How to turn off Headphone Safety on iPhone

The problem isn’t just headphones. The main outrage is speakers and other assitive devices getting caught in the snare. Like I have said in previous threads Apple needs to implement a toggle by Bluetooth device that it’s not headphones so that it doesn’t get tracked in health as a headphone and won’t be subject to the volume limiter. Please send them feedback here https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

I’m literally 80% deaf and they say that it cannot be turned off. Like I have hearing aids but still need to be at full volume for me to hear. Such a joke. I get that they’re trying to help but they’re doing anything but for people with actual disabilities. Laughably dumb and inconsiderate.

This is what I wrote to Apple through their feedback form. I urge everyone to do the same:

I never gave permission to Apple to collect my headphone audio level data through the Health App. This is a deliberate breach of all terms of service snd user agreements between Apple and end users. Unless Apple takes immediate action to remedy this violation, I will be taking my business elsewhere.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/iphone.html

Headphones vary greatly in actual output volume. I have headphones so sensitive that I never increase the iPhone volume setting beyond half, as they get that loud, and I have others (water resistant exercise earphones) that are so quiet that I often drive them close to the max to get normal output. iOS merely measures the signal sent to the headphones, and it has no means of measuring the actual volume coming out. So now I can lie to iOS and declare my sports earphones to be speakers, and that way they (and the iPhone) are useful again.

My Apple Watch alerted me, so after checking all of the settings as advised here in the community I then found a strange “glitch” in my Watch settings that may be a cause.

Apple Watch app>> Noise >> Noise Threshold: said “90 db” but when clicked, it said “Off.” I clicked “100” then backed out. Then clicked Noise Threshold again and clicked “Off” again. This time it said “Off” for real.

Apple should leave this alone. I’m wearing bone conducting headphones, outdoors and in traffic. I need to hear my directions and monitor my students while jogging. Turning down my headset against my wishes while I’m running is a bad friend and a safety issue! I know what I need. I’m an adult in a free country.

I checked the data on my hearing levels and it was using times I had been using a Bluetooth speaker, not my headphones.

No, it wasn't supposed to fix that if you are in the EU or UK. It differentiates between speakers and headphones. If you are in the US and you do not have the second switch to turn the function off contact Apple Support.

Did you read the section on classifying your Bluetooth devices?

If your devices are headphones and your country does not allow you to turn off such notifications, you've answered your own question as Apple isn't going to violate the laws of the country in which the device was sold.

No.

You cannot revert an iPhone to an older version of iOS.

This issue has been resolved as has been described here several times, except for Apple-branded headphones.

Set up and listen to Bluetooth devices on iPhone - Apple Support

I figured it out! This setting has been driving me nuts. I love listening to my headphones loud and often and do not need to be told by Siri Karen to turn my volume down. Go to Settings > Notifications > Health > and turn off the notifications for health. It will turn off all health related notifications. But if you use some of the other health apps you will not be notified on them..

you can change that on hearing settings. Under accessibility. About 3/4 way down, I think. 😊 It’s hearing safely, you can also make them get lower if your talking to someone then when you walk away or stop talking the music will go back to where it was.

in ambiance sound.

you can adjust the sound volume to how loud or low if could be. Also check out the 3D hearing omg it’s awesome!!! Love it.

Turning off headphone notifications does not appear in most countries

See my post before yours which is primarily for bluetooth speaker systems but allows you to turn off notifications for non Apple earphones at your risk.

If you use Apple headphones there is no way to turn off headphone notifications, for your safety.

Apple took that feature away. Not on mine anymore. I found the best solution is actually ditching the lightning headphones, and using the lightning to 3.5mm adapter, and registering the device as a non-headphone. Then it won't track your volume. Problem solved. 3.5mm headphones = freedom.

This option is not there. It's FORCED by Apple in countries outside US... See below:

no, it’s EU regulations.

Same for Android.

Sadly the only option is to tell Apple

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