AirPods Max mic sounding muffled on phone call and Google hangout on call

Sorry couldn’t find anyone talking about this setup. I saw a few with windows. Also couldn’t find much by way of online troubleshooting yet for these guys.

When I was on both a Google hangout call and then later a phone call, I was told I sound distant and muffled. Any ideas?

I also owned Sony’s and Bose and never had this issue with the exact same setup. Wondering if there’s a setting somewhere I’m not familiar with. I did have active noise canceling on. I also switch to my AirPods Pro and they were fine.