We use smartphones less and less to talk on the phone. Every time we call it is more common to use the microphone of the headphones. That happens for a reason, and it is because mobile phones work increasingly worse when making calls. And it is because of the microphones, which are not of a great quality. And at least until next year we won't have better microphones. This is a problem for services like Google Now, Assistant, and company.
What quality are the mobile microphones?
Smart assistants are coming to smartphones and tablets. But, have we stopped to think about whether the microphones that have to detect the audio work well? Because in many cases it is not. The iPhone 6s, for example, has four microphones, but it has to be a high-end mobile that has this number of microphones. And even so, we are talking about microphones that have not changed technology in a long time. We continue to use microphones with static discs, so after a while, they accumulate dirt and detect the sound much worse. That means that with the passage of time, services such as Google Now, or Assistant in the future, begin to be less useful, by detecting our voice worse, or by not being able to detect the voice where it makes noise.
It seems that the manufacturers of microphones that are responsible for the manufacture of a large volume of microphones for smartphones on the market, are thinking about important novelties for the improvement of these. We find software improvements, with better sound detection, as well as hardware improvements, thanks to which we will see flexible microphone plates, which will avoid dirt on the surface of the microphones, which should improve the detection of the audio. . For now, yes, they will arrive in mid-2017, and it will be necessary to see if it is not one of those novelties that is dispensed with in smartphones to reduce costs in the case of the mid-range. It is a possibility that would not be rare, so we will see.
Yes?
Have studies already been done on that?
It has been… two or three years since that technology has been incorporated. Few users are comfortable talking to their phone. However, has a study already been done on a significant number of phones? How do some microphones deteriorate, how do certain models prevent command recognition over time? Has it been identified how some are better than others, etc?
Maybe it's just an excuse to sell us the "ultimate microphone." Change your phone, it brings a very bad microphone. YOU NEED this other one.
Well, thank goodness that the manufacturers look out for our interests.