Philips HearLink 9050 to hit Costco soon? With similar tech to Oticon Intent?

It has been a long wait, but they are HERE!

Al

@GTwo said:

It has been a long wait, but they are HERE!

They are also HERE (Australia)!

I just got the Philips 9050 and I have hands free connectivity with my phone - Google Pixel 8. The Pixels 7,8,9 all have Bluetooth LE connectivity and should work hands free with the 9050. You have to connect the hearing aid and then go into the Bluetooth settings on phone and turn on LE for that device (your HA). Works great! However, the ability to press the button on the aid to answer call did not work. I expect maybe a future update will correct this. It is more important to me that the aids work handsfree with phone. I am ok with using the phone to answer and disconnect calls.

I had no problem returning my 9040s before my 6 mos were up at Costco. I just got the 9050s and they DO work handsfree with my Google Pixel 8 as long as you turn on the “LE” setting in Bluetooth. However, the button on HA does not pick up the call. I need to use my phone to connect and disconnect the call.

They set it but did not work

I don’t have have the TV connector. Just trying to listen to music - no it is not richer. I will need to work on adjusting the equalizers. I just got them today so I have not experienced connectivity issues but have not worn them a lot yet.

Jane_M, thanks so much for your experience with the 9050. I’ve been waiting for a review just like yours before I decided on which HA to get. Tried the Jabra and it was terrible with connectivity and android phone. Can you comment on whether understanding regular speech was equal to or better than the 9040? Also, have you had a chance to test them out in noisy environments? Thanks a lot.

You have two equalizers in the app. Try adjusting the high frequency gain in the non-streaming app down 2 db to see if that helps any with the tiny sound.

If that doesn’t help, try increasing the mid-frequency gain and test. Try increasing low frequency gain.

If you can get things dialed in with the equalizer, then you will have something for your HCP to work with in your next appointment.

Can any Canadian member her tell me if they’ve shown up here yet? My insurance is rolling over in two weeks, and I’ll probably at least trial these.

I had the same problem testing a pair at Costco with a Samsung s23: hands free yes, tap or punch button, no luck.

Just a thought, there’s also an option in the app under Hearing Aid settings that needs to be toggled on.

Pete, thank you for the update. A few questions;

1. How do the 9050s perform in a noisy environment? (Take this as an opportunity to take your partner out to dinner at a noisy restaurant)
2. How effective are the HAs with the head turning focus feature and attenuating background noise?
3. That menu screen for Hearing Aid settings: is that something only on the Pixel 8 Pro, or is it a Hearlink firmware feature? I do not find a similar screen on my Samsung S24 Ultra.
4. How effective are the Philips domes that fit in your ears? I’ve only have used Resound and Jabra domes.
5. Battery life? Full day of use?

Considering it’s only my first full day with them, it’s difficult to give an informed view of 1 & 2. I did spend sometime in a busy supermarket and was in a three way conversation and all I can say is that I understood all of the conversation and also with the lady on checkout. Whatever the aids were doing they were doing it well and any transition they may have done was seamless.
The screen shot is from the HearLink 2 app under Hearing Aids>Hearing Aid Settings
I have the Power domes and they feel comfortable with no occlusion.
The battery life seems fine, 7:30am to now (7pm) and they’re at 60% with a bit of streaming.

The app must be using a Google Pixel 8 feature. It doesn’t show up in the app when using my Pixel 6a.