The AirPods Pro 2 will soon double as hearing aids

Apple has announced a batch of proceeding wellness updates coming to nan AirPods Pro 2, including a caller “clinical grade” proceeding assistance feature. The iPhone shaper says nan proceeding assistance functionality is still awaiting FDA clearance, but it expects nan agency’s support alongside different regulatory bodies “soon.”

When enabled, nan proceeding assistance characteristic will boost circumstantial sounds successful existent time, specified arsenic reside and different biology noises. A caller clinically validated proceeding trial characteristic will besides beryllium included successful this update that tin thief to observe proceeding loss. Apple says nan trial requires some nan AirPods Pro and a connected iPhone and tin beryllium taken successful nether 5 minutes.

The trial will inquire users to perceive to noises astatine a assortment of frequencies and past pat their iPhone surface accordingly. The results tin beryllium viewed wrong nan iPhone Health app and will create a civilization proceeding floor plan that’s past automatically applied erstwhile users perceive to audio for illustration music, podcasts, and calls.

Apple is besides launching a passive proceeding protection mode that will automatically trim sound successful large environments for illustration concerts. The characteristic is ever enabled, pinch Apple noting that 1 successful 3 group are regularly exposed to noisy environments that could harm their hearing.

The AirPods Pro 2’s caller proceeding assistance and proceeding trial features are expected to motorboat this autumn successful complete 100 countries and regions and will beryllium released arsenic a free package update for iOS 18.

Developing… cheque retired our live blog for nan latest details.