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Woman & Home
Lifestyle
Kat Storr

You can now use your Apple AirPods as a hearing aid with an exciting new feature - but audiologists have a warning

Woman wearing Apple AirPods Pro 2 as hearing aid, standing over kitchen island in house with friends.

Hearing loss affects 18 million adults in the UK and can have a serious impact on daily life, from socialising to mental health. While hearing aids are freely available on the NHS, Apple's latest update to the Airpods promises to help with this problem in one simple way.

Over the years, we've seen plenty of updates on the Apple Watch to improve safety and health features - including sleep apnea notifications and Training Load on the newest Apple Watch. So much so, the devices made our list of best fitness trackers. Yet, updates on the brand's Airpods to match this have been few and far between - until now.

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