The AirPods make up one of the best-known headphones on the market, since they are one of the best-developed accessories by Apple . A quality that is due to the versatility of these accessories, since you can use the ‘Live Listen’ function on your iOS device to amplify the sound from your hearing aid to anywhere you want, as if it were a Speaker.

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1. What things should you know before using live listening on your AirPods?
   1. On which devices can you activate this function?
   2. What versions of AirPods can be configured I did not listen to live?
2. How to use the live listening of your AirPods?
3. Why don’t you hear anything when activating this function on your AirPods?

What things should you know before using live listening on your AirPods?

The ‘Live Listen’ function allows you to send the sound from your iOS device to your AirPods headphones. However, despite the usefulness of this function for users of the Apple brand, not all mobile devices or all headphones from this company manage to be compatible with the ‘Live Listen’ function.

Therefore, you should consider some aspects of your equipment and its accessories before starting to apply the process to activate and use the ‘Live Listen’ function on your device.

On which devices can you activate this function?

The tool to activate the ‘Live Listening’ function is compatible with iPhone devices that have iOS version 14.3 on their interface. Likewise, if you are using an iPad or iPod touch, the device in question must have iPadOS version 14.3  installed. On any of the devices, you can also enjoy the ‘Live Listen’ function if it is a later version of these systems.

What versions of AirPods can be configured I did not listen to live?

The function to activate the ‘Live Listen’ tool can be used with the AirPods versions of AirPods, AirPods Pro and AirPods Max. As well as in the versions and different models of Powerbeats Pro and Beats Fit Pro, you can enjoy this function from Apple devices.

How to use the live listening of your AirPods?

In order to facilitate the execution of the function to ‘Listen live’, it is necessary that you add it to the control center of your iOS device, in order to configure the controls of the AirPod . To do this, you will have to go to the ‘Settings’ section of the computer and touch the box for the ‘Control Center’ of your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device.

Once inside this section, you will be able to evaluate a series of options where you will have to select the section that is identified as ‘Add’ with the icon of a ‘+’ sign. Now, you must tap on the button corresponding to the ‘Hearing’ function , identified with the image of an ear. To formalize the configuration process that you have carried out, you must touch on ‘Settings’ to save your changes.

To use the ‘Live Listen’ function, you must access the control center of your iOS device by sliding the notification bar on the device screen. There, you must locate and touch the icon corresponding to Bluetooth to activate it; Following this process, you will have to select the ‘Listening’ function and, among the available options, tap on the one corresponding to ‘Listen live’ .

After you activate the function, you will have to place the device in front of the person you want to listen to and whose voice you want to amplify through the AirPods. You can configure the audio levels while playing multimedia content to adjust the volume of the AirPod as you prefer.

Why don’t you hear anything when activating this function on your AirPods?

Despite the functionality of the ‘Live Listen’ tool, in some scenarios the mobile device and the accessories in question do not work properly. In any case, you must verify that the following aspects are in order and that they do not interfere with the execution of the ‘Live Listen’ function.

• You should check that your mobile device is properly paired with the AirPod earphone. You can restart the iOS deviceand recreate the syncing process.
• Check that your AirPods are charged , as the low battery could cause no sound to be emitted when using the ‘Listen Live’ function.
• Make sure that Bluetooth is activatedduring the entire transmission process between the device and the AirPod to amplify the sound.
• Check the versions of your Apple device and the AirPods that you have, to verify that they are original versions compatible with the ‘Live Listen’ function.