AirPods, hearing aid and Apple

Apple’s AirPods Pro hearing health tools could normalize wearing earbuds everywhere
The biggest audio announcement at Apple’s iPhone event last month wasn’t the AirPods 4. Instead, the milestone news was the company’s plan to introduce a robust suite of hearing health features for the AirPods Pro 2 alongside iOS 18.
Apple Posts Support Document Detailing AirPods’ Hearing Health Availability
It’s a big week if you live and breathe by accessibility in Apple devices.
Your AirPods Pro 2 can now work as a hearing aid–here’s how
Start by putting your AirPods Pro 2 in your ears and then open Settings. Tap on your AirPods (near the top of the Settings page) and look for the Hearing Health section. You’ll see options for Hearing Protection, Hearing Assistance, and Take a Hearing Test. Tap that to get started.
AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Health Features Hands-On
The Apple AirPods Pro 2 hearing health features are finally live. Here's how to accessing the features as well as some troubleshooting tips.
Inside Apple's effort to integrate hearing health into AirPods Pro 2
Apple aims to make hearing health more accessible with AirPods Pro 2, introducing a tool for protecting, testing, and enhancing hearing. The company reveals the development process behind these features.
Inside Apple's audio lab that came up with the hearing aid features for the AirPods Pro 2
Yesterday, we told you about the latest iOS 18.1 update that brings advanced hearing health features to AirPods Pro 2 users. Have you ever wondered how this was made possible by Apple, though?
How to take Apple’s hearing test with the AirPods Pro 2
When iOS 18.1 arrived earlier this week, Apple delivered the highly-anticipated suite of hearing health features that it announced at the iPhone event in September. This includes hearing aid and hearing protection tools,
The AirPods Pro 2 Finally Receive Its Hearing Health Features
Apple’s much-talked-about hearing health features for the AirPods Pro 2 have finally been released in a firmware update today. Though you can update your AirPods Pro to the latest version to receive the features today, you’d have to wait until October 28, the release of iOS 18.1, to use them.
Apple adds Hearing Aid and Health features to AirPods Pro 2 via iOS 18.1 software update
Hearing Aid: Provides personalized, clinical-grade assistance that is automatically applied to sounds in your environment as well as music, videos, and calls (intended for users 18 years or older with perceived mild to moderate hearing loss)
Apple Releases New AirPods Pro 2 Firmware Just Ahead of Launch of iOS 18.1 Hearing Aid Feature
Apple has released a new firmware update for its AirPods Pro 2 USB-C and Lightning models. The latest firmware has a build number of 7B19, replacing the 7A305 firmware Apple released in September.
How to Take a Hearing Test With an iPhone and AirPods Pro 2
Find a quiet room where you can take the hearing test undisturbed for about 5 minutes. As part of the test, the iPhone gauges whether
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