volume control of airpods pro via apple watch 6 while calling

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volume control of airpods pro via apple watch 6 while calling

I have read a lot of people have same problem - suddenly, while calling, they are not able to control the volume of their airpods using the apple watch crown ( it was possible before)

Has somebody of You the same problem?

I know it is a small emount of people, maybe thats why Apple ignores the problem.

It is very annoying. I was at the genius bar today, they were not able to find a solution and even to find out, where does the problem come from.

And all they say is " maybe the software update will resolve the problem".

Yeahhh. Maybe!! 🤬

Any other ideas, guys?

Greets,

D

Apple Watch Series 6, watchOS 7

Posted on Apr 23, 2021 1:24 PM

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Answer 1

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better_half

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Apr 27, 2021 8:46 AM in response to Dan Brylewski

I installed the latest update and found a way to get it working now. Perhaps this was possible before too, I am not 100% sure anymore..!

Anyways, to the get the volume control working, during the call, first tap the icon bottom right and pull the call to your Apple Watch. Funny enough but that seems necessary even when the call was placed from the watch to begin with. That is apparently how the GPS only model works by default. Perhaps it is different with the cellular model and it owns the call right away.

Then, tap the three dots bottom right and direct the audio to your airpods. That is the critical step. After that volume can be controlled with the digital crown.

Final point, if you dont pull the call to your watch, the volume can naturally be adjusted using the iphone.

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Answer 2

Apr 27, 2021 9:26 PM in response to Dan Brylewski

Sure - pictures better than a thousand words. Here goes, from the watch:

Pull the call:

And switch to Airpods:

After that the crown should become effective.

It would be interesting if some of this could be automated, making it the default.

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Answer 3

Apr 24, 2021 10:00 PM in response to Dan Brylewski

Dan Brylewski wrote:

Do you enjoy same problem? 🤣

Yes I do, and I’m with the regular non pro airpods by the way. I have just sent my feedback in. Curious if anybody really has got this working on S6 and the current watchOS ?

Feedback - Apple Watch - Apple

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Answer 4

Apr 28, 2021 2:14 AM in response to Dan Brylewski

Ah, then you need to enable answer with the watch first.

How about calling voicemail from your watch….,is that working the way I shared here though?

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Apr 25, 2021 12:39 PM in response to better_half

No, everybody says it doesnt work. But they were "surprised" and when the guy from genius bar checked it out on his devices, it did not work. But when I bought the watch I worked. so...

it is funny how they are always "surprised" and never know about this kind of problems. I mean, we write it here, people write it in the net. Information exchange is enormous. Apple should be first who read "news" like that and react on them, shouldnt they? What are this discussions and communities for?

Thanks for your answer, dear

Greets

D

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Answer 6

May 3, 2021 2:31 PM in response to better_half

i dont use voicemail. But even when I dial the numer and press green, the volume set option does not appear. I have already given up with this.. We are just ignored by Apple and we have to accept it. If I was the son of Cristiano Ronaldo, they would find a solution in a couple of days maybe.

All the best,

D

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