Ambient sound: hear around
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3.4star
141 reviews
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About this app
Ambient Sound lets you hear what happens around you while wearing headphones or earbuds.
The app amplifies real-world sound through your microphone so you can stay aware of your surroundings without removing your headphones. It is useful for walking, commuting, exercising, working, or any situation where awareness matters.
Key features
• Amplify ambient sound in real time
• Adjustable gain and equalizer controls
• Works in the background with a persistent notification
• Record ambient audio and save files accessible from other apps
• Supports wired and selected Bluetooth microphones
• Optimized for modern Android versions
Use cases
• Hear traffic or people while listening to music
• Stay aware during outdoor activities
• Monitor surrounding sound indoors
• Record environmental audio for later playback
Privacy
Ambient Sound processes audio locally on your device. Audio is not transmitted or shared. Diagnostic data may be collected only to improve app stability and performance.
The app amplifies real-world sound through your microphone so you can stay aware of your surroundings without removing your headphones. It is useful for walking, commuting, exercising, working, or any situation where awareness matters.
Key features
• Amplify ambient sound in real time
• Adjustable gain and equalizer controls
• Works in the background with a persistent notification
• Record ambient audio and save files accessible from other apps
• Supports wired and selected Bluetooth microphones
• Optimized for modern Android versions
Use cases
• Hear traffic or people while listening to music
• Stay aware during outdoor activities
• Monitor surrounding sound indoors
• Record environmental audio for later playback
Privacy
Ambient Sound processes audio locally on your device. Audio is not transmitted or shared. Diagnostic data may be collected only to improve app stability and performance.
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Safety starts with understanding how developers collect and share your data. Data privacy and security practices may vary based on your use, region, and age. The developer provided this information and may update it over time.
No data shared with third parties
Learn more about how developers declare sharing
This app may collect these data types
App activity, App info and performance, and Device or other IDs
Data isn’t encrypted
Data can’t be deleted
Ratings and reviews
3.4
136 reviews
Neil Myrick
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November 29, 2020
Only works with bluetooth headphones set to telephony, which significantly reduces the audio quality and disables stereo sound. Also, even with the headphones set to telephony, the gain doesn't go high enough to really be able to hear external sounds well. Update: Thanks for your response. I guess I'll have to try it sometime with my phone not in my pocket.
9 people found this review helpful
VilFix
November 29, 2020
Hi Neil, thank you for your feedback. If you use the microphone built in your headphones, that hardware is design only for telephony and that is the reason the sound it is not really loud. However, this depends on the headphones you are using. Try to select the internal microphone for a better sound performance and set volume and gain to maximum.
Charles L Weiss
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February 11, 2026
The app keeps shutting down when I try to adjust the equalizer. edit: the developer delivered on his word. This app works great, now.
1 person found this review helpful
VilFix
April 3, 2022
An update solving this issue should be available today
Yahyaa Shaikh
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December 14, 2025
Sound cuts after screen off , sound is not clear after screen off
VilFix
December 14, 2025
Thank you for your feedback. We will investigate the issue with your phone model and release an update as soon as possible
What’s new
Audio files accessible from other apps
App support
About the developer
Pedro José Fuertes Durbán
contact@vilfix.com
Küferweg 1A
55128 Mainz
Germany
