La listen live It is a functionality that is already present in iOS 11 for MFi certified wireless headphones. With this operating mode the iPhone, iPad or iPod touch can be placed near a speaker and he sends a signal of what the mics of that device listen to the headphones you have on.
This mode of operation is an Accessibility option that already exists in iOS 11 and is very useful for those who are hearing impaired and cannot hear at a certain distance.
The novelty of iOS 12 is that our loved ones AirPods will be compatible from that system with "Live Listening", so that all those people with hearing problems already they will be able to use Apple's wireless headphones for live listening.
With Live Listen, your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch becomes a remote microphone that sends sound to your Made for iPhone hearing aid. Live listening can help you hear a conversation in a noisy room, or allow you to hear someone who is speaking at the other end of the room.
To use Live Listen You just have to have AirPods and iOS 12 on the iPhone (or iOS 11 with MFi headphones) and configure it:
- Open Settings> General> Accessibility> Hearing aids.
- Select the AirPods from the device list.
- Press 'Start live listening'
- Place the iPhone where you want it to listen so that the footage plays back on your headphones.
Without a doubt, Apple is giving a twist to everything that has to do with Accessibility and its AirPods.