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Mad Chemist | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +1 
 I'm getting older, and the hearing is starting to go. I leave them in, and use the talk passthrough feature as a cheap hearing aid.
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7fqx | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag 
 Interesting. I've never had ear pods so wasn't aware of this feature.

I'm glad I asked this question 👀
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Mad Chemist | 6 months ago (raw) | root | parent | reply | flag +2 
 "ambient aware"
"talkthru"
"hear through"
"transparency"

The function has different names depending on manufacturer, if you want to shop for this feature