Bluetooth dongle with Auracast support - FlooGoo FMA120

[jack2]

Solution for Poor Microphone Audio During Calls with PHONAK Hearing Aids

Hello everyone,
If you or someone you know is using PHONAK hearing aids with an Android smartphone and experiencing poor microphone audio during phone calls, I’d like to share a solution that has worked best for me after trying many methods.

1. Purchase the FlooGoo FMA120 from Amazon.
2. Update the firmware to version 1.1.2.1.
3. Pair your PHONAK hearing aids with the FlooGoo FMA120.
4. When making calls in noisy environments, plug the FMA120 into your phone (you’ll need a USB-A to USB-C adapter for this to work properly).
5. This setup allows your phone’s built-in microphone to be used stably during calls.

Special thanks to Ranson from FlooGoo customer service—without his help, solving this issue would have been very difficult.

(Also, Ranson, may I ask if it’s possible to use a 3.5mm wired microphone for hands-free calling with this setup?)

Since I don’t use an iPhone, I’m not sure whether this solution works on iOS devices, but friends are welcome to test it out and share their experiences.

I hope this method provides a stable solution for those who have struggled for years with poor call audio using PHONAK hearing aids.

Thanks again to Ranson from FlooGoo.
—Jack

https://forum.hearingtracker.com/t/phonak-marvel-hands-free-the-achilles-heel-of-this-ha/44306

Bluetooth dongle with Auracast support - FlooGoo FMA120

Thank you for the confirmation — I believe this answers the question @jack2 raised. As long as you can pick up a call, hear clearly through your Phonak hearing aids, and the other person can hear you well, it indicates that the phone’s built-in microphone is being used — because the FMA120 running firmware 1.1.2.1 does not have a microphone interface. The main point we wanted to confirm was whether the phone supports using different physical devices for input and output during a call. Based on…