Use Live Listen with AirPods or Beats

Live Listen can help you hear a conversation in a noisy area or even hear someone speaking across the room.

To use Live Listen with your AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro or Beats Fit Pro, your iOS or iPadOS device needs iOS or iPadOS 14.3 or later. You also need to connect your AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, or Beats Fit Pro to your device.

To use Live Listen, you need to add it to Control Centre:

1. Go to Settings > Control Centre.
2. Scroll down and tap the Add button  next to the Hearing button .
3. Tap Settings to save the changes.

1. Open Control Centre on your iPhone or iPod touch, or your iPad.
2. Tap the Hearing button .
3. Tap Live Listen.
4. Place your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch in front of the person that you want to hear. If you can't hear well enough, make sure to adjust the volume on your device.

You can also see your headphone audio levels in real time as you're listening to content. You can quickly glance to see detailed decibel-level information.

To use Live Listen with an external wired microphone, connect the microphone to the Lightning port or headphone jack on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch.

If you can't connect to your AirPods, AirPods Pro, AirPods Max, Powerbeats Pro, or Beats Fit Pro or if Live Listen won't turn on, make sure that Bluetooth is on and that your headphones are charged.

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