Can the world sound better with headphones on? Apple appears to think so, and preparing to upgrade its AirPods Pro 2 with a new hearing aid feature later in October. This brings the iPhone makers into a new market with long-established players,

In November 2022, the FDA passed a resolution allowing Americans to purchase hearing aids over-the-counter. The move launched a mini-industry, with

The much-ballyhooed hearing health features for AirPods Pro Apple unveiled at last month’s event, touted as “the world’s first all-in-one hearing health experience,” will be available on Monday, October 28.

For those 18 years and older with mild to moderate hearing loss, the AirPods Pro 2 can now serve as a clinical-grade hearing aid. Once enabled, you can also toggle on a “Media Assist” setting that uses your hearing test results to optimize the sound of music, phone calls, and video content.

Apple will release iOS 18.1 next week, introducing a suite of advanced hearing health capabilities to the AirPods Pro 2 and the first

The long-anticipated hearing aid features coming to AirPods Pro 2 finally have a release date: Next week alongside iOS 18.1.

Apple's hearing health software update for the AirPods Pro 2 arrives next week, turning the earbuds into hearing aids. CNET's Bridget Carey gets early access to try the hearing aid and hearing protection features,

CNBC tested the new hearing health features coming to Apple's AirPods Pro 2, including the hearing test, hearing protection and hearing aid capabilities. The features are easy to use and set up from the comfort of your home,

It's been more than a month since I was in California for Apple's Keynote, where the health—er, tech—company announced a variety of well-being–focused updates that blew my mind, both as the Editor-of-Chief of Women's Health and a person who has been covering this space for more than 20 years.