Overview
- WhatsApp began rolling out an in-call “mic mode” control in mid-July via the App Store update WhatsApp for iOS 26.27.74, and the option is appearing for some accounts as the rollout continues.
- Users find the setting on the call screen by tapping the More button, selecting Mic Mode, and then choosing a system option that iOS applies immediately without leaving or ending the call.
- The shortcut exposes Apple’s four system modes — Automatic, Standard, Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum — and the chosen mode persists for the WhatsApp app until the user changes it.
- This iOS shortcut relies on Apple’s system-level audio processing rather than WhatsApp doing its own processing, which contrasts with WhatsApp’s separate noise-cancellation feature that it built into Android.
- Availability depends on the WhatsApp app version, the iPhone model and iOS version because Voice Isolation and Wide Spectrum require iOS 15 or later on iPhone XR/XS and newer and Automatic requires iOS 18, and WhatsApp has not announced a date for full rollout.