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Hearing Aids with hands-free profile for phone calls

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I’m opening this thread to gather as many models as possible that support HFP (Hands-Free Profile). Afaik all HAs from the Sonova family (Phonak, Unitron, Hansaton) do, but I’d like to know about others.
This feature’s very important to me: an elderly family member needs new HAs and uses an old-style mobile phone (non-smartphone) with Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR. She’s been doing well with her current Unitron HAs because, once pairing’s done, call audio (incoming and outgoing) streams directly to her HAs without any additional devices or accessories, so she doesn’t have to perform any extra steps. I’m aware the main drawback of this setup is that the caller’s audio pickup is via the HA mics, so the other party hears all surrounding ambient noise, but so far this’s been the best solution for her use case.
Thanks in advance.

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Maybe I didn’t understand your answer. In my case, the phone is old (physical keyboard) and doesn’t have Android, it only has Bluetooth 3.0 + EDR. I’m asking which support the HFP protocol so it’s possible to make hands-free calls with any phone that has Bluetooth, not only with Android or iPhone (smartphones). Could you clarify? :slight_smile:

Thanks tenkan for the suggestion, you’re better than an encyclopedia of :slight_smile:
If I understand correctly, the BCT integrates Bluetooth classic, so it should work with older phones, right?
Please correct me if I’m wrong, but it seems that currently the BCT is available for (the “Pure” series), but not for (the “Motion” series), correct?

Yes I believe your correct, just at the moment, and yes it’s Bluetooth classic.

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If is a requirement, that severely limits the options. The available hearing aids may not be newer than the ones she has, depending on the generation platform used in them. “Current” BTE in phonak is Naida Lumity, from three or four years ago.

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