I’m disappointed that Apple did not provide Auracast support in their iOS 26 release. Click feedback to Apple if you would like to encourage them to do so. It’s easy.
I feel your pain, just got an iPhone 17 pro and I had hopped that they would do something with its Bluetooth 6 support. All the hardware seems to be there. Here’s hoping they have something up there sleeves.
They do. It’s your money. (Mine, too, over the years). My son just went out and bought the new pro max mega big storage etc. I wasn’t sure if I’d inherit his 16. Going to a nephew for $900. I can’t argue with that. I keep mine for a while until I feel I need one because I can’t update the software anymore or I really need some feature. Or I inherit one. 
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Apple can get away with it, because Apple can claim that hearing aids can connect to Apple devices regardless if it classic Bluetooth, MFI or le audio. Technically Apple doesn’t have to meet the auracast requirements. Google and some of the other modern Android phone companies are actually also getting away with out having to have auracast. Yes I know that Pixel phones support it as the top Samsung phones and I am sure some of the other Android phone companies. But auracast isn’t mandated at this time. Apple is going to stand it’s ground on MFI as long as it can milk it.
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Maybe Apple prioritizes high fidelity over battery life. BT LE Audio cannot support the higher bit rates required for aptX Lossless or LDAC. Perhaps it wants a “hi-fi” LE Audio codec both for its AirPods and as a MFi replacement and is working on that? Just throwing this out to be “different!” 
I disagree I never had the quality of sound from any of the IOS devices of any of my aids as I have with my Samsung phones. Not even close to being as good. In my opinion Apple is terribly overrated in the hearing aid compatibility area. I also never had ax good of connectivity with my aids or apps ad with my Samsung phones.
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If you have the Jabra Enhanced Pro hearing aids, or the Viva series from ReSound, their apps, either the JabraPro or the ReSound has the ability to receive Auracast broadcasts on an iPhone. Unfortunately, I haven’t found an Auracast signal anywhere. But, when they become available, my JabraPro app can receive them through my phone directly to my hearing aids. I haven’t yet upgraded to IOS 26, but maybe Apple incorporated Auracast into the accessibility function.
If you press the main button on the right side of your iPhone three times quickly, the phone will go directly to the hearing aid controls built into your phone’s software.
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