Hi. Just updated my iPhone 11 with recent software update and it’s dictating headphone sound level. I don’t use headphones but a Bluetooth speaker. Out of the blue it now dumps the volume. Very annoying and will definitely be a deciding factor when it’s time to renew phone contract.
Apple butt out 😡😡
Apple Watch Series 3, watchOS 7
Settings, Sounds and Haptics, Headphone safety, Reduce loud sounds, Is that turned on?
This is the only article I can find and describes the situation and shows that the switch has been removed.
I suggest you put in a feature request because this goes beyond the EU and WHO requirements which can be overridden..
Feedback
It seems like Apple found a solution to our problem: https://www.macrumors.com/2021/01/26/apple-releases-ios-14-4/
Feedback to Apple
“...I live in England and despite voting Remain, my understanding was that we are out of the EU and any restrictions such as this? ...”
It seems to affect people all over the world, bit not all. The only EU directive I can find dates back to 2013 and had always been voluntary. I think this is a mess up.
Apple did what the EU asked.
End of story.
I must use other apps to go round this insane rule . I live in europe and apple is following recommendations from EU !!!!
Since it seems impossible to delete the Health app ( I have no use of it) , I have to delete all data every day I have used a media player.
SeriousM4x wrote:
Don’t understand me wrong. I think it’s a good law, but Apple kinda implemented it wrong.
The law does not apply to bluetooth headphones and it should be overridable by the user to 100dB anyway.
The 7-day level implementation must be a mistake.
This is a Major problem for me!!!
Since lockdown I have started running to keep physically fit, but mainly for the mental health benefits the pains of running bring.
Music is my life and I have to listen to it to enable me to run!
Ironically, listening to loud music at gigs, at home, in the car on headphones, has already ruined my hearing - high frequencies are gone for me without hearing aids or graphic equalisers
I do not want to stop every ten minutes to turn my sound back up to 11!
I live in England and despite voting Remain, my understanding was that we are out of the EU and any restrictions such as this?
Apple need to sort this as a matter of urgency!
My settings are shown below. Note the new paragraph stating these draconian settings can not be adjusted!!
Already filled out the form. Let’s wait for Apple to hopefully do something.
This noise level rubbish is a game changer. Come contract renewal time I’m ditching I phone for who ever has unmuted noise levels.
enough people dump their iPhones maybe they’ll wake up.
P.S. 4 weeks to go
Headphone sound level restriction
