What's New

This app has been updated by Apple to use the latest Apple signing certificate.

Optimised for iOS10. Addition of new EQ on mic channel and some nice performance tweaks.

App Description

Awareness! Variable Noise Isolation for all headphones and earphones. Awareness, with its iconic interface, has become the mainstay app for hundreds of thousands of headphone users since its release in 2010.

A must have for noise isolating and in-ear monitors.

Choose how much, if any of your environment you hear, listen to your music, listen to the world, or listen to both, the choice is yours!

Listen to music AND the outside world without having to remove an earpiece. Walking, running, jogging, cycling, at home, at work, or on your way, Awareness!® helps you hear what's happening around you while listening to music.

Featuring:
AutoPause – automatically pauses your music when someone talks to you, un-pauses when your conversation is over

AutoSet – one button setup, analyse background noise and turns the mic on for any sound louder than background noise

AutoSet Plus – continuously monitors background noise and only turns the mic on for louder ambient sounds, great for when you are on the move

ClearVoice – makes speech clearer and easier to hear

Microphone Boost – gives you super hearing. Caution can make the microphone very loud

3 Band EQ – NEW for iOS 10! - boost or reduce, high, mid, or low frequencies on the mic.

dB Noise Meter – display ambient noise as SPL (for entertainment purposes only)

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"Awareness!™ listens for danger when you can't"

"ONE OF THE TOP 500 APPS IN THE WORLD" The SUNDAY TIMES.

- The best Street Safety app, stay aware whatever you are listening to
- An aid for the blind and partially sighted – retain awareness using headphones
- A powerful hearing aid – louder than all hearing aid apps we’ve tried
- A Spy device for covert listening – can pick up conversations in rooms next door

Enjoy your music – but still hear danger
Awareness!® will interrupt your music for sudden loud noises like cars, screams or announcements. A must-have for joggers, cyclists and travellers. Perfect for exercising, jogging, awaiting a boarding call at the airport, or even listening to a podcast while watching kids in the playground.

You control how much outside sound is heard and when. No need to remove or re-adjust your earphones, even with noise cancelling or noise isolating headsets.

- Awareness!® could save your life, stop you missing a flight, or just let you listen & talk 

- Joggers & cyclists - hear that truck before it flattens you
- Travelers - watch a movie without missing your announcements
- Workers - listen to music but hear the phone ringing
- Multitaskers – talk to friends AND listen to music at the same time!

AWARENESS!® V2.9.2 is heavily refined, optimised for iOS10 and with new EQ on the mic channel and some nice performance tweaks.

- MUST HAVE a headset with a good quality inline mic or Awareness automatically uses your device's internal mic

- DOES NOT WORK with Bluetooth/Wireless

REVIEWS
"ONE OF THE TOP 500 APPS IN THE WORLD" The SUNDAY TIMES.

5 Star "One of the most useful apps we’ve seen” - WHAT MOBILE

"A modern ESSENTIAL!.” - STUFF.TV

"One of The Best Sound Aware Apps" SUNDAY TIMES

"The app automatically set a level to allow us to hear the loud noises around us, including when someone asked us to borrow a chair from our table. At home it blissfully kept neighborhood sounds from interrupting our music listening but piped through dog barks warning us of a visitor." APPSHOPPER

"Without doubt the most important app around" User Review.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
- iOS10 or above
- iPhone 5 or above


• EAR CARE: If you need to turn the microphone volume up high, you are listening too loud.

• VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/user/EssencyHeadphoneApps

• SAFETY: NEVER wear headphones where there is any risk of personal danger!

• Comments, Support? Get in touch at http://www.essency.co.uk/

Awareness!® is a registered trade mark belonging to Essency Ltd. © 2010/2016 Essency. All rights reserved. UK Patented. US Patents Pending.

Photos courtesy of Pressfoto

iPhone Screenshots

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App Changes

  • June 04, 2011 New version 2.2
  • March 28, 2011 Price increase: FREE! -> $1.99
  • March 26, 2011 Price decrease: $0.99 -> FREE!
  • March 25, 2011 Price decrease: $1.99 -> FREE!
  • March 22, 2011 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • March 19, 2011 Price decrease: $1.99 -> $0.99
  • March 14, 2011 Price increase: $0.99 -> $1.99
  • January 13, 2011 New version 2.1
  • December 22, 2010 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $0.99
  • December 22, 2010 New version 2.0
  • November 29, 2010 Price increase: $2.99 -> $4.99
  • October 30, 2010 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
  • October 22, 2010 New version 1.2
  • October 06, 2010 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • September 27, 2010 Price decrease: $4.99 -> $2.99
  • September 15, 2010 New version 1.1
  • September 15, 2010 Price decrease: $5.99 -> $4.99
  • September 13, 2010 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $5.99
  • September 12, 2010 Price increase: $5.99 -> $6.99
  • June 24, 2011 New version 2.2
  • September 25, 2011 Price increase: $1.99 -> $6.99
  • December 16, 2011 New version 2.4
  • December 16, 2011 Price decrease: $6.99 -> FREE!
  • January 29, 2012 New version 2.5
  • January 29, 2012 Price increase: FREE! -> $3.99
  • January 31, 2012 Price increase: $3.99 -> $6.99
  • March 26, 2012 Price decrease: $6.99 -> FREE!
  • April 02, 2012 Price increase: FREE! -> $6.99
  • October 17, 2012 New version 2.6
  • December 21, 2012 New version 2.8
  • April 01, 2013 Price decrease: $6.99 -> $3.99
  • April 05, 2013 Price increase: $3.99 -> $6.99
  • June 06, 2013 New version 2.9
  • July 05, 2013 New version 2.9.1
  • November 05, 2016 New version 2.9.2

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