Apple has received approval from Health Canada, the Canadian government agency responsible for national health policy, for the hearing aid and hearing test features available on the AirPods Pro 2. This approval signals that it may not be long before Apple expands these capabilities to users across Canada.
As reported by MacRumors, Health Canada issued Apple licenses for the hearing aid and hearing test capabilities on Wednesday, which were necessary for Apple to roll out these features to Canadian users.
The hearing health features first launched in the U.S. and select other countries in late October. This week, the features expanded to users in France, Italy, Luxembourg, Romania, Spain, Cyprus, Czechia, and the UK with the release of iOS 18.2.
Introduced in September, the AirPods Pro 2 hearing aid feature offers two key modes: a default hearing protection mode with passive noise cancellation for loud environments, and a “clinical-grade” hearing aid mode.
Users can take a clinically validated hearing test in under five minutes using their AirPods and iPhone, with results securely stored in the Health app. If hearing loss is detected, the hearing aid mode activates, enhancing environmental sounds and applying a personalized hearing profile for audio, including music and podcasts.
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