Earbuds are too loud on lowest volume setting

No, none of that causes an improvement. In fact, doing the exact opposite caused a minute improvement (reduction) in volume. Respectfully, Apple needs to address this issue as soon as possible before someone accidentally gives themselves permanent hearing damage.

Turn off “Reduce Loud Audio” and “Sound Check”, they cause volume spikes currently and have actually created a volume minimum that I cannot go below.

I have had the same problem, I recently bought some new earbuds and they were way too loud. I found a fix however it’s more of a work around.

i know this post is kind of long but bare with me, i think it can help a lot of people.

this fix essentially controls how much sound goes into each earbud for example it will lower the sound in one but increase in another. But we can fix this just wait.

• go to settings < accessibly < audio & visual < scroll down until you see balance

• There will be a slider, play around with it for the left and the right, play some music see how it sounds in one ear (don’t worry if it’s too loud in the other one) once you have found what works for you move one

• then download these two shortcuts

RIGHT VOLUME

LEFT VOLUME

• these shortcuts will tell the phone to switch form making the right louder and making the left louder

• Now open the shortcuts app there you will see the two shortcuts, LEFT VOLUME & RIGHT VOLUME. remember earlier when you were playing around with the slider, find the number you like for me it was 0.60 then go to the “RIGHT VOLUME” shortcut and edit it there you will see the VALUE tap it and enter the number you liked best, then do the same thing for the “LEFT VOLUME” shortcut.

• final step (good job for making it)

Add a widget to your side screen with these two shortcuts, when you take out your right earbud tap the RIGHTVOLUME shortcut and when your right earbud runs out of battery take out the left one and tap the LEFT VOLUME shortcut.

• again this is a workaround but it’s the best thing I found, if you have any questions or concerns please feel free to ask! Hope this helps :)

Earphones are wayyyyyyyy too loud

I keep my Ipad updated - it’s running 17.1.1

these are wired apple earphones running on Ipad Pro 5th gen.

> I’m using an adapter - lightning to USB-C.

Lowest setting in headphone safety - I have to lay them on my shoulders to use.

I made an error in my explanation; when editing the LEFT VOLUME shortcut make sure it’s in negative for example for the right if your number was 0.60 for the left it should be -0.60!

Still way too loud. I, too, turned this setting off and found a tiny improvement, but I have to have my wireless earbuds hanging out of my ears (at risk of falling out) in order to not be deafened. I'm already middle-aged and would like to not lose my hearing as a senior, like many in my family have, so am frustrated, amazed, and annoyed that this is a problem.

KiAnBa wrote:

Still way too loud. I, too, turned this setting off and found a tiny improvement, but I have to have my wireless earbuds hanging out of my ears (at risk of falling out) in order to not be deafened. I'm already middle-aged and would like to not lose my hearing as a senior, like many in my family have, so am frustrated, amazed, and annoyed that this is a problem.

You might be best advised to seek assistance directly from Apple Support. You can contact the Support Team using the Support link at top-right or bottom-left of this page.

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First, if your iPad is currently running iPadOS 7.0.3, you should update to the most recent version - at time of writing, this being iPadOS 17.1.1. This version includes both functional fixes and essential security updates for your iPad.

As for limiting your Earbuds volume, perhaps you refer to Headphone Safety settings:

Settings > Sounds > [Headphone Audio] Headphone Safety

This helped me a lot thank you, however you should mention that this only works if you want to use one earbud at a time, but still it’s better than nothing.

Yes, I forgot to mention that, I’m really glad it helped you :)

This is so maddening.

Literally just let us turn the volume down.

I just bought a Vision Pro and similarly the volume is *PAINFULLY* loud at the minimum setting.

I had to disable audio because every time I got a Message it was like knives stabbing my ears

Can you explain the "fix"/workaround?

By taking out the earbud there is no fix needed. That was the whole point to begin with.

Also i do not understand why you mention that one earbud would run faster out of battery over the other.

It still only works when you remove one earbud…

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It is so embarrassing for Apple that this is probably the best plausible work-around