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I use this too. You should know the iPhone has this as a accessibility feature.

Go to Accessibility -> Audio/Visual -> Background Sounds -> Sound -> Dark Noise

After that go to Accessibility -> Accessibility Shortcut -> Background Sound and you'll be able to activate the noise with a tripple side button click

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This is awesome, wish there was a way to turn it on and off from Control Center without having to set it to triple-click side button (would prefer to avoid accidental activation from the button but still have easier access to this feature)

On my iPad I’m able to access it via Control Center [1] so you can probably also get it working for the iPhone I just haven’t bothered

[1] https://imgur.com/a/FhzjJmH

Add the "Hearing" control to Control Center.

There is a way to set up a simple Home Screen toggle shortcut via iOS Shortcuts app.

this is amazing, thank you so much.

I have been using a 90-minute Brown Noise loop on Spotify, but even though it is downloaded on my phone, I have to connect to the internet to start using it, which can lead to distractions when messages start pouring in.

Why don't you just download music? like an mp3? and put it on your phone? you can easily rip tracks off any source (youtube), I never understood why or how spotify became the choice

macOS Ventura has this feature as well. Under Accessibility -> Audio -> Background noise

Anyone know if there anything similar for Android?

oh wow, virtual toast to you my friend - this would've come in handy many times had I known about it

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