Pair your phone

The Apple and Android apps control the ears over Bluetooth. App store download links are placeholders for now; see the Apple or Android build guide for a local app.

1. Power the ears and enable Bluetooth on your phone. Allow Bluetooth access when asked.
2. Choose Find ears and select your ears. iPhone/iPad use the system accessory picker; Android prefers its system companion-device picker and offers Scan directly as a fallback. Mac Catalyst uses native BLE discovery. Normal firmware starts in BLE mode.
3. Confirm the OS pairing request and make a fresh single click on the headset within 30 seconds. Release any button held during startup first.
4. Wait for authenticated controls to load before editing.

Pairing uses a generated comparison number, not a fixed PIN. The same number is printed to serial. Comparing it with the OS request gives a verified numeric comparison; confirming without looking at serial only confirms your physical selection. See BLE security for that deliberate tradeoff.

Your OS stores the bond for reconnects. Phone and watch pair separately. Only one controller owns the ordinary BLE connection at a time; release or disconnect the other app if needed. Older Security 2 firmware is unsupported by current apps; update it by USB first. The Watch follows the iPhone's selection automatically, but pairs independently when opened. More details are in the Watch setup guide.

Existing iPhone/iPad users choose Continue setup once to authorise their saved ears with AccessorySetupKit. Cancelling leaves setup pending. Forgetting the accessory removes its app authorisation and matching Watch setup; it does not erase all headset/Watch bonds.

If the ears aren't listed

Normal firmware uses BLE or Wi-Fi exclusively. Triple-click on a single-button board, or hold v2 button 1 for five seconds, to switch back from Wi-Fi. The blue/green wave marks the radio change. Recovery firmware can offer both transports.

If storage was explicitly reset, forget the old OS pairing before pairing again. Don't erase storage as a routine reconnect fix. More checks are in troubleshooting.

Set up the local Wi-Fi page

In Settings → Wi-Fi, enter or generate an 8–63 character printable ASCII password for the ears' own access point. Recovery uses Set up recovery Wi-Fi. Join the reported espurr-XXXXXX network and open http://192.168.4.1/. It works without internet. Normal firmware needs a radio switch to enter Wi-Fi; recovery starts its AP after saving credentials. See Wi-Fi configuration.