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Jabra Enhance Pro 20 Now supports Auracast

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Hey. It’s my fear, not my hope. If they did do it, they wouldn’t creep up on it like Android seems to be doing. Have it fully working and integrated into the OS. Promote the hell out of it. Have compatible buds ready to go on day 1.

I could imagine that as Apple’s approach. Something like “We weren’t the first, but ours works!”

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In reply to @daled

Daled: "Where did you find this menu in the Jabra app? I cannot find it.

I am not sure this will help as I don’t use a Pixel but a Samsung 24+…

That menu is NOT in the Enhance Pro app. It is in the Settings menu…

I get to that menu by going to Accessibility, Hearing Enhancements, Hearing aid support…

In reply to @daled

With UI 6.1 the Galaxy S24 and S23 do have a button to listen to . It is in Bluetooth details settings for the Jabra EP 20s and should be for the ReSound Nexia 9s as well.

In reply to @Patrick_D

Thank for your reply. I’m not sure what you mean by the Settings menu. Perhaps you mean the settings for the phone…If so, I suspect that right now it is a Samsung only feature, as on my Pixel 8 Pro, the only menu item on Accessibility is “Hearing Devices” and none of the sub menus there have anything related to …At least I now understand better and hope that this might show up in Android 15 (Current release is 14)

On my phone, if you go to the phone’s settings there is a Connections option. Under there is a Bluetooth option. Selecting that takes you to the list of paired devices.

On the right side of my listing is another settings wheel. Selecting that takes you to a list of options with Rename Disconnect and Unpair at the bottom.

The list includes a switch for , Listen to Broadcast, Left and Right Hearing Aids (on/off), Adjust Volume Separately and Volume sliders for Left and Right Hearing Aids.

Do you have anything like that? Before the Samsung UI 6.1, I only had the switch for LE Audio.

In reply to @daled

@daled said:

Thank for your reply. I’m not sure what you mean by the Settings menu. Perhaps you mean the settings for the phone…If so, I suspect that right now it is a Samsung only feature, as on my Pixel 8 Pro, the only menu item on Accessibility is “Hearing Devices” and none of the sub menus there have anything related to Auracast…At least I now understand better and hope that this might show up in Android 15 (Current release is 14)

Yes I believe it is a Samsung feature. Hopefully it will soon extend to other brands…

In reply to @RSW

On my Pixel 8 Pro I have the option for LE audio, but no options for . What is annoying is the fact that if I select LE audio, it sounds better, but if I answer a call with that enabled, the remote party hears an echo. I’ve discovered that this is truly hands free…it uses the mics in the Jabra hearing aids, but the echo makes it impossible for the remote caller to understand. If I turn off LE this does not happen, but the mic that is used is in the phone and the audio in the hearing aids is not a clear. I’ve discovered that if I turn off either hearing aid and use LE mode the echo goes away and the remote caller hears clearly, but this is hardly practical for day-to-day calls.

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@daled said:

I’ve discovered that if I turn off either hearing aid and use LE mode the echo goes away and the remote caller hears clearly, but this is hardly practical for day-to-day calls.

Thank you for your feedback. It is an interesting thing you noticed.

I wonder if you turn the volume down, or off/muted, on one of the mics if that would work too? In the app you can do this and even save it as a favorite to switch to.

I guess I am curious if it is more the power off or the volume off that is needed

Perhaps “echo” is the wrong word. Distorted is a better description. And, no, muting one of hearing aids does not help. (in fact if you mute, and then take a call, the mute temporarily goes away and the media control screen pops up in the Enhanced Pro app.) I think that the problem is due to both mics being enabled and there being a very slight timing difference between the audio from each mic, causing the distortion. When you turn one hearing aid off, obviously that mic no long pics up anything.

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Ahh, okay, thank you! :slightly_smiling_face:

I do not have the same issue with my. Galaxy S23, I do not think. I have other ones, like no sound some time unless I toggle Bluetooth.

Funny… I just signed on and the first thread I see is exactly what I did in the last week. I got a new Oticon Real Three a week ago and last Friday I bought a new Jabra Enhance Pro 20 from Costco. Oticon will be returned shortly using the 45 day trial. Night and day difference between the two.

I am completely deaf in my right ear and only need one hearing aid. I have severe loss in my left ear. I got the Oticon from an audiologist at Kaiser hospital for cheap under my medical plan. It came with a tv streamer which I did like a lot.I had been using the Oticon for close to a week and I kept leaving them in the charger because I really did not like wearing them at all except for the streamer. I then decided to try something different since I have a 45 day full refund allowance. I took my to Costco and they trial fitted me with the Jabra Pro 20. After a 10 minute walk around Costo I decided to buy them. It was a very easy choice. I never tried another brand but maybe I should have. I was too happy with the Jabra I guess. I now have to take my Oticon back to Kaiser in a few weeks for a full refund.Loved the streamer but hated the hearing aid sound quality. I dont need a streamer now. I can hear the tv clearly and have turned off the subtitles. I may try the Roku hack for $24.00. Supposed to be the shizz.

I got my first hearing aid ( a cross over ) close to 50 years ago. Hardly ever wore it. Hearing aids were horrible back then. All the new tech in the last year or two sparked my interest. I was really disappointed with the Oticon. I was thinking I was done with s again but my wife insisted I try again. Happy now about that. No I never tried to have the Oticon adjusted.

In reply to @MDB

Been researching. The S23 phones connect through the Jabra app to provide the enhanced audio, so in developer mode it just shows the SBC codec and no enhanced audio available.
Whether you do get better quality sound streaming is unknown. No specs available to consumers, just marketing, which I totally don’t trust.
Once you pair through the app, go the the Android Bluetooth device list, and click on the settings icon for the . Should be an enhanced sound toggle there.

In reply to @katttfishh

Ok, i agree. I did return my Jabra 20’s but that was because of reliability issues. I trialed both the 9050 and the Reach. Nether came close to the clarity of sounds with the Jabra. I can only explain it as sounding more crisp and bright sounding. The 9050 and Reach sounded muffled and subdued compared to the Jabra, and i had them use UP receivers on all aids. So my dilemma is I really like the Jabra/Resound “sound”, but will wait for the next version (Pro30?) due to the issues i had with receivers and mics.

I have Jabra Enhanced Pro 20s. The normal hearing aid function works well. The Bluetooth is sketchy. I have a Pixel 8 Pro phone with Android 15. The Bluetooth will drop one or both ears once or twice a day, requiring me to turn the Bluetooth off and on again on the phone to (usually) reconnect. If it turn on Bluetooth LE on the phone for the hearing aids, then when I answer a call the system tried to use the mics on the hearing aids. Great, BUT the two mics are always out of sync so the remote party hears a very garbled voice. If I turn LE off, then the phone mic is used, but the voice quality of the sound in the hearing aids is substantially worse than with LE on, and the range is also reduced. My phone works fine with bluetooth earbuds or headphones, only issue is with the hearing aids.

I have no problems at all with my Pro 20 and iPhone 14. I only have one ha due to deafness in one ear. I have not tried answering a call with them yet but the phone calls work great when I use the phone to answer. Seems like most of the issues are with non Apple phones

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