AMD just leaked its Nvidia RTX Voice competitor in a (now deleted) video

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A competitor to RTX Voice, a feature for graphics cards that cancels out background noise when you're on a call or using your mic, is on the verge of being released by Advanced Micro Devices. Tom's Hardware reported that a trailer that was posted to its YouTube channel appeared to be in error. A copy of the trailer was downloaded before it was deleted and uploaded to the subreddit.

The leaked trailer shows that the noise suppression feature will work in the same way as the voice feature in the broadcast app. A real-time deep learning algorithm is used to offer two-way noise-reduction that filters background noise out of both outgoing and incoming microphone audio.

How well the technology works in practice is the big question. It sometimes feels like magic, and when I used it in the past it happily canceled out the sound of mechanical keyboards. If it can't match features like these, it's going to be hard for it to overcome its weak position in the market.

There is no mention of when the feature might get an official announcement or what hardware will be required to use it. The key to making the software work was the Tensor cores found in the newer graphics cards. The feature was supported on older cards that did not have dedicated hardware. It would be great if the feature worked across a broad range of devices.

The representatives from the company did not reply.