WIDEX EVOKE Hack 1.6.1 + Redeem Codes

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.

The volume level fluctuates by itself left and right set to sync, then on of the aids volume will jump from 40 to 95 and make you want to yank them out and throw. Will not switch from iPhone to iPad without turning Bluetooth off on the one device you were using, go to new device, charge Bluetooth follow same set up as install through accessibility, open and close hearing aids , wait while wheel spins after about 3-4 minutes, surrender and repeat, after repeat #3 or 4 it will connect to new device in which you will have forgotten what you were going to do. Approx 3 days later you will try again and it will work, you will run to tell your wife that you have it figured out, and half way through conversation the volume on one or both will jump to 100 and the massive feedback loop will have you and your dogs flipping from side to side on the ground screaming till you can pull them out and reset volume. They have made me more alert and paranoid not knowing when....., and this kids happens every time a iOS update comes out. Have fun!

I am very impressed with my new hearing aids and this app. I was in desperate need of new hearing aids. I got these and there is a slight hassle but well worth nothing t dealing with earphones to listen to music. Now, on my IPhone 7 I am able to utilize my hearing aids with a tap of a button on this Evoke app and switch from normal hearing to Music setting, which makes it sound like it’s in stereo. With me being hard of hearing my whole life and love to listen to music, these have improved my listening experience above and beyond my expectations. I can understand every word in songs, which I have never been able to do until my iPhone earphones and now my Pandora automatically routes to my hearing aids. Totally amazing technology. I also have an IPhone 6 but so far not figured out why I can’t seem to get them to Bluetooth to this app? I’m still learning but all in all “great app”.

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.

Widex evoke fusion 2 with iPhoneX

This app has some interesting features like soundlearn so you can educate it to what works for you. Problem is the app likes to take control which can be downright life threatening.

Set the app to what you want. Use streaming and the app changes settings. I cycle and motorcycle and use the aids for navigation. If you set the app for streaming with maps it automatically switches modes between voice prompts which is dangerous. On a motorcycle it is worst as I want the aids off as I normally use earplugs but I want streaming on. There is no way to lock these settings as they will auto switch between the streamed prompts and amplification when I need them streaming only. This switching can be pronounced and disruptive. Not something you want when driving. Also amplifying loud noise is damaging for hearing.

Get you act together and give users control - allow manual override or settings lock. You will kill someone otherwise.

You’d expect any company with a $4k product to have direct customer support. They don’t. Even reporting a dangerous bug doesn’t EVOKE a response.

Widex are owned by WS Audiology of Singapore. They also own Signia, Audio Services, Siemens and others. All great products. All destroyed by a negligent lack of customer care. I know care costs - as does lack of care as customers can walk.

Good: The app comes with some preset programs (eg Universal, Music) and it allows you to save your own variation of those programs.

Not Good: Accessing those user created programs is a pain:
a) They don’t show up in the Hearing Aid icon in iOS’ Control Center window (just the preset ones do). So you can’t select your user defined programs from there.
b) There’s no interaction between the Widex Evoke app and iOS Shortcuts feature at all. So you can’t select your user defined (or even the preset) programs from there.
c) Even in the Widex Evoke app, newly saved user programs are saved off of the main window of the app to the right. You can’t change the sort order of the programs or manually rearrange them.

So, for example, you go into a restaurant and want to change to a user defined program for that environment. You have to
• unlock your phone
• find the Widex app icon
• start the app
• wait for Bluetooth to connect to your hearing aid
• on the app’s main window, swipe the program icons over to the right where your user defined icon lives
• click on the user defined program you want

And then when you leave the restaurant and need a different program, you have to do all of those steps all over again. Workable but a pain.

The app needs to be updated. Since the latest iOS update, there are many bugs. It takes several attempts to get them connected. The aids don’t stay on my preferred daily program. After spending thousands to try to hear, i find it irresponsible that there is no feedback from the company.

A person from Widex contacted me and assured us they are working on the problems. I appreciate the customer service taking time to respond. So my review goes back to five stars. The iOS update means they have to update their app, and they are working on it. Thank you, Widex.

I have had my widex evoke aids for around a year and really like them. The Bluetooth from the phone is great. Sometimes when I change programs it takes a little while to change both aids but it does it automatically. The next time I go to the eye clinic they will fix that. My ears ring about 80% of the time and these aids really help me hear. I do not use the zin function because of personal preference.I really like using the Hearing Center (Harbin Clinic) here in Rome Ga. Being satisfied with your provider is the first step to being satisfied with your aids !