Qinux Talkbuds and voice calls, anyone else notice the mic picking up background noise?

I wouldnt hold my breath for an app setting to fix that. These are translator earbuds first and regular earbuds second. The mic is tuned for picking up your voice clearly so the translation software works, which means it grabs everything else around you too.

I took calls with mine on a bus once and stopped bothering after that. People could hear the engine and chatter like I wasnt even using a headset. Indoors with the TV off its passable, but the second theres any kind of ambient noise you might as well be on speakerphone.

Could be different if you got lucky with a firmware update, but I wouldnt count on it. If you bought them for translation on trips, fine, they do that job. If you wanted solid call quality in loud spots, you picked the wrong tool. I just use a cheap wired headset when I know Ill be outside and need to talk.

Weird, mine has been the opposite. I’ve worn them around town a bunch and nobody on calls has ever mentioned hearing traffic or anything. Maybe I got lucky with a good pair, or the noise reduction kicks in better for some people. I haven’t touched any mic settings in the app either.

Interesting, because mine have actually been fine in that regard. I’ve taken a few calls walking past a construction site and the other person only mentioned it once, briefly. I do notice the mics seem more sensitive when the earbuds aren’t sitting perfectly in my ears, so maybe it’s a fit thing rather than a design flaw.

Mine do the same thing when I’m calling from anywhere with even a little traffic. I tried moving the mic closer to my mouth but that just made it worse. I think it’s the way the mic is tuned for translation, not calls. I wouldn’t count on an app update changing the hardware behavior.

Kinda surprised by this thread honestly. I was looking at these for the translation feature mainly, but I tested them for regular calls too before deciding. My experience was the opposite of what you’re describing, but I think it might have something to do with the noise reduction setting in the app. There’s a toggle in there for call environment or something like that. I flipped it to “outdoor” mode and noticed a pretty clear difference on my end during a test call.

I don’t know if that actually changes what the other person hears though, since I couldn’t exactly hear myself from their side. I just know the person I called said it sounded cleaner after I switched it. Might be worth digging around in the app settings more, since it’s easy to miss that menu. If it’s not there then yeah, probably just the mic design.

I’d try them somewhere quiet first before you judge, street calls are rough on most earbuds.