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AirPods already offer several features related to hearing health and accessibility, however a report from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman (via 9to5mac) says Apple plans to enhance the capabilities of its headphones with a new “hearing aid mode”.
Gurman notes that AirPods Pro will not receive any hardware changes in 2024, but will be updated with a new “hearing aid mode” along with the release of iOS 18.
Previous hearing features on AirPods included Live Listen, which launched in iOS 12 in 2018 and allowed you to essentially turn your iPhone into a microphone, transmitting recorded audio to your headphones. Also in 2021, Apple introduced Conversation Boost, which boosts the microphone to better hear the person talking next to you.
Meanwhile, a 2022 study found that AirPods Pro are already comparable to much more expensive dedicated devices thanks to some hearing-related features. It is also worth noting that two years ago the US Food and Drug Administration established new guidelines approving the category of hearing aids available for purchase without prescriptions.
The announcement of iOS 18 is scheduled for June's WWDC conference and, as Gurman previously noted, Apple sees it as “one of the biggest iOS updates, if not the biggest, in the company's history.” In particular, we are talking about the integration of artificial intelligence functions into Siri, Messages, Apple Music, Keynote, Pages and the like. It is also likely that iOS 18 will become similar to visionOS and will receive transparent menus.
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