On Monday at its grand launch event, Apple announced a new Hearing Aid mode coming to the AirPods Pro 2 as a software update. This feature has now been authorized by the FDA, paving the way for its rollout.
This will make the AirPods Pro 2 among the cheapest hearing aids on the market, dedicated or not – and they’re also very good earbuds for playing music and listening to other media on top of that.
Apple’s Hearing Aid function will either use a hearing test that is performed on the spot using your AirPods Pro 2 and your iPhone, or an audiogram from a hearing health professional.
The adjustments that are made based on the hearing test or audiogram are then automatically applied to everything you hear in your AirPods Pro 2 – transparency mode, yes, but also music, movies, podcasts, whatever else.
The Hearing Aid feature is promised to land in more than 100 countries and regions in the future. This will work with iPhones on iOS 18 only. Speaking of which, the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system will become available on September 16.
