Bluetooth Sound Level Notifications

I am using a bluetooth speaker (not headphones), and the Health app is tracking decibel levels as if I am using headphones. This is causing my volume to be automatically reduced to 50% due to "excessive levels", even though I am not using headphones.

How do I differentiate between bluetooth headphones and other bluetooth devices?

I am using an Iphone 12 mini with IOS 14.3.

Posted on Jan 25, 2021 6:20 AM

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LD150

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Jan 27, 2021 1:35 PM in response to Meadowthedog

You can now do that in ios14.4

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