airpods as hearing aids - tips & tricks
Reviewed in the United States on November 19, 2024 | Rating: 4/5 | Best Sellers in Electronics
i had airpods pro gen 1 for a while and didnt feel the need to upgrade then apple recently announced that the fda approved airpods pro 2 as overthecounter hearing aids at first i thought id wait till the next version but then i reconsidered and ordered a pairive been using them now for about a week as hearing aids mostly and am quite impressed apple seems to have gone above and beyond with this feature its not perfect but it also doesnt come across as rushed outthe hearing  audiology test that you take with your iphone or ipad is very intuitive and easy then you can apply it to your airpods to use them as hearing aidsits still obviously in its early stages and i hope theyll improve upon the software but its pretty impressive some controls and menus are overly deep or even kind of hidden so it takes some time so find your way around there is even more than one way to do the same thing like switch between test resultsi found the site alternapop useful for guidance and tipsfor the price they are hard to beat for occasional hearing aid use i plan on using them to watch movies at home so i dont have to crank up the sound theyll be great when watching movies at others homes so they wont have to crank the sound or turn on closed captioningfor more professional hearing aids with better processing in various environments and programmability youll have to step up to the much higher price range but these are hard to beat for the price