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My audiologist has just updated my Phonak M90-R which I purchased in June 2019. Prior to the update, I was able to us ‘Live Listen’ on my iPhone SE. Now I get a message on Live Listen which says ‘Unavailable for current route’. My audiologist contacted Phonak & was told ‘since the update it is not available but we have a great you can purchase’.
Any suggestions?

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Only suggestion I have is to get your audiologists to remove the latest update, if that’s possible. Unless it’s also got something to do with the latest update from Apple.

Not true for me. Live Listen is an Apple function.
Oticon OPN1 firmware 6.1 updated a few days ago & iPhone XR still on 12.4.1 (no update to 13) and Live Listen still works.
Live Listen always worked consistently on my iPhone 6. It is spotty on XR, but it works.

According to this thread, the feature was removed from Oticon ON app:

Oticon ON App updated to Version 2.0
Oticon have just pushed update for the Oticon On app. Don’t be excited it’s just a redesign for the app nothing new

Live listing was also removed from Signia app:

Brand new Signia App
I just got off he phone with Signia because my the MyControl App would always start in the mornings with the aids volume all the way up instead of my default volume as programmed by my audiologist. They recommended the new app. Anyway the new app is called Signia App, you can find it by doing a search in the App Store, or Google Play Store. This app is going to replace every Signia app they told me because it has them all built into the new app. They said they are starting to phase out the apps…

Now removed from Phonak app. I don’t know what is feature or Apple feature. I know the new version released by manufacturers in the last months have been removing features.

In reply to @melvyn

I just tested the Live Listen (Oticon OPN1 & iPhone Xr) – It works!
Selection of the feature may have been removed from the (useless & awkward) ON App, but Live Listen functions on the iPhone via iPhone hearing accessible panel. In addition to hearing aids, Live Listen will also stream to AirPods, nothing to do with hearing aids.
Google:
Live Listen is a feature Apple developed and eventually launched in 2014 that allows iPhone users with hearing aids to hear people in noisy environments or from across a room, such as a crowded restaurant or lecture hall.Jun 5, 2018

Last week, my Audiologist commented all the hearing manufacturer’s Apps are lame.

In reply to @AshFan

I have an Android Google Pixel 3 XL phone and all is working well with the Marvel 2.0 firmware update. I’m streaming lossless CD quality audio from primephonic.com2 with no problem whatsoever. I’m connecting to two different Windows 10 Pro computers, a Microsoft Surface Pro and an Asus ZenBook Pro Duo, with no problems.

In reply to @melvyn

Not sure about Oticon, but the Live Listen is an Apple iOS function that is part of the . You do not even need a hearing aid app to use it. It is part of the Apple operating system.

On the Signia, yes, I understand that they have released a dumbed down app. I would not install it. On the Rexton Smart Direct app there is a Remote Microphone function which may be just another name for Live Listen. But you can bypass that by going direct with Live Listen even with no app.

Rexton has not released a sister app to the Signia one, but if they do, I will not install it. I have no idea what Signia is up to. Seems regressive.

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