John Voorhees tested the AirPods Pro 2’s new Hearing Aid feature and was thoroughly impressed:
My brief experience with hearing assistance has been wild and surprising in a very good way. I’m fortunate that my hearing loss is mild. At the same time, though, the difference from using hearing assistance is so noticeable that I don’t want to take my AirPods out of my ears. I’m sure the novelty of hearing assistance will wear off and become the ‘new normal,’ but I won’t forget the experience of those first hours using it. It was remarkable.
The “I’ll probably never need it” features stack up.
With fall and crash detection, heart rate and vitals monitoring, satellite messaging, hearing aid and more, Apple’s built up their ecosystem into a compelling personal guardian.