The Apple AirPods Pro 2 hearing health features are finally live. Here's how to accessing the features as well as some troubleshooting tips.

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When iOS 18.1 arrived earlier this week, Apple delivered the highly-anticipated suite of hearing health features that it announced at the iPhone event in September. This includes hearing aid and hearing protection tools,

A free, over-the-air update gives these popular earbuds a hearing test and over-the-counter hearing aid capabilityAirPods Pro 2 earbuds work with your iPhone to test your hearing and provide

For now, the hearing aid feature is only available with the AirPods Pro 2 model. Users will need an iPhone or iPad to set it up. The feature setup starts with built-in hearing loss tests to determine whether or not users have hearing loss. If they do, they can then set up their own customized amplification levels.

Learn how to activate the hearing aid feature on AirPods Pro 2, enhancing your auditory experience with iOS 18.1.

Some Apple AirPods wireless headphones can be used as hearing aids with a new software update that became available recently. It's a high-profile move that experts applaud, even if they only reach a small portion of the millions of Americans with hearing loss.