iPhone 16 pro Video Sound Recording Issues

I am also having audio issues when I play back videos I recorded and saved to my camera roll some have sound and some don’t and when I send the ones that don’t have sounds to another phone user they are able to play the video with the sound. This is very frustrating .. feeling regret after upgrade to phone 16

I had similar issues with my iphone 16 pro where there was no audio in my recorded videos. For me it happened to be the vocal shortcuts that was creating an issue as they were using the microphone all the time. Try disabling any such accessibility.

I have the same problem, I recorded a video on my iPhone 16 por Max using HDR Mood, and then I wanted to review my video, but was no sound. I go to Capcut, and you can hear the sound, then export it again from Capcut. Yes, it's annoying as tempera. I do have another solution

Well, the video works now, I think? Reason being that I shot videos with it and the audio appears okay.

HOWEVER, the camera would fail to engage randomly as follows:

Camera app would open for 1 second or so …

The screen would then go black for 1 second or less …

The phone would then switch to the home screen automatically.

I would have to restart the phone for this problem to go away.

I contact Apple support as it is a new phone - iPhone 16 Pro Max - and I would hope everyone here who still have Apple Care on their phones to contact Apple Support for a real solution. Apple has NOT offered me a solution as I could not repeat the above problem while talking to them because the problem is random and I could not invoke the issues above myself.

Since the iPhone 3G, I could not recall an iPhone I owned which have the same degree of problems.

Yes, it happens to me too with my new iPhone 16 Pro Max. The problem arises when recording with the Spatial Audio feature enabled, and the very important thing I’ve noticed is that the audio quality drops drastically when you tilt the phone more than 45 degrees. This is likely because in Spatial mode, it uses multiple microphones and creates a conflict. If you want to record with an external microphone (such as the DJI Mic2), you need to switch from Spatial Audio mode to stereo mode in the camera settings; otherwise, you won’t be able to record audio. This is a serious issue for a phone that costs nearly 2,000 Euros—let’s hope Apple resolves the situation immediately.

I record videos on my phone for a podcast and the videos has no sound. Some of the videos don’t allow me to skip to certain parts because it would not load and I can’t edit them either. I try to trim them and it won’t work. This is frustrating. Because I do a lot of video recording and those videos are basically ruined. Those were long videos.

Same exact thing for me. Remote diagnostics looked great via online support. They did further diagnostic testing in-person at the Genius Bar and everything was fine. They finally just gave me a brand new phone out of the box - worked fine there on the first test, but the sound is now cutting out AGAIN. Has to be a software issue.

I JUST discovered that my audio (sound) playback on video recordings in the camera is MUTED whenever I have the ringer set to MUTE as well.

I just un-MUTED my ringer switch [using the Action Button or in Settings > Sound & Haptics] and re-tested by taking another video recording to hear whether the MICS on the phone pick up sound. To my pleasant surprise, after un-MUTING the ringer….the video cam now records sound along with the video in the camera app.

my Apple device is an iPhone 16 Pro Max.

Seems quite odd that Apple would mute video sound whenever the Ringer is muted, but evidently that is the way it is….at least for now until Apple chooses to modify this via an OTA software update.

Hope this is helpful to y’all.

Further testing showed sound is recorded while capturing video in the camera app, BUT sound from all videos is MUTED whenever the phone ringer is also MUTED. By just un-MUTING the ringer, I could hear the audio captured on all prior videos taken on my iPhone 16 Pro Max.

So, just un-MUTE the ringer [using the Action Button or in Settings under Sound & Haptics] to hear the recorded sound as you play back your videos taken with the camera app.

iPhone 16 Pro Max.

I have the exact same issue when making a receiving phone calls. I can hear the other person just fine But they are constantly complaining that my is breaking up or I completely disappear. But the connection remains fine. I also noticed that when using voice to text, it will sometimes stop as well which makes me think it must be the microphone on my brand new iPhone 16, very frustrating.

My iphone 16 record audio with a noising sound when I use de app camera.

When I use another app to record, like whatsapp for example, the sounds looks good.

It doesn't work change spatial audio to stereo.

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I recorded my kids singing in church with my iPhone 16Pro like I have with my previous iPhones but the 16 Pro videos sound muffled and sound goes in and out. It’s awful and annoying! I turned off special audio and will try again next Sunday. Is it worth replacing the phone with a new one at Apple or is this a software issue? I’m on 18.1.1.

Spatial Audio will play fine on Apple devices that support it. If you’re uploading to Facebook or something then you need to either run it through an app to mix it or disable the feature before you start recording.

I have similar issues with the sounds on instagram and facebook videos, the video sounds are buzzing when you explore them.

Means audio in video recording and vocal wont work together?