iOS 13 Bug - Volume Control Indicator Keeps Popping Up

I’ve had this problem for ages. I just noticed today that Spotify on iOS synchronizes volume remotely EVEN IF IT’S IN THE BACKGROUND.

That is, if I’m playing music on a windows machine, hit volume up/down on my iPhone, volume changes on windows. The volume slider on iOS appears when I change volume in Spotify on windows. Spotify doesn’t have to be in the foreground, just not force-closed.

It appears that Spotify periodically re-syncs the volume too.

“Solution” is to force-close Spotify.

I had an issue similar to this but it was more than just the volume popping up. I could actually watch my volume go to zero after it popped up. I would then use the buttons to turn the volume back up but it would repeat itself about every 10 seconds. And even worse, it would randomly call whatever the last number in my call log was. The random calls happened 3 times in a 10 minute span. Extremely frustrating when 911 was the last number I had called.

I started having this problem over the last 24 hours so I tried thinking back to anything I did in that time frame including Bluetooth devices and app installs. The only thing I could come up with was an expensive set of Bluetooth headphones I had paired at the office the day prior. Even though I was 50 miles away from the headphones I decided to go into the profile and delete (forget) it. Low and behold, my phone immediately stopped the volume pop-up and changes and no more random phone calls. I've had zero issues since.

FWIW, I have a Pro Max on 13.3.1. I would suggest removing any Bluetooth devices you have in your pairing list and see if that solves the problem. If so, slowly add them back until you have an issue but realizing you can't assume the one you're connected to is the one creating the problem.

Yes I have this issue too!! I turned off my bluetooth and voila, the volume no longer appears.

It's my office headset casuing the issue which is plantronics so it's not just limited to sony. I bluetooth to my car everytime I'm in it, also to a sony portable speaker and have no problems with those.

i had the same problem but it looks like disabling the System Haptics in sound settings helps.

Do you have a Bluetooth headset connected? That seems to be my issue. Every time you do something on the screen which the iPhone would make any sort of noise for - eg. starting charging, new email or any other notification - I'm guessing it connects the Bluetooth to play the sound - which then pops up the volume slider for some reason... Very annoying.

Hey all here is how to fix it!! Went to the store today and we figured it out finally!!! Go to your settings and under sounds make sure change with buttons is off! Now it only does it when you first wake up the screen but not while typing . Of course it does not do it on air pods LOL I can live with it this way but eery 3 seconds was driving me crazy!!

iOS 13.3, iPhone SE here, same thing happens with my Bluetooth headphones Sony WI-C300, surprisingly it doesn’t happen with my Bluetooth speaker (Samsung) or other headphones (plantronics) but one thing I noticed is that it seems to happen at around 70-80% volume for me, i.e whenever the volume is around that level the volume bar keeps popping up every 5 seconds but as soon as I decrease it by dragging the bar down to say 50-60% it goes away, some wierd bug, unfortunately I listen mostly at 70-80%, it did disappear for a couple of weeks but suddenly started appearing again. So whoever is facing this try changing volume level to something else and see if it helps (works for me) so you have a temporary workaround.

And I also checked with my friends iPhone X with the same earphones and his doesn’t seem to have this issue at all at any volume level, wierd bug.

Same situation here. Have the latest iOS. Just recently purchased a Sony wireless headphones. From what I observed, the volume window will keep on popping out while you are listening at a high volume. Not the maximum level, but the one before that. Tried listening around mid volume and it stopped doing it. Also it only happens if you are playing a song/listening. I think it’s a software issue. I have multiple Bluetooth headphones and other devices, this is the first time I encountered this issue. I hope Apple will resolve this immediately with an update.

PS. As of now, none of the solutions on this thread worked on me.

The Solution: increase the volume to max from phone’s side volume buttons. After that only use headphone volume control. Works 100%.

I’ve got the same problem. Whenever my IPhone is connected to Bluetooth, the volume is constantly popping up. I’m usually connected to my car as opposed to headphones, but it’s nothing on the vehicle or the case on the phone. When i say constantly I mean literally every 15 seconds. It’s not from notifications or a dirty headphone or lightning jack. Started immediately after the iOS13 upgrade. The worst is when I’ll be reading a news article or something and every time I touch the screen to scroll it’ll pop up. Also pops up immediately after unlocking the phone. Tried rebooting numerous times, also tried to reset all settings. No luck. Only thing I haven’t tried is a complete wipe to start over. Please help me Apple Wan Kenobi! You’re my only hope!

Hi all. This happens with my Sony headphones. All you need to do is adjust the volume using the slider and press a volume button on the headphone. It stops after that.

I thought it was because sometimes the volume is set to zero... could be wrong though.

The problem for me was with Sony Bluetooth headphones. Purchased Bose one - problem gone. Seems to be a Sony issue!!!

I have the same head set as you The PT did yo check for firmware update on headset ? I also updated to 13.3.1 and it has still not been doing it and I text a lot ..but for sure will keep posted also try turning your key clicks off

Having the same exact problem, only my Sony WF-1000XM3 is causing this issue.

Nothing seems to work,

-Disconnecting all Bluetooth devices

-Restarting my phone

-Disable settings

-Updating Sony

-Updating iOS

Same problem - could it be it keeps doing that only at the top 20% of the volume? If I turn it down further it stops (but not if I turn it down from 100 to 90). Like, maybe some sort of (pretty bad implemented) warning for ear damage (like I used to see the yellow/red indicator when I’m not using my bt headphones..)