Apple volume turned down when using headphones

I had this happen today while cycling. I use bone conduction headphones so Incan still hear my surroundings. They are also a little lower in volume than standard headphone so need to be up a little higher. A pain having to stop cycling and turn things back up. Hopefully there will be a setting to control this as it’s a right pain currently.

This is the most ridiculous BS I’ve seen apple do. Happens to me on bike rides every day. I ride through the city. It’s loud. I need volume. This is by far jacked up. None of my phone settings should be at apples discretion. Perhaps it’s time to give another vendor a try

Setting>Sounds & Haptics>Headphone Safety>Headphone Notifications> turn off.

Supposedly this is limited by region, but I'm in the U.S. and it is not selectable for me. I wish there was somewhere I could find what regions cannot decide on their own. I can't believe this is a law in the U.S. and only Apple is following it.

Take it back!..... Not ideal but.. If you set the reduce loud noise button to On and then set the slider to 100 it should ' only' turn itself down every 2 and a bit hours..... Over 3 if you drop it to 95.....

I’m going through the same, so commenting to hopefully hear a change eventually.

Quite often my phone is connected to my Bluetooth FM Transmitter so that I can hear my music in my car; it’s beyond annoying to be jamming out in my car and all of a sudden it drops to a low volume, this is more annoying because YES, the phone volume is at 100%, however I do not always have my car volume all the way up. And when I have my AirPods in, since I have the AirPod Pros I rarely have it at 100%, so it’s a misconception to say I’ve had it at an unsafe volume for too long! >;(

The most troubling issue with this is that it treats all Bluetooth devices as headphones. I’ve not used my headphones for weeks, but because I’ve connected to Bluetooth speakers, it’s turning them down too.

The feature is annoying af and i spent hours on google trying to fix it. I didn’t find anything useful but i just tried deleting the health app which i think is the source of nuisance. I’m not sure it will work i will try it later on today but i think it should fix the issue so if anyone wishes to try it before me let us know

Realistically folks, the only way this is going to change is by a) directing the feedback to Apple - connecting to their support teams and asking *** is this and how it be turned off?

https://support.apple.com/

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It's an intentional, by design feature. It should be a user controlled thing.

It does offer opportunities for enhancement; not least for turning the volume down on album tracks you hate. Or other people's music....

What a pain in the ***. This is all part of Apple's efforts to break into the healthcare industry. I could see reduced user control with cost compensation via insurance, but we are paying for these devices and should have full control.

They deleted my post XD

Eicks think I can’t bypass lame forum regulations O_o

Anyway i solved the issue after hour and change no lowering of volume occurred and upon leaving youtube i got that dreadful notification only this time it said “the volume SHOULD be turned down bla bla” as if :D

i have this issue too, really annoying and distracting when doing anything.

headphones, well i have very good moulded in ear jobs so i only need a low volume. and i rarely use headphones

but i mainly use BT to stream to my car or a BT speaker, so high phone volume and low speaker volume.

raised this with apple today and sent screen shots to the person on the phone as the web chat people tried but just couldn't get it. they did tell me that the BT sees everything as headphones regardless of what it is.

the person on the phone was amazed and understood this feature is dangerous.

i explained i was trying everything from on here to stop it, but today i was working on some electrical wiring. had the tunes on as i was working. now the electrics were off, i knew they were off as i double and triple checked it, but when the music to me stopped i freaked out a little. juggling screwdriver, light fitting and screws. thankfully i wasn't up a ladder or even driving my car. but this is a **** of a dangerous "feature" by all means have a warning that flashed up on screen for 30 secs and goes away, but DO NOT lower my volume!!

before anyone says anything yes, i have sent the feedback form, yes i raised it with apple support, and tweeted to @tim cook as well. now i'm waiting to here back from apple support to see what happens next and i've advised that if they search here and even google it they will find multiple entries about this worldwide problem that they need to be fixing asap!!

It is the health app that does it. I tried deleting the app for permanent fix but it does not work but i can offer you this as at least a bit of help. It’s still more than apple did for me. Delete the data in health app regarding headphones and that will reset the counter giving you another “week” of loud music which in translation means some time without the volume going down depending on how loud and how long you listen to music. The permanent solution would be if they allowed us to tamper with source code enabling the complete elimination of health app. Sorry that’s the best i got

all ready doing that Piki88, thank you for the advice, it is appreciated. but i get about an hour then volume halved again.

health app was deleted but i still have health in the phone regardless.

the more people to complain about it and use the feed back form, twitter. (@tim_cook and @AppleSupport) and any other form of communication, the more likely they are to do something about it.

working in a big corporate industry, the more people to shout/ moan/ complaint about it, the more likely it will be flagged to higher management and something gets done about it. least thats been my experience.

i've managed fine for almost 42 years looking after my own well being. having warnings is nice, i just like a lot of people abhor having things done on my behalf without be consulted or being able to opt out.