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Live ListenBy MacRumors Staff on January 15, 2019Jump to How Tos ArticlesLive Listen How TosHow to Use Apple's Live Listen Feature With Beats Studio ProThursday July 20, 2023 12:07 am PDT by Tim HardwickSince 2014, Apple has inclu

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How to Use Apple's Live Listen Feature With Beats Studio Pro

Thursday July 20, 2023 12:07 am PDT by Tim Hardwick
Since 2014, Apple has included a little-known feature in iOS called Live Listen that allows an iPhone or iPad to serve as a remote microphone for an MFI-compatible hearing aid. On Beats Studio Pro and other MFI devices, including AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, and Beats Fit Pro, the Live Listen feature can also be used as a monitoring device because it uses the iPhone as a...

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AirPods Live Listen: Hearing Aid or Spy Tool?

Tuesday January 15, 2019 12:07 pm PST by Juli Clover
Apple in iOS 12 introduced a new Live Listen feature that's designed to turn the iPhone into a remote microphone for the AirPods. Live Listen has been around for years for MFi-compatible hearing aids, but it's only with the addition of AirPods support that it became available for general iOS users. Subscribe to the MacRumors YouTube channel for more videos. As an enterprising individual...
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