Within the settings feature of the Airpods there is something called "Conversation Awareness". This says "Lowers media volume and reduces background noise when you start speaking to other people".We just bought them for my SO- specifically for restaurant use…
His phonak HA is useless in restaurant situations no way he get rid of enough background use and the table top microphone to match his device are ridiculously cost prohibitive for experimenting.
Supposed to be an AirPod/iPhone feature that works the same way…haven’t figured it out yet.
Have you tried that feature?
We were able to figure out it works well with the bedroom AppleTV set top box..
There is also something called "Live Listen"
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