Apple volume turned down when using headphones

I’m having the same problem, it’s so annoying. The fact that I’m paying for this expensive iPhone 12 pro and the World Heath Organization controls how we show listen to music then they should pay for all these phones. That feature should be remove ASAP. Androids phones doesn’t have that feature active, why apple are the only one with this annoying and invasion of privacy on???

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.

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'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.

That’s the annoying part. I actually went and read the agreement for the first time and I’ve seen that i agreed to that sh1t so I can’t do anything about it but the irony in my case is i got the iPhone for listening to music (loud ofc) and other reason is it’s not an android. Not feeling like an idiot at all... :D

Allowing us to mod the iOS (legally) will never happen so I’m looking at the phone reset as next option. But if anyone has more recent back ups maybe just rolling back one update is better. They don’t care about us and without a way of crashing stock value I don’t see them listening to us

Yes, this is th email problem in my view. I hardly ever use headphones but now when I pair with my car bluetooth the volume goes down, I can't hear my music and I can't here voice prompts for directions, so then I have to faff around turning it up again.

Really badly thought through from Apple.

This feature the way it is currently implemented is complete nonsense: There are headphones that let you directly control the volume via the headphone. Also, different headphones have different effectivity, so the same volume on the iPhone may actually result in very different exposures. And there are speakers that obviously also let you control the volume. So there's no way for the phone to know the actual volume that I am exposed to.

Having this as a mandatory feature in the health app is just stupid. If I wanted to use this feature, I'd need some sort of calibration and different profiles to make it accurate. The way it's implemented it is just useless and misleading.

If the iPhone recognized that I was using AirPods (which I'm not), and it was calibrated for those, it could actually be a useful feature for people that want to use this. But that's quite a different implementation, then. Right now, it just feels like dumb tech-authoritarianism.

Sadly you are right. I could never go back to android. But ios and loud music is what i paid for and now ios is going to s hit and loud music is inconvenient and by selling my iphone i could buy 6 androids and than just smash one now and again. I don’t know ill see how will it go after i try rolling back to ios 11 or 12 not sure

From your post you make it clear you don't have a clue who you are writing. You are NOT addressing Apple. Had bothered to read the terms of use you signed when you joined the forum, you would know this a user to user ONLY forum, which Apple does NOT participate.

No one here is doing anything with your volume.

Read the thread, where you'll see multiple posts with a feedback link it if you want to let Apple know your thoughts on this.

Anyone who mistakenly believes complaining here will help or get Apple's attention is just that - MISTAKEN.

Apple isn't here. The ONLY Apple people here are Forum Hosts, who read posts for violation of Terms of Use. There are Forum Community Specialists, who only reply to threads which have not been responded to by users within 24 hours, but then only with standard Apple answers.

Otherwise, the folks at Apple anyone hopes is here are NOT here.

The only sure way to get your thoughts to Apple are to use the Feedback Link. Or use the Contact Support button on the top every page in this forum. Or to call Apple and let them know your thoughts.

Total deal breaker. I have only had iPhones the past 10 years but this is totally unacceptable. Ordering an Android phone today and will not return to the Apple brand before this issue has been resolved.

I read on another forum people are up in arms with Google Pixel's all of the sudden. While not the same as how other's are handling it. Supposedly the volume on earphones and speakers are all of the sudden significantly lower in volume.

This isn't just an Apple thing. It's a Samsung, Apple, Google thing. Just rolled out differently by region.

Why does apple think if your using Bluetooth you connected to your headphones anyway, like me I am listening in the car, so then the volume goes down low and you then put your radio aux volume up to hear the now turned down iPhone volume but wait I’ll put the radio on and then wham my ears have burst because my radio volume is now 15 time loader than my Bluetooth volume... ah apple are so daft at times!