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Xcode iPhone simulator keyboard press messing with computer audio quality

When a keyboard press is done in the simulator, it seems the audio of the simulator takes over, and in turn, makes the audio quality of a youtube video play poorly. The problem is fixed once I quit the simulator and refresh the video.

Any quick fixes for this problem?

Thanks in advance.

Solution

  • This is likely keyboard click sounds playing which can push BlueTooth devices into "phone call" mode with a low bit rate codec.

    You can avoid that by selecting the internal microphone as the input device for simulators.

    Xcode 11.3.1 & earlier: Device > Audio Input > Internal Microphone
    Xcode 11.4+: I/O > Audio Input > Internal Microphone
    Xcode 12+: By default non-Bluetooth input devices are always preferred if available. If you do want to use BT headphones for input manually select them in I/O > Audio Input.