In theory the Awarness app should provide you with a more isolated listening experience. It’s just too bad you can’t program in select voices block out the girlfriend but let in the honky dory waitress. And speaking of noise cancelling headphones – this app would be particularly useful with a pair.
Get it? In other words, the Awareness app makes you aware of noises that you wouldn’t otherwise hear with your standard or noise canceling headphones. But if suddenly a bus comes barreling down the street and out of control honking its horn, which should be bonkers loud, the app will allow the noise to penetrate into your cranium. Any outside noise that isn’t as loud as the sample won’t be played through your headphones while listening to your music. It runs in the background and samples the general ambient noise using your iPhone’s (or headphone) mic. That is until this app came wondering along. Problem is we don’t hear when people are calling to us, warning us of impending danger. Many of us parade around busy cities with headphones stuck in our ears jamming out to loud music.
Whatever you do don’t confuse the iPhone Awareness app with traditional noise cancellation.
