Hearing test not available in Australia after iOS update this morning

Some news from Apple here about Canada (who are in a similar situation as us in Australia)

https://www.macrumors.com/2025/03/18/airpods-hearing-aid-feature-canada-update/

I know it's not that helpful, but at least some things are moving somewhere ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

None that I have found. If anyone breaks this nonsense, plenty will be grateful. Having been a loyal iPhone, iPad (since their initial releases) and Mac user including a current M4 Mini Pro, this issue and the issues with removable drives in recent MacOS releases are undermining my faith in Apple.

I too would like to know if we can somehow change our geolocation without having to travel to another country to access this feature. Obviously, Apple don't think we are important enough to get moving on this. Makes me wonder whether setting up an Apple-based ecosystem for my business was a wise move.

gazrad wrote:

I too would like to know if we can somehow change our geolocation without having to travel to another country to access this feature. Obviously, Apple don't think we are important enough to get moving on this. Makes me wonder whether setting up an Apple-based ecosystem for my business was a wise move.

Apple can only do what local regulations allow. To do otherwise might jeopardize their ability to sell anything in your country.

And as we all know, government bureaucracies often move very slowly.

arjmand wrote: "@apple should do something about it."

arjmand ~ Your "@apple" won't be seen by Apple in these user-to-user communities. Go here:

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Just tried a friends phone /Airpod Pros .. looks good. He started doing the hearing test but didn’t get to finish

Thank you. Am unsure whether there's any way to check that out at the moment ... seemed there may have been a choice between the new hearing-test and an audiogram from another source ...

Hi

Thx, just checked. No hearing test but can still import one from an app.

Hearing aid feature not available in India but is available in Nepal, Bhutan and even in Afghanistan, question is how you access in India? If I go to Nepal and buy it there, will it work in India?

Also noticed today that Sleep Apnea feature on Apple Watch states is not available in Australia under Watch Sleep Settings

So it’s going to be like how long it took the ECG feature on Apple Watch. We can’t get it until/ unless Apple Pay’s to some organisation in Australia to approve!!! It’s all about money 💰

I bought it today and was setting it up, when found that its not available in Australia 😡

@apple should do something about it.

Yep. Lucky country? Let’s call it the land of ‘rules to PROTECT the citizens’.