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, Beats Fit Pro, or Beats Studio 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, Beats Fit Pro, or Beats Studio 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 open Control Centre on your iPad.
2. Tap the Hearing button .
3. Tap Live Listen.
4. Place your iPhone or iPad in front of the person that you want to hear. If you can't hear well enough, make sure you 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 glance quickly 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 or iPad.

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

Find out more about Live Listen with Made for iPhone hearing aids.