Health App keeps lowering volume of BT speaker and earbuds to 50%

This is the only thing about my iPhone that I don’t like. It annoys me so much I probably would have just stayed with my Android if I would have known about this. Surely they can stop this with a simple update.

I work in a warehouse and we are allowed to listen to music on speakers and now my volume is always lowered because of this new setting. It is frustrating how every hour I have to stop working to turn up the volume

I have also experienced this problem. My in car Bluetooth speaker is being read by my iPhone as in ear headphones so turns the volume down. Is there anyway to make the iPhone know it’s a speaker to get around this?

So annoying! I did the first loophole by selecting “don’t allow” in the settings like everyone said but after a few weeks it’s still periodically lowering my volume EVEN WITH the setting still checked off!

Extremely Frustrating....I use a Vehicle radio with Bluetooth. Constantantly turns down the volume. Used to be fine and so enjoyed listening to iPhone apps/radio/music/podcasts. Now I need to have the radio volume turned up just to hear normal loudness, then after a bit it quiets down. Have to take out my phone and push up the volume again....with is still not as loud as it used to be. Not all change is good change. Might be time to move on to Android and Amazon music. Sucks 100 per cent.

Wow, been on phone with Apple about this for a week, they could not give ETA on 14.4 update, good example of Apple developers listening to users.

We got what we asked for. Finally.

Now time for Apple to listen to paying customers first instead of adhering EU legislative ******** without thorough research under Apple users.

Like many others wil have done there is still no solution! U say apple does not participate here. They should make the app recognize the difference or let the user set the appropriate setting. Not give us a new phone with a disadvantage! People pay more then 1000€ for a phone! And this is ok? We deserve a better service

this is absolutely infuriating. i only noticed it since my car just died and i had to buy another one. it has a great stock stereo, but as it was built in 2005, it does not have bluetooth. i bought a bluetooth receiver module to plug into the input jack, and now this absolutely idiotic 'feature' keeps dropping my volume, telling me it is for my own good.

what 'regulation' in the US or in the state of WA makes this necessary, in the eyes of apple? there appears to be no such thing.

and when i discovered that my phone was cutting the volume in half, supposedly for my own good, the very first thing i though of was the hearing impaired. there are people -- LOTS of people -- who absolutely NEED full volume over headphones, in order to communicate. how on earth do garbage decisions like this go through without anyone challenging them?!?

Apple should have promoted this as mandatory when promoting the phone and I would have never gotten the phone. Very disappointed, I should be able to turn this off as desired. If this is a permanent feature I’m officially done with iPhones period. Smh

After buying an I phone 12 pro!! And experiencing the same problems... I’ve stumbled across this conversation... surely the technology must be out there to distinguish between a speaker and headphones!!

I can’t believe you can’t turn this feature off? Another prime example of a nanny state...

Fix this apple!!

But it is a big difference in volume if you have onear headphones compared to inear ones.

I used the link. So Apple got my thoughts about this.😃

I'm glad.

Same issue here, turns volume down whilst I’m driving not using headphones.

forcing me to mess with my phone, great move Apple.

We should be able to turn it off!