Scuffed audio on IOS

[azure ore]

Music and SFX become garbled when using AirPods. I’m on an iPhone 16 using 2nd generation AirPod Pros. I’ve tried reinstalling the game and playing the game with no other apps running but the problem still persist. Interestingly, when I screen recorded an example of the audio breaking down during the tutorial, the audio plays back normally on the recording. TheoTown is the only game on iOS where I’ve encountered this problem, and looking through this Discord and the App Store reviews, it seems that this issue has been around for a while.

I saw that one of the threads reporting this had a “Known Issue” tag applied to it, but that was over two years ago. It’s honestly a deal breaker on IOS, which sucks because it’s a great game. Is this simply a mobile device limitation? I wouldn’t mind trying the game out on PC if this is an issue constrained to mobile devices.

Similar Threads:
https://discord.com/channels/365478391719264276/1435419520964497448
https://discord.com/channels/365478391719264276/1139275106934345840
https://discord.com/channels/365478391719264276/1125441492140437596

[dreamy zealot]

does this hapen if you arent wearing airpods? what about other games when wearing the airpods

[azure ore]

No, this only happens when using AirPods which lines up with the other people that have had this issue. Also no, this is the only game where I’ve had this problem.

[dreamy zealot]

any clue? @wanton pawn

[untold talon]

Somethings causing the airpods to enter Hands free AG audio for some reason is my guess.

[north mortar]

It's an iOS issue of the framework TheoTown is built on. The only known solution described here https://github.com/libgdx/libgdx/issues/4624#issuecomment-283728122 is already implemented in the game, so I'm out of ideas for now.

[formal bear]

I have noticed also that waiting a bit either in game or not playing the game brings it back along with sometimes disconnecting and reconnecting your headphones