People are putting their new iPhone 16 in socks to make it a pro-grade microphone – works like magic

Spoiler alert – iPhone 16 Pro might be the biggest leap forward for audio recording on smartphones in a really long time, and while Google was first to use “AI” processing to improve the audio experience on the Pixel (with Audio Magic Eraser), the iPhone’s new hardware-software combo takes things to a whole new level.

Your iPhone 16 Pro can be your new default microphone for content creation – putting it in a sock unlocks next-level audio quality

I’ve gone through a bunch of reviews and user experiences that highlight some pretty cool aspects of these upgrades, and I’m very impressed from what I’m hearing – literally and figuratively.

The new audio experience on iPhone 16 Pro wouldn’t be possible without the quad microphones Apple added this year, and while the vanilla iPhone 16 has the same Audio Mix feature set as the pro model, it’s the 16 Pro that captures the best, most balanced, and most “spatial” audio between the two.