I recently switched from Android to iPhone. In Android’s bluetooth settings, I can choose “Phone calls” and “Media audio” separately in device details, so that I can have the HAs take phone calls, but not play media from my phone. In iOS/iPhone, I don’t see these settings. Currently, all of the little chimes from Facebook and other apps are playing in my ear, please tell me how to make them stop, but continue to take calls
Also, relative to what Adrian suggested, you can also go to Settings, Accessibility, Hearing Devices (1st item in Hearing, 3rd section down in Accessibility), and then under Hearing Devices open Audio Routing and again, similar to what Adrian pointed out, you can choose amongst Always Hearing Devices, Never Hearing Devices, and Automatic.
Gentlemen, thanks for your responses. Unfortunately, my menus don’t look like what either of you describe. Here is what I see when I visit these menus:
Well, my happiness was shortlived. I have the settings correct, but the sounds and music are still playing on my HAs. Toggling them nor restarting the phone have any effect.
If turning off notifications is the only option, I’ll just leave the HAs disconnected from Bluetooth until I want to take/make a call. I know people love their iPhones, but I’m definitely not feeling the love. Don’t even get me started about the very sad state of affairs vis a vis keyboards and widgets on this thing compared to Android.
OK, I think I may have really found it. Swipe down from the top right to bring up Control Center. Click on the audio widget (it’s the upper right for me). This screen will appear:
When I first brought this up, the HA was checked. I checked “iPhone” instead, and now calls route to HA, but Youtube and iMessage notifications (the only things I’ve checked so far, but it’s a great start) stay on the phone.
If this is it, it’ll go a long way towards helping me acclimate to those phone
(Rant—corporate phone was switched from BlackBerry to iPhone a few years ago. I couldn’t believe how many notifications I got! It was absolutley terrible. And no one knew what to do! That order was about 1,000 phones!)
Apologies for joining this thread so late. I have a new Iphone 15 and Phonak Audeo P90R HA’s less than three years old. I can do the phonecalls, hear all alerts and tones, but cannot stream any music from the ios apps. I have tried the unpairing/forget and re-pair with no success. I can stream bluetooth audio from this phone on any other device, except for my HA’s. I was able to stream music on an older Iphone X, but not on this new phone. Can anyone offer some advice?
Thanks … Jawone