The voice isolation feature, built to drown out background noises during calls, is not a new feature introduced with the latest iOS 17 update. Instead, it was first launched with iOS 15 in ...

It only worked for calls conducted in certain apps, and didn’t play nice with standard phone calls at all. Advertisement That changed with Apple’s iOS 16.4 software, which was released at the ...

Even now, there’s no Wide Spectrum option for phone calls—only Voice Isolation. As of this article, the 16.4 update isn’t out yet, but there is a public beta available for anyone interested ...

Since the feature is still present in Phone Controls, it could become available for phone calls in the future. For more on iOS 18, here's all the features included in iOS 18.5 and iOS 18.4 .