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by gwd 2019 days ago
> the audio quality for calling is disastrous, disabling (or turning down the noise cancelling) is impossible without their App

Do I have the QC35 II's or something then? There's a button on the side of mine which will change noise cancellation level.

At any rate, yeah, there are annoyances for sure. Keeping open two connections rather than having to switch is a definite improvement, IMHO.
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dragonwriter 2019 days ago
> Do I have the QC35 II's or something then? There's a button on the side of mine which will change noise cancellation level.

That button can be configured for that or for voice assistant activation, lots of people probably use it for the latter.

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dont__panic 2019 days ago
It seems a little silly to complain that a feature is missing from headphones when it actually exists, but the user has made an active choice to include a different feature instead. With always-on listening and easy activation from phones these days, I can't help but think that there's little reason to use the button to activate a voice assistant anyway. Not least of which is the dubious usefulness of voice assistants.
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dijit 2019 days ago
More like a passive choice as it’s what is configured out of the box.

And I don’t remember seeing this option in the Bose connect app either.

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