iPhone App Filters in Important Outside Noise When Listening to Music [IPhone Apps]

How often have you listened to music inside the office, and not realized someone’s shouting at you? Or unknowingly missed a press release on the train that the course was changing? ” Awareness! The Headphone App!” can be a $5 life-saver.

Available for both the iPhone and iPod Touch, it utilizes the inbuilt microphone and feeds in relevant outside noise over the music. How does the app know what’s relevant or not? Well, it’s not really accurate 100 per cent of the time, but any sharp noises (resembling a car horn, or someone suddenly shouting) will make it over your David Bowie, but constant noise, akin to a jackhammer or people talking next to you, will remain blocked out.

Well, as blocked out as they always were, that’s to claim… [ iTunes via Shiny Shiny via OhGizmo ]

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