Will be receiving Resound Nexia hearing aids in two weeks. My plan is to connect them with my Apple devices over MFI, and totally avoid pairing them using Bluetooth Classic. I already have several AURACAST streams which I will select with the ReSound Smart 3D App. I am hopeful that Apple will soon add Auracast support natively, so I can manage streams without needing Smart 3D or other third party apps. Comments invited.
iPhone 17 Pro Max, iOS 26
Hi dogsittter,
and welcome to this Apple (user-to-user) Community.
Re: ReSound Nexia Hearing Aids with MFI and Auracast
Am no expert in this area, yet your post inviting comments deserves some response.
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Re: Will be receiving Resound Nexia hearing aids in two weeks.
Noticed that the Aids are listed with an asterisk (*) in Apple's List of Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support The * signifies that the Aids use bidirectional streaming which allows them to be used with recent model Apple computers (those listed at the bottom of the article), as well as Vision Pro using visionOS 1 or later, iPhone and iPad. Yet, perhaps you knew that already.
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Re: "My plan is to connect them with my Apple devices over MFI, and totally avoid pairing them using Bluetooth Classic".
If you haven't seen it already:
Apple support's online article Use Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support
provides the steps for how to connect to the various Apple devices.
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Re: "I already have several AURACAST streams which I will select with the ReSound Smart 3D App. I am hopeful that Apple will soon add Auracast support natively, so I can manage streams without needing Smart 3D or other third party apps".
Apple devices stream audio from phone calls, music, movies, podcasts, Siri, and more.
All rumours and speculation are outside the community's guidelines, so checking the Apple Newsroom for any relevant official announcements from Apple may be the way to go. (Today: received "no results" from a newsroom search for Auracast).
Seems Apple provides ample documentation and guidance for app-developers to keep ahead of any new improvements, and to ensure apps remain OS compatible.
All the best :-)
Hi dogsittter,
and welcome to this Apple (user-to-user) Community.
Re: ReSound Nexia Hearing Aids with MFI and Auracast
Am no expert in this area, yet your post inviting comments deserves some response.
_____________________________________________________
Re: Will be receiving Resound Nexia hearing aids in two weeks.
Noticed that the Aids are listed with an asterisk (*) in Apple's List of Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support The * signifies that the Aids use bidirectional streaming which allows them to be used with recent model Apple computers (those listed at the bottom of the article), as well as Vision Pro using visionOS 1 or later, iPhone and iPad. Yet, perhaps you knew that already.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Re: "My plan is to connect them with my Apple devices over MFI, and totally avoid pairing them using Bluetooth Classic".
If you haven't seen it already:
Apple support's online article Use Made for iPhone hearing devices - Apple Support
provides the steps for how to connect to the various Apple devices.
_____________________________________________________________________________
Re: "I already have several AURACAST streams which I will select with the ReSound Smart 3D App. I am hopeful that Apple will soon add Auracast support natively, so I can manage streams without needing Smart 3D or other third party apps".
Apple devices stream audio from phone calls, music, movies, podcasts, Siri, and more.
All rumours and speculation are outside the community's guidelines, so checking the Apple Newsroom for any relevant official announcements from Apple may be the way to go. (Today: received "no results" from a newsroom search for Auracast).
Seems Apple provides ample documentation and guidance for app-developers to keep ahead of any new improvements, and to ensure apps remain OS compatible.
All the best :-)
Thanks BRBO!
Yes, I'm prepared for the Nexia's when they arrive, using MFI protocol. I'm trying to jingle Apple's chain to indicate that there's interest in the LC3 Protocol and Auracast. I'm able to use Auracast through third-party means, but sure would love for Apple to give native support for Hearing Challenged community.
Best!
Jim
<< I'm trying to jingle Apple's chain. >.
Sorry, not by posting here.
Readers here are Users like you who volunteer their time to help other Apple product users. Apple employees are generally prohibited from posting here, and unlikely to read the unfiltered items everyone posts.
If you want to reach someone at Apple, use the product feedback pages:
Thank you Jim, good to know you are all set!
Thank you too, to Grant Bennet-Alder for joining the discussion, and contributing that excellent feedback suggestion :-)
ReSound Nexia Hearing Aids with MFI and Auracast
