I have just bought hearing aids that connect to my phone and TV via bluetooth. Is it still the case that whilst I can pair multiple devices via bluetooth, only one connection will work at any given time? I know Android can do more than one and last I saw any answer to this for iOS was almost a year ago.
iPhone 14 Pro
AFAIK, you can pair a number of Bluetooth devices with your iPhone, but can only use one of those devices at any one time.
As far as hearing aid compatibility, iPhones & Android phones, are not much different. Both are rated at H3, T4.
When it comes to Bluetooth, your iPhone 14 Pro support the 5.3 Bluetooth standard. For reference, the very latest is 5.4 (release in Feb 2023) ... so not far behind. Since there are literally hundreds of Android phone models, I can't tell you what standards they support.
What is you actual goal? To stream audio from your iPhone to the hearing aids and be able to stream audio from your TV to the same hearing aids simultaneously?
Ok, then the issue is not really the iPhone at all, but how your hearing aids work with supporting multiple incoming Bluetooth connections. As such, you will need to discuss this with your doctor to see if you have the right aids to support this.
I figured that's what might be happening. It all sounds really good when they sell these snazzy hearing aids but in practice they can only do one thing at a time. I would have thought Apple might have caught up with bluetooth technology by now
I'd like to be able to watch TV or a DVD on my TV bluetoothed into my hearing aids and not have it drop out if I get a call on my phone (that connects to my hearing aids) or any other app I use that uses bluetooth interrupting the sound feed all the time. My hearing is pretty awful and I've not been able to really watch/listen to TV/DVDs without turning the TV up so much my neighbours can hear it quite clearly. I am enjoying taking calls on my hearing aids as you can with normal ear buds. I like to play games on my phone but they all seem to interfere with everything now. Seems I can't get the benefit of everything at the same time.
Multiple bluetooth connections
