Headset Microphone Picking Up Background Noise and Playing Back

[Toby Butler 407]

I recently purchased a Microsoft headset (8JR-00001 model). They have a very weird quirk that is making them unusable. Any time I use a meeting app (Zoom, Teams, Google Meet, etc.), the microphone immediately starts picking up all background noise around me and playing it back through my headset. This happens both on the USB dongle and bluetooth. If I do speak, my voice is relatively quiet on about the same level as the background noise. The design of this headset doesn't let me move the microphone closer to my mouth.I don't have any issues like this when using the embedded speakers

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