WIDEX EVOKE

I can hopefully get to a point where I love the app but it falls short of expectations because it has glaring bugs. For example, equalizer setting do not persist. There is an option to Save As but not an option to simply Save the changes to an existing program. Also, deleting a program does not delete the program. Also programs show in the instructional manual are not available in the app. I asked my doctor thinking that he could add the programs but he told me to call Evoke support. If am using latest version of iOS on iPhone 10 Max. Evoke version is current. I am not convinced the developers have a hearing problem otherwise these issues would have been fixed. Walk in their customer shoes for a few days and the bugs will become very apparent

It’s nice to have the app to create additional programs and to adjust the left and right levels independently. Soundsense is really overhyped. All it does is adjust the EQ on an existing program which you can then save. It does it by doing multiple A/B comparisons, but the net is still just an EQ setting. They call it Bass/Middle/Treble, but I have a hard time calling anything over 100 hertz bass, so it’s really Middle/Treble/High Treble. You can only do the Soundsense once for a favorite you save, so to tweak it at all, you just adjust the EQ. It’s a novel approach, but I’d much rather have more bands of EQ. Using your own background photos is a nice feature. It’d be nice to also be able to use your own icons, though, since the ones they have are very limited and if you create a lot of favorites, you have to duplicate icons which to me kind of defeats the idea of icons. I also wish it didn’t call all of them “favorite”. I get that it can’t reliable pronounce whatever you choose to name it, but it could say “favorite one”, “favorite two”, or something like that to at least distinguish between them. It’s a good start, though, and hopefully future updates will add more useful function.

Have used my hearing aids (Widex 440) for over 4 months now with the app and an iPhone X, have not had the problems mentioned in the other reviews. The only dropouts I have had is when the batteries gave out because I didn’t heed the warning’s that the batteries were low. I have used the different programs and they do work as advertised the restaurant program helps me hear individual people at my table, the transport program helps me hear people better in the car and the music program allows me to hear music much better with the full frequency range that I don’t get just with my ears. I can’t say that using them with Bluetooth listening to music on my phone is anywhere near as good as my Apple Air Pods but they are serviceable in a pinch. The only gripe I have is with the battery level, it indicates 100% until the aids start telling you that the battery is low and then they give out 4-6 hours later.

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I am just testing a pair of Widex and other than the sound (which is much more pleasant to this musician), the availability of an Apple Watch app was a draw. Using the app is simple enough by going to the App screen. However, there is no “complication” available—no way to access the app by adding it as part of a regular watch face! Of all the functionality you want to have quick and easy access to, being able to adjust your hearing aid parameters would seem to be among the most needed! An app is good, but being able to add it as a complication is a key part of the Apple Watch experience. Two stars for the app now, but ready to up my review if I buy these and I have better access to the app. SIX WEEKS LATER. I have purchased them and the sound really is much better than anything else I’ve tried. I want to add a star for the device, but I can’t for the app. The issue is the battery charge indicators. They only show good or dead—nothing in-between. Certainly that can be added so we can be aware visually as well as hearing the quick audio prompt in the devices. We should be able to see battery level. Please make this a main focus...several have already mentioned this. ALSO, a couple of times a day the app hangs on opening, and I have to force quit, or re-pair the devices to get it to boot. Occasionally, I need to soft reset the phone. I’m on an iPhone 8 running iOS 13.1.3.

Just traded my Resound Quattro for Widex Evoke. I am absolutely astounded at how much better they sound. It's like going into test headphones and listening to the $99 pair than listening to the $300 pair. The Quattro were tinny and harsh. It sounded like I was wearing a high frequency amplifier in my ears And Music was unlistenable in terms of streaming. I'm a musician and the Widex sound like "in ear monitors". It's like wearing a really sweet set of earbuds. For normal listening they're really transparent. I don't "hear" them working like I did with the Resound. Plus the software for the rezound didn't work for people who upgraded to the latest iOS on their iPhone. The Widex software works phenomenally. The coolest thing in there is the directionality feature. It's like choosing between microphone patterns in the studio. Plus they fit better- more snug. I'm down with Widex!!! Love em.