Step 1
Put one iPhone near the person talking.
It becomes the microphone. Set it on the table, in a cup holder, or in their pocket. It can be their phone or a spare, with Huh? installed.
For anyone who misses words in conversation
Put a phone near them.
Hear them in your ears.
A noisy restaurant. A quiet voice. The other side of the room. Set one iPhone near the person talking, and their voice plays live on your iPhone, straight into your hearing aids, AirPods or earbuds.
- iPhone beta on TestFlight
- No account
- Nothing recorded
How it works
From their voice
to your ears.
Huh? turns two iPhones into a remote microphone. It streams live between the phones and saves nothing.
Step 2
Your iPhone connects to it.
Both phones join the same Wi‑Fi, or one uses the other’s Personal Hotspot. Pair them with a six-digit code.
Step 3
Their voice plays in your ears.
Your iPhone sends it over Bluetooth to whatever it already plays through: Bluetooth or Made-for-iPhone hearing aids, AirPods, or other earbuds.
Already wearing hearing aids or AirPods?Connect them to your iPhone as usual. If your iPhone can play music or calls through them, that is where Huh? plays too.
Setup guide Where it helps
Everyday moments.
Worth hearing.
No occasion needed. Just someone with something to say, and someone who wants to catch every word.
The everyday catch‑up.
A story from the sofa. A question from the kitchen. Leave one phone near the person talking and keep listening wherever you settle.
A place at the table.
Restaurants get loud. Set one phone by your dinner partner and hear them in your earbuds or hearing aids. Start somewhere quiet to get comfortable.
On the road.
Road noise, and the driver’s eyes stay ahead. Put one phone in the cup holder by the driver and listen from any seat.
Room to move.
No Wi‑Fi out here? Turn on one phone’s Personal Hotspot and join it from the other. Keep both phones within range of each other.
New in version 1.4 · now in the beta
Just this phone.
No second phone? Set yours down near whoever is talking, at a talk, a meeting or across a room, and hear it in your own earbuds or headphones. No pairing, no network.
Sound only plays through your earbuds, headphones or hearing devices, never the phone’s speaker. Bluetooth reaches about 30 feet (10 m) in the open and less through people and walls, so sit near the front. For a bigger room, use two phones.
Hearing aids with Just this phone are still being tested. Try it and tell us how it works with yours.
Illustrations show everyday situations, not real testers. Sound and connection depend on your phones, audio device, surroundings and network. Try your own setup during the beta.
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Who is Huh? for?
Anyone who finds it hard to follow a conversation because of background noise, distance, or a soft-spoken voice, and anyone who wants to help them. Huh? is not a medical device or a hearing aid.
Does it work with my hearing aids?
Huh? plays through whatever your listening iPhone is already using for sound. That can include Bluetooth and Made-for-iPhone hearing aids, AirPods, and other earbuds or headphones. If your iPhone already streams music or calls to your hearing aids, that is a good sign. We cannot promise every model works, so the beta is the chance to try yours.
What do I need?
Two iPhones running iOS 17 or later, with Huh? installed through TestFlight on both, and a shared Wi‑Fi network or a Personal Hotspot. Connect your hearing aids, AirPods or earbuds to the listening iPhone before you start. With Just this phone (version 1.4), you need only one iPhone and your earbuds or headphones.
What is Just this phone?
A one-phone mode coming in version 1.4. Your own iPhone’s microphone plays straight into your earbuds or headphones, for when you can sit near the person talking. It never plays through the phone’s speaker. Bluetooth reaches about 30 feet, so in a big room two phones still work best. Hearing device support for this mode is still being tested.
Do both phones need the same Wi‑Fi?
They need a shared local connection: your home Wi‑Fi, or one phone’s Personal Hotspot. Huh? does not connect phones in different places over the internet. Some public Wi‑Fi networks block connections between devices; a Personal Hotspot avoids that.
Is anyone recording the conversation?
No. Huh? streams live audio between the two phones and does not save recordings. Let everyone nearby know when a phone is acting as a microphone. TestFlight has its own diagnostics and feedback. Read about privacy.
Can I take a break?
Yes. The listener can tap Pause, then Resume, without pairing again. The person with the microphone phone can tap Mute to stop sending sound. Tap Stop to end the session.
Is Huh? available now?
Huh? is in beta for iPhone through Apple’s TestFlight. Availability depends on open tester places and an approved build. It is still being developed, and features may change. There is no announced launch price. Get notified when it is in the App Store.
Try it together
A little closer,
wherever you sit.
Install Huh? on two iPhones, put one near the person talking, and listen in your own ears. Tell us what works and where you would use it next.
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