diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.cc b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.cc
index 5f36e6518e..2222b18452 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.cc
@@ -19,10 +19,15 @@
 #include "modules/audio_processing/logging/apm_data_dumper.h"
 #include "rtc_base/atomicops.h"
 #include "rtc_base/checks.h"
+#include "system_wrappers/include/field_trial.h"
 
 namespace webrtc {
 namespace {
 
+bool EnableTransparentMode() {
+  return !field_trial::IsEnabled("WebRTC-Aec3TransparentModeKillSwitch");
+}
+
 float ComputeGainRampupIncrease(const EchoCanceller3Config& config) {
   const auto& c = config.echo_removal_control.gain_rampup;
   return powf(1.f / c.first_non_zero_gain, 1.f / c.non_zero_gain_blocks);
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ int AecState::instance_count_ = 0;
 AecState::AecState(const EchoCanceller3Config& config)
     : data_dumper_(
           new ApmDataDumper(rtc::AtomicOps::Increment(&instance_count_))),
+      allow_transparent_mode_(EnableTransparentMode()),
       erle_estimator_(config.erle.min, config.erle.max_l, config.erle.max_h),
       config_(config),
       max_render_(config_.filter.main.length_blocks, 0.f),
@@ -223,10 +229,8 @@ void AecState::Update(
   transparent_mode_ =
       transparent_mode_ &&
       (consistent_filter_estimate_not_seen || !converged_filter_seen_);
-  transparent_mode_ = transparent_mode_ &&
-                      (filter_should_have_converged_ ||
-                       (!external_delay_seen_ &&
-                        capture_block_counter_ > 10 * kNumBlocksPerSecond));
+  transparent_mode_ = transparent_mode_ && filter_should_have_converged_;
+  transparent_mode_ = transparent_mode_ && allow_transparent_mode_;
 
   usable_linear_estimate_ = !echo_saturation_;
   usable_linear_estimate_ =
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.h b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.h
index 4f5c8717b1..7d5fe43338 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.h
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/aec_state.h
@@ -142,6 +142,7 @@ class AecState {
 
   static int instance_count_;
   std::unique_ptr<ApmDataDumper> data_dumper_;
+  const bool allow_transparent_mode_;
   ErlEstimator erl_estimator_;
   ErleEstimator erle_estimator_;
   size_t capture_block_counter_ = 0;
diff --git a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/subtractor.cc b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/subtractor.cc
index a72a667312..7ea616741c 100644
--- a/modules/audio_processing/aec3/subtractor.cc
+++ b/modules/audio_processing/aec3/subtractor.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@ void Subtractor::Process(const RenderBuffer& render_buffer,
       std::accumulate(e_shadow.begin(), e_shadow.end(), 0.f, sum_of_squares);
 
   constexpr float kConvergenceThreshold = 50 * 50 * kBlockSize;
-  main_filter_converged_ = e2_main < 0.2 * y2 && y2 > kConvergenceThreshold;
+  main_filter_converged_ = e2_main < 0.5f * y2 && y2 > kConvergenceThreshold;
   shadow_filter_converged_ =
       e2_shadow < 0.05 * y2 && y2 > kConvergenceThreshold;
   main_filter_once_converged_ =