.
With these simple steps you have activated the option to be able to use Conversation Boost, however, there is still something to do to be able to have it accessible and in this way, all users who want to use it in their day to day, can do it without any of complication. Therefore, once you have done the steps described above, you have to carry out the following.
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Click on Control Center .
- Add “Hearing” to “Included Controls.”
so you can use it
Once you have carried out all the pertinent steps to be able to, firstly, activate the Conversation Boost function, and secondly, make it accessible from the Control Center so that it is much easier to use and have on hand on a day-to-day basis , it’s time to tell you how you can use it, that is, the steps you have to carry out to really get Conversation Boost up and running.
- On your iPhone, and with AirPods Pro on, pull down Control Center .
- Tap the Hearing icon .
- Tap “Settings for headphones” .
- Turn on Ambient Sound Mode.
- Go back.
- Slide in the new menu towards the bottom.
- Activate the option “Conversation amplification” .
In this simple way, you can activate Conversation Boost and use it on a daily basis, since, as we mentioned at the beginning of this post, it is a function that, although it may seem made for people with hearing problems at first, is also completely usable at certain times by those users who, despite not having hearing problems, want to have extra volume when starting a conversation with another person.
Will it come to other AirPods models?
One of the questions that many users ask, including us, is why Apple has only activated this function in the AirPods Pro , when there are really many users who, in addition to this model of headphones, use both the first, second and third AirPods. generation, as well as the popular AirPods Max.
From the outset, the reason could be in the fact that the first, second, and third generation AirPods do not have that ambient or transparency mode that, as a standard, already considerably amplifies the external sound to introduce it into the auditory pavilion. However, by that rule of thumb, the AirPods Max should be able to have this function and the reality is just the opposite, they cannot offer it to users either.
In this way, the question remains whether the Cupertino company will make Conversation Boost, a function that is really useful for many users, also reach the rest of the AirPods models , or who knows, if the subsequent updates of each of They, so as not to somehow force users who need or want to use it, to irremediably buy some AirPods Pro.