When you shoot video on iPhone 16 models, multiple formats like Spatial Audio and Stereo are recorded to allow more audio customization. If you record video with Spatial Audio turned on, you can later edit the video sound — to reduce background noise to focus on the person speaking on camera, for example.

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Spatial Audio is automatically enabled on all iPhone 16 models when you record video. Spatial Audio produces a more realistic and immersive audio recording, but it also allows you to edit the sound of your video later in the Photos app using the new Audio Mix feature.

Audio Mix uses machine learning to identify and separate background audio and speech, allowing you to choose one of the following options to remix your video's sound:

  • Standard: Play the original audio you recorded.
  • In-Frame: Reduce sounds and voices from sources not visible in the video frame.
  • Studio: Reduce background sounds and reverb, to make it sound more like you’re recording in a professional studio.
  • Cinematic: Put all the voices onto a front-facing track and leave environmental noises in surround, like the audio in movies.

Editing With Audio Mix

The following steps show you how to edit the audio of a video captured on iPhone 16:

  1. Open the Photos app on your iPhone.
  2. Open a video, then tap the Edit icon (it looks like three sliders).
  3. Tap Audio Mix, then choose one of the following: Standard, In-Frame, Studio, and Cinematic.
  4. Drag the slider below the mix options to increase or decrease the effect and background noise levels.
  5. Tap Done to finish.

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That's all there is to it. On iPhone 16 models, when you record video with Spatial Audio or Stereo, wind noise is automatically reduced while recording. You can turn off this this setting by going to Settings ➝ Camera ➝ Record Sound, then turning off Wind Noise Reduction.

Related Roundups: iPhone 16, iPhone 16 Pro

Top Rated Comments

SantaFeNM Avatar
23 weeks ago

Has anyone found this particular feature useful? The few videos I've seen demonstrating this on YouTube didn't seem like an improvement over the audio in older phones. ?️
For filming auditions, the new mics and Audio Mix features are incredibly useful to me. Eliminating or reducing reverb/background noise on-device, while not having a clip/take ruined is a Godsend. I adjust the intensity of the different effects to get just the right sound quality, never to the point that it sounds overly processed/robotic.

Sound....Audio Mix with the better mics, is one of the reasons I purchased the 16 Pro, coming from a 13 Mini.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
LIVEFRMNYC Avatar
23 weeks ago
This works extremely well. Recorded a short video in the rain. Went from standard to studio, and the results were amazing.
Score: 4 Votes (Like | Disagree)
vantelimus Avatar
23 weeks ago

Has anyone found this particular feature useful? The few videos I've seen demonstrating this on YouTube didn't seem like an improvement over the audio in older phones. ?️
The few videos you’ve seen on YouTube were rushed there to beat other reviews. Wait until people who actually use the features learn how to use them before you listen to the reviews.

Honestly, reviews within the first couple of weeks are mostly suspect. They fall into one of three categories: product promotion, negative fud, or useless self promotion.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Reeneman Avatar
23 weeks ago
The feature itself is a good one.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
heretiq Avatar
23 weeks ago
This is a very impressive integration of pro audio features in a consumer device. The capability is out of the way for those who don’t need it, but there and implemented in an elegant way for those who do need it. A great example of innovation in managing complexity of devices deployed at billions of units scale.
Score: 3 Votes (Like | Disagree)
coffeemilktea Avatar
23 weeks ago
Has anyone found this particular feature useful? The few videos I've seen demonstrating this on YouTube didn't seem like an improvement over the audio in older phones. ?️
Score: 2 Votes (Like | Disagree)

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