FaceTime’s visual and Wide Spectrum Audio are among the new additions in macOS Monterey, Apple’s next major operating system release.
There’s a Wide Spectrum setting for the audio, which is one of the options. When you want the other person to be able to hear everything that’s going on around you, this is the microphone setting to choose.
It can be enabled on Macs running macOS Monterey and later.
- Activate the FaceTime app and begin a video or voice conversation.
- You may access the Control Center by clicking the Control Center symbol on the right-hand side of the menu bar after you’ve connected to the call.
- To switch to microphone mode, click the Mic Mode button.
- Opt for the Wide-Spectrum setting.
Repeat the previous steps and choose one of the numerous choices in the final menu to turn off Wide Spectrum and use Standard or Voice Isolation mode instead (which shuts out background noise).