--- --- Nov 19, 2020 # Clearing The Airwaves Krisp by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Courtesy As millions adjust to remote work, unwanted background noises—yelling kids, roaring lawn mowers, barking dogs—have become the scourge of online meetings. Think of [Krisp](https://krisp.ai/) as your mute button for all that. The noise-­canceling app, which costs $5 a month if you pay annually and is compatible with any video­conferencing software, uses machine learning to differentiate between your voice and background sounds, filtering out unwanted noises so your colleagues only hear you. _—­Madeleine ­Carlisle_ Krisp: The 100 Best Inventions of 2020 ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"Article","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911320/krisp/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911320/krisp/"},"headline":"Clearing The Airwaves","datePublished":"2020-11-19T01:27:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-02T23:45:27.209Z","description":"","url":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911320/krisp/","keywords":["list","franchise","best inventions","Best Inventions 2020"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dcc1eecf87859d9/698a143ddb2987e430266050/best-inventions-of-2020-Krisp-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"creator":"TIME Staff","articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt3dcc1eecf87859d9/698a143ddb2987e430266050/best-inventions-of-2020-Krisp-3.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/collections/best-inventions-2020/5911320/krisp/","name":"Clearing The Airwaves"}}]}] ```