Voice Isolation not working after iOS 18.4.1 update on my iPhone 14 Pro

Hello


I recently experienced a reality check of not having a voice isolation working.

Voice isolation was working fine in 18.3 version of the SW. However, after updating to 18.4.1, my family members and I are facing the voice isolation not working issue.

My family and I talk over Whatsapp/Facetime since we are in different timezones.

Having said that, i tried a few different things to see whether this issue is related to specifc app or phone. or any piece of hardware.

  1. I tried toggling between wide spectrum and voice isolation whilst I was on call. It didnt work. I also tried, automatic and voice isolation, it didnt work either.
  2. We switched apps from whatsapp and facetime to normal voice call, telegram and Instagram. voice isolation didnt work.
  3. Settings for enabling voice isolation was active, i toggled that and tried having a call, it didnt work.
  4. I checked for updates, nothing as this is the latest version.
  5. I switched off the phone and waited for 10 minutes and restarted, it worked momentarily (but the voise isolation was not up to the original standards which i had in the previous versions but satisfactory).
  6. Last option is to reset the phone to factory settings. I will not do this as there are a lot of data that I couldn't risk of missing whilst backing them up.

Hence, I am reaching out to see if there is a way to get the original level of voice isolation back or anyone who has experienced same issues can help eachother out.


Best regards

Hemanth



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iPhone 14 Pro, iOS 18

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May 4, 2025 02:54 AM in response to hemanth_gurumurthy

In my case I use to meet weekly with my brother to play guitar, now with this Fxxxxg ios 18.4.1 sxxt my guitar is isolated and cancelled.


I tried everything, even considered that my new Iphone 16e was defective.


The only "solution"= pain in the ***, is to interrupt the call, reset the iphone (dont need to wait 10'), re-call and activate wide spectrum ASAP. Then it work!


Such a bug, fail of designed it's unacceptable. This devices are so expensive so they must work properly.


So Apple do something now.


It's my first commet ever & I'm not sure if Apple staff review them but I don't know how to communicate to Apple that I'm an Iphone usser since Iphone 3, & Im not happy with this ios 18 at all. Iphone where chosen for to be simple. Now you need 4 clicks to do a task that previously requieres 1 or 2 (photos app as example). So pls. Fix your bugs, keep it simple and dont let Sansumg get over you, because Im moving to samsung if Apple/Iphone stop to be Apple/Iphone anymore; not only a brand, instead a practical & potent machine. And I constantly speaking about this with Iphone users and most think the same. You are doing bxxx sxxxt lastly.


Yesterday I was with a workmate that bought a Macbook, same sxxt! He gave it to his girlfriend & return to windows.. take note!

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