New Oticon hearing aids won't pair with Macbook

The System Hardware Bluetooth Report for the Macbook is attached below. It shows Bluetooth Low Energy is supported.

Of note, my old iPhone, a 2017 SE, also had Bluetooth 4.2 and supported LE. I also used it to pair with the Phonak hearing aids for interacting with the myPhonak control app (LE) and audio streaming (Classic), either independently or both at the same time.

Odd that a Macbook of the same generation is not able to do the same. I can't find a toggle anywhere. Anyone here able to shed some light on that?

Thanks David. Seems strange. My Macbook has never rejected any Bluetooth connection from any device before. Used Phonak Bluetooth connections with it for years. The new Oticons are on trial so I may go back to Phonak if I can't get this solved.

Thanks rgilbert. That explains it.

My old Phonak M90 aids used both Bluetooth versions. LE for interacting with the remote control app myPhonak and Classic for streaming audio from the iPhone or Macbook.

Looks like my 2017 Macbook has Bluetooth 4.2. I see the new M2 Macbook uses Bluetooth 5.0. Does anyone here know if 5.0 would be compatible with LE only hearing aids?

Looking at the Oticon site, I see they advise some LE devices are only for data transfer and not audio. That would explain why my Macbook claims to support LE but that is only for wireless keyboards, mouse, trackpad etc, not the hearing aids.

https://www.oticon.co.nz/hearing-aid-users/support/information/bluetooth