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Q: Audio streaming under accessibilty

I use both an iPhone 5 and iPad Air 2. I have a pair of Resound Linx 2 9 hearing aids that allow audio streaming from the IOS devices direct to my hearing aids using bluetooth. There is an annoying feature caused by Apples IOS accessibilty settings where Audio Routing - Media Audio streaming can be: automatic, never hearing aids or always hearing aids. This is too generic and should be selectable by each application like Notifications. For example, I have several applications that want to make sounds which hijack the bluetooth to my hearing aids and I cannot turn these off. They reduce the sound from my hearing aid microphones causing the outside sound to be diminished significantly. I want to have the option to allow certain apps to direct sound to my aids, eg incoming phone calls or itunes music, and others like game sounds to only use the IOS devce speakers.

 

My request to Apple IOS development is to make audio routing under accessibility fully optional by application and not make it as generic as now.

iPad Air 2 WiFi, Cellular, iOS 9.3.3

Posted on Jul 27, 2016 8:28 AM

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