Hear your surroundings while using headphones. Amplify and record ambient sound.
About Ambient sound: hear around
Ambient sound: hear around is a tools app developed by VilFix.
Download Statistics
Ambient sound: hear around has been downloaded 39 thousand times. In the last 30 days, the app was downloaded 940 times.
User Ratings
Ambient sound: hear around is rated 3.40 out of 5 stars. The rating is based on 140 ratings.
App Information
Ambient sound: hear around is FREE to download. The APK download size is 6.73 MB. The latest version available is 2.9.16. The last update was on July 26, 2026.
Technical Requirements
Ambient sound: hear around requires Android 8.0+ or higher. The app has a content rating of Everyone. The app has been available on Google Play July 2020.
Description
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.
Recent changes: • Improved Android 14+ compatibility and background audio reliability. • Redesigned Main, Equalizer and Recordings screens. • Added hearing profiles, speech focus, noise reduction and a safety limiter. • Added live audio-level monitoring. • Recordings now remain private until shared or saved to Music/AmbientSound. • Added recording search, sorting, rename, sharing and delete undo. • Improved notification controls, Bluetooth handling and state restoration.
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Comments on Ambient sound: hear around for Android
★★★★★Brandon Wing· Nov 23, 2020
Finally, found an app that gives you true wireless earbud ambient sound. All other apps I have tried only worked with the phones' mic. This one is able to use the earbud mic perfectly!
★★★★☆Neil Myrick· Nov 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.
★★★★☆Ravindran Mokkilmaruthur· Mar 11, 2023
Those who didn't read the About the app portion run the risk of app running in the background and draining battery even after Stop button is pressed. Why not make it stop when that button is pressed. We have to push back button twice now to completely close the app. You can make it to close when Stop button is pressed The equalizer doesn't seem to work and remain after frequencies are changed. The settings go back to default settings ie flat.
★☆☆☆☆Jose Rivera· Feb 22, 2021
Worse than my regular headphones alone. As in the quality sound is worse than the quality of sound just using my headphones without the app.
★★☆☆☆Kim Jeansson· Mar 1, 2022
When using Bluetooth earbuds it only uses 1 of the earbuds. Urban ears Luma
★☆☆☆☆J B· Mar 27, 2022
Terrible it let's u hear the background but then crashes whenever you try to go to the equalizer
★★☆☆☆Andrew Carr· Nov 8, 2021
Where do the recordings go? Der ... An obvious feature or explanation missing!
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