Google Collaborates with Cochlear and GN Hearing to Support Direct Phone Streaming to Hearing Aids for Patients with Hearing Loss

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• Google has developed hearing aid specification, Audio Streaming for Hearing Aids (ASHA) on Bluetooth Low Energy Connection-Oriented Channels in collaboration with GN Hearing and Cochlear allowing people to use their hearing devices like a headset to enjoy music, take calls with a protocol to maximize its battery life
• The Android 10, Google Pixel 3, Pixel 3 XL, Pixel 3a, and Pixel 3a XL will be the first Android phones to support direct streaming to ReSound LiNX Quattro and Beltone Amaze hearing aids and the Cochlear’s Nucleus 7 Sound Processor
• The streaming capability with the latest hearing devices expands consumers accessibility to technology and the users will not have to use an intermediate device to stream audio from a compatible Android device to their cochlear implant sound processor or hearing aid

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