Apple’s Airpods are already some of the best-selling earbuds in the world and now Apple is taking one version a step further. With just a simple software upgrade you can turn them into clinical grade hearing aids.

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 now have a “hearing aid feature”: a hearing test and the ability to amplify sound for mild or moderate hearing loss, with a free software update.

Three technologists in India used a homemade Faraday cage and a microwave oven to get around Apple’s location blocks.

Experts say that addressing hearing deficits is beneficial for our health, and it has become easier in recent years.

AirPods are already some of the best-selling earbuds in the world. Now, Apple is taking them a step further. With just a simple software update, you can turn them into clinical-grade hearing aids. “We always want to think about ways that we can help people improve their lives,

Three young tech enthusiasts from India have found a workaround to activate the hearing aid feature on Apple's AirPods Pro 2. The feature is currently unavailable in India. They achieved this by creating a device that tricks the AirPods into believing they are in the US.

Apple released a hearing aids feature for the AirPods Pro a while ago. I bought a pair for grandma, but then realized that the feature was geoblocked in India So we at @_lagrangepoint decided to unblock it. It ended up involving a leaky microwave and building a Faraday cage: pic.twitter.com/G7E3Bl6f7W — Rithwik Jayasimha (@thel3l) November 12, 2024

Three young tech enthusiasts from India found a way to activate a blocked feature on Apple AirPods. They built a device that tricks the AirPods into thinking they are in the US, where the feature is approved.

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