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I’m on the verge of upgrading my hearing aids from Oticon More 2 to Oticon Intent 1. My fitting appointment at my new audiologist is next Wednesday. I’m planning to demote my More 2 to backup and possibly dog-walking duty.

This got me thinking. Can I connect both pairs of hearing aids to the Companion app and easily switch between them?

Some googling indicates no, but I wanted to check with some NI (natural intelligence) to see if anyone on the forum knows differently.

It sounds it would be a multi-step process to switch hearing aids. Not sure I want to do that every time I take the dog out.

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No you can only have on set of aids connected to the companion app. When it was available I had the companion app and the beta version of the app. And both could be paired to my Samsung app. But the IOS devices can only have a set of aids paired to it.

Maybe there’s not a lot of demand for something like this, but I think it would be a useful extension to the app. How about other vendors? Does Phonak support pairing with multiple sets? Others?

You could connect a Sonova set as well as the Oticon set. One on MFI and one via conventional Bluetooth.

I’m not saying you should do this, but seeing as you’re upgrading, take a pair of the Unitron Smile 9 for a spin if you can get a free trial on them………

Yes. I haven’t actually tried it, but I suspect that you could pair aids from two different vendors into two different apps at the same time on the same phone. I know that the Philips app is different than the Oticon app (but actually exactly the same) because I had it installed for awhile to compare the two apps, but I never had aids paired. I’ve already selected the Intent aids. We’ll see how it plays out.

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@bpeckham said:

Does Phonak support pairing with multiple sets?

You could probably pair a huge number of sets of aids with a phone for streaming/calls etc. BUT: One set per myphonak app. There are reports of folks using the youth version, and versions for other Sonova brands with their Phonaks. But I have no experience beyond pairing both my p90s and my i90s with my phone for calls & streaming. I use the app on the phone for my i90s, and the iPad for the p90s. But that happens infrequently that it is really a non issue. If I were swapping back and forth daily, it might be more of a problem, but for once a month or so, I just forget them and re-pair what I’m using then. I let the p90s out of the barn to stretch their legs now and then. Battery mgt and whatnot.

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Same issue for me. I solved it by using the Oticon app on my Samsung phone to control my new hearing aids, and the Oticon app on my iPad to control my old hearing aids. Easy solution!

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