iOS15 MFI Accessibility problems on iPad

Hi, since I installed the iPadOS15 upgrade, my iPad Pro no longer streams to my Oticon More hearing aids. The hearing aids are paired on MFI but the sound comes out of the iPad speakers. MFI Bluetooth streaming works fine with my hearing aids on my iPhone 12 with ios15 so this appears to be a problem specific to iPad. Anyone have a solution?

iPad Pro 11-inch Wi-Fi, Cellular

Posted on Sep 25, 2021 5:19 AM

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Posted on Sep 27, 2021 8:40 AM

iOS 15.0 seems to have broken something with hearing aid streaming. Here is what I and an unknown reddit user found.

If you have Audio Routing set to Auto, your hearing aids might not stream audio. Set it to Always Hearing Devices and that should fix it. You can set it to Auto again after that, but if you turn off Bluetooth and back on again, it will be broken again. It will also break if you restart your device with it in Auto. This broke for me (and was fixed with the work-around) on both my iPad Pro 12.9” (1st gen, I think, 2015), and my iPhone 6S.


Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Devices > Audio Routing > Call Audio

(and also > Media Audio)

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Sep 27, 2021 8:40 AM in response to ElAJay

iOS 15.0 seems to have broken something with hearing aid streaming. Here is what I and an unknown reddit user found.

If you have Audio Routing set to Auto, your hearing aids might not stream audio. Set it to Always Hearing Devices and that should fix it. You can set it to Auto again after that, but if you turn off Bluetooth and back on again, it will be broken again. It will also break if you restart your device with it in Auto. This broke for me (and was fixed with the work-around) on both my iPad Pro 12.9” (1st gen, I think, 2015), and my iPhone 6S.


Settings > Accessibility > Hearing Devices > Audio Routing > Call Audio

(and also > Media Audio)

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iOS15 MFI Accessibility problems on iPad

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