Can't wait to try AirPods Pro 2's hearing aid feature next week? You may miss out – depending on where you live

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The AirPods Pro 2 connected a array pinch case

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Earlier this week Apple revealed that its AirPods Pro 2 proceeding assistance upgrade would commencement rolling out week commencing October 28.

Unveiled astatine nan iPhone 16 event successful September, Apple is adding a caller proceeding trial and over-the-counter proceeding assistance functionality to its AirPods Pro 2, providing proceeding support for those pinch mild to mean proceeding loss.

As we noted yesterday (October 21), nan rollout will statesman successful nan United States for some nan Lightning and USB-C versions of nan AirPods Pro 2 by measurement of a package update. However, Apple has confirmed that only 1 different state will beryllium getting nan characteristic astatine launch.

As reported by aggregate outlets, Apple's AirPods Pro Hearing Health web page now confirms that AirPods Hearing Protection "is only disposable successful nan U.S. and Canada."

Apple's AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Aids: Which countries are in?

AirPods Pro 2 Hearing Test Start Screen connected an iPhone 16

In September, Apple confirmed that its Hearing Health features for AirPods Pro 2 would beryllium disposable successful much than 100 countries and regions including nan US, Germany, and Japan.

As it stands, adjacent week only US and Canadian users look group to benefit. It's apt that Apple is still awaiting clearance from various wellness bodies astir nan world for its feature, aliases that it has deliberately staggered nan rollout to guarantee location are nary bugs.

We've been hands-on pinch nan characteristic successful nan run-up to nan motorboat – and we were impressed. The proceeding trial was easy to perform, and nan results elemental to digest.

In our early testing, we've recovered nan proceeding assistance mode makes sounds, peculiarly voices, much pronounced and amplified. It besides improves listening to euphony played done speakers and watching TV.

What's more, wearing thing discreet for illustration AirPods Pro besides provides an replacement to wearing bulkier proceeding immunodeficiency and nan imaginable stigma that comes pinch them.

As it stands, Apple's AirPods Pro Hearing Health features will rotation retired to nan US and Canada adjacent week. We've reached retired to Apple regarding erstwhile nan features will travel to different countries, and we'll update this communicative if and erstwhile we get a response.

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Stephen Warwick is TechRadar's Fitness & Wearables writer pinch astir a decade of acquisition covering technology, including 5 years arsenic nan News Editor of iMore. He's a keen fittingness enthusiast and is ne'er acold from nan section gym, Apple Watch astatine nan ready, to grounds his latest workout. Stephen has acquisition penning astir each facet of exertion including products, services, hardware, and software. He's covered breaking news and processing stories regarding proviso chains, patents and litigation, competition, authorities and lobbying, nan environment, and more. He's conducted interviews pinch manufacture experts successful a scope of fields including finance, litigation, security, and more. Outside of work, he's a monolithic tech and history buff pinch a passion for Rome Total War, reading, and music.

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