Made for iPhone hearing aids
Made for iPhone (MFi) hearing devices effectively combine the functionality of hearing aids and AirPods. They allow people with hearing impairment to switch seamlessly from listening to their environment, to listening to their devices. Phone calls, FaceTime, Music, Siri, and other content is all supported.
In some cases, MFi hearing aids will switch automatically from ambient listening to your Apple device, such as when you receive an incoming call on your iPhone, or starting to play a movie on an iPad.
Settings allow you to configure your MFi hearing devices on your iPhone, and now on your Mac. This includes choosing an audio preset, adjusting volume levels, and turning on Live Listen.
MFi pairing with Macs
Apple doesn’t provide much detail on this, including just a single bullet point in its accessibility news release:
- Deaf or hard-of-hearing users can pair Made for iPhone hearing devices directly to Mac and customize them for their hearing comfort
However, the reference to the “customizing” feature does suggest that connecting to a Mac will allow greater control over the audio experience. While an iPhone allows you to choose between different audio presets, this wording indicates the ability to fine-tune the audio output to your own needs and preferences.
Mac compatibility
The small print says that users will be able to pair Made for iPhone hearing devices with “select” Mac devices with an M1 chip, and all Mac devices with an M2 chip.
We’ll need to wait for further details on M1 Mac support.
Hearing device compatibility
Around 200 devices are supported, from 40 different brands.
Those marked with an asterisk additionally support bidirectional streaming, which allows users to talk hands-free through their hearing aid microphones. This feature requires iOS 15.2 and later on iPhones and iPads; Macs will require some version of Ventura.
Advance
- RIC, RIC LI
- SlimRIC
AGXO
- FX00*
- GX00 S
- GX00 SC
Amplifon
- Ampli-connect B
- Ampli-connect PO*
- Ampli-connect R 13
- Ampli-connect R 312
- Ampli-easy B
- Ampli-energy B*
- Ampli-energy B R
- Ampli-energy I*
- Ampli-energy I R WL
- Ampli-energy PO*
- Ampli-energy R*
- Ampli-energy R R
- Ampli-energy R R-D
- Ampli-mini 312 AS
- Ampli-mini PO*
- Ampli-mini R 312
Aquitis
- AEBB3D
- AF2 B
- AF2 E
- AMBB3D
- AMRB2D
- AMRR2D
Audibel
- A3i
- A4i
- A4i iQ
- Arc AI*
- Via*
- Via AI*
- Via Edge AI*
Audibene
- HORIZON ITC-R
- HORIZON RIC
- HORIZON RIC-R
- HORIZON RIC-S
Audifon
- Lewi
- Risa
Audigy
- AGXsevo AI*
- AGXsevo AIAGXsp
- AGXsliv*
- AGXsliv AI*
- AGXsliv Edge AI*
- AGXsp 2
- AGXsp iQ
- AGXwE-F2
- Audigy AGXwM
- B-F2
Audika / Audika France
- First
- FX00*
- GX00
- GX00 S
- GX00 SC
- Legend
- PG X0
AudiLab
- Aligo*
- Altena
- Capto
- Coral
Audio Service
- DUO LI G5
- DUO LI G6
- Duo G5
- ENERGY 4PLUS BLUE
- FDH RIC
- HP LI G6
- Ida BT G5
- ITC LI 7
- ITE LI 7
- Mood G5
- Mood G5 Li-Ion
- MOOD G6
- MOOD LI G6
- OZ BTE
- OZ RIC
- P G5
- P LI G6
- R LI 7
- R S 7
- SR LI 7
- STILINE BT
- Sun G5
AudioSync
- A3i
- A4i
- A4i iQ
- Arc AI*
- Via*
- Via AI*
- Via Edge AI*
Audix
- Lewi
- Risa
Auris
- Øre
Beltone
- Beltone Amaze
- Beltone Boost
- Beltone Boost Max
- Beltone Boost Plus
- Beltone Boost Ultra
- Beltone First
- Beltone Imagine*
- Beltone Legend
- Beltone Silk
- Beltone Rely
- Beltone Trust
Bernafon
- Aligo*
- Alpha*
- Altena
- Capto
- Coral
- Leox
- Viron
- Viron A
- Zerena
Cochlear
- Baha 5
- Baha 5 Power
- Baha 5 SuperPower
- Kanso 2 Sound Processor
- Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
Cochlear Limited
- Kanso 2 Sound Processor
- Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
Concept
- Complete
Coselgi
- Effect EBB3D
- Effect F2
- Mojo MBR3D
- Mojo MRB2D
- Mojo MRBB3D
- Mojo MRR2D
Danalogic
- Ambio Smart
Danavox
- Alya
- Anthe
- Barani
- Danavox Aio
- Danavox Gala
- Danavox Logar
- Klar
EarLens
- EarLens Processor
EarQ
- EarQ
- FX0*
- GX0
- GX0 S
eMeritus
- eMeritus
GPL
- Aligo*
- Altena
- Capto
- Coral
Grand Audition
- GF2 B
- GF2 E
HCS
- HCS BTE, BTE LI
- HCS Custom ITC/HS, ITE
- HCS RIC, RIC LI
- HCS SR LI
