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Apple throws the UK a bone.

British AirPods Pro 2 owners can now enable the Hearing Aid feature, available today in a free software update. The update was made possible after the UK government stripped out “pointless regulation” in January.

It’s a little bit of good news for UK Apple users after the company withdrew its encrypted iCloud storage on Friday following reports of a government demand for a security backdoor.

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