Windows 10: Bluetooth mic making volume extremely quiet

When I tried using the microphone on my Bluetooth headset Sony WH-1000XM4, the volume got super quiet and I could barely even hear it, even when I had the volume all the way up. And when I'm not using the mic the volume is fine. I know this started happening recently because when I used it less than a week ago the volume was fine. I believe it might be due to an update I installed a few days ago but I'm unsure.Thank you,

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Mic volume extremely low

i need help ASAP. I have a headset with a mic, and it works fine on my laptop, my Xbox, my phone, everything. The mic is normal volume there. However, in Windows 10, it is extremely quiet, even though all my mic settings are turned to 100. Gain does not
help, none of the other forums have solutions. No mic will work on Windows 10, I have to scream to get even a little volume. Please help!

 

Mic is EXTREMELY quiet on pc computer. Only reports 1-5% of volume when testing it.

So my mic that I use on my pc was working fine one day, and the next day for some reason it was incredible quiet. My friends told me when we we're in Discord that I was extremely quiet. I noticed it was also quiet in ever other place that used the mic; OBS, in proximity chat games, and also when I checked it in Settings as well. So it's not a certain app that's the problem, it's either the mic, computer, or Windows 11.

What I've already tried:

The input volume slider has always been at 100% and when I test the mic in Settings it only reports back 1-5% of the volume. I've checked for updates and it says I'm on the latest and best versions for my devices. I did the whole check Device Manager thing for new updates and got nothing. Windows 11 also has no "Recording Audio Troubleshooting" option in the troubleshoot section of Settings, but I found a roundabout way to do what seemed to be just that and it reported no problems. I've checked the mic permission in the Privacy section of Settings already and that didn't do anything. Windows 11 also has no "Enhance Audio" slider in any part of the Sound Settings, so turning that off won't help since it doesn't exist for me. I've tried restarting the Audio Services as well in the window that pops up with Windows+R.

The mic is ~2.5 years old now and is plugged into the 3.5mm jack in the pc. I've also tried plugging it into the L-in jack but that didn't change anything. The only that helped with increasing the volume was going into More Sound Settings, going to the mic, then Levels, and then boosting the volume. This made the mic louder but also made the quality of the mic drop pretty bad.

Is there any way to fix what's happening without having to ruin my mic quality? Any way to revert it to what it was like just a few days ago?

 

why is my mic super quiet

if im trying to play a game with a freind or something and im trying to talk my mic is extremely quiet to the point where i have to yell for any noise to come through the other end i have maxed every input volume setting i can but it doesnt change anything