when I press the top/left volume button, the sound comes out. When I press the bottom/right button the sound turns off. is this normal? it doesn't work like that on my phone and other ipad. but when I take my ipad out of the keyboard and hold it upright, the volume increases from the top/left button of the volume buttons, the sound is muted from the bottom/right button.
iPad Pro, iPadOS 16
If you’re going to introduce a feature that breaks traditional UI convention, you should always include configuration that will maintain support for the standard behavior. Please, please, add a setting to disable this inversion of the controls.
If you’re going to introduce a feature that breaks traditional UI convention, you should always include configuration that will maintain support for the standard behavior. Please, please, add a setting to disable this inversion of the controls.
Dynamic volume controls were introduced with release of iPadOS 15.4 onwards. The “logic” behind dynamic volume controls is such that regardless of the screen orientation, the relative function remains constant - as follows:
For reasons known only to Apple, the ability to disable this feature is not available for any new models of iPad and iPad Pro that have since been launched - these models being:
This is documented within this recently updated Apple Support document:
Use the Home, side, and other buttons on your iPad - Apple Support
Apple invite submission of constructive comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback pages. If you would like to see the ability to disable dynamic volume control functions for your iPad, this would be the most appropriate channel through which to make your voice heard:
I can't disable it on my iPad 12.9 6th gen. it is dynamic and they stay like that... I will love to turn it off.
davefurf wrote:
If you’re going to introduce a feature that breaks traditional UI convention, you should always include configuration that will maintain support for the standard behavior. Please, please, add a setting to disable this inversion of the controls.
Dynamic volume controls were introduced with release of iPadOS 15.4 onwards.
While the ability to disable this feature has been retained for iPad models released prior to iPadOS 15.4, for reasons known only to Apple, the ability to disable this feature is not available for any new models of iPad and iPad Pro that have since been launched - these models being:
This is documented within this recently updated Apple Support document:
Use the Home, side, and other buttons on your iPad - Apple Support
Apple invites submission of constructive comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback pages. If you would like to see the ability to disable dynamic volume control functions for your iPad, this would be the most appropriate channel through which to make your voice heard:
To reiterate, Apple invite submission of constructive comments and feature requests via its Product Feedback pages. If you would like to see the ability to disable dynamic volume control functions for your iPad, this would be the most appropriate channel through which to make your voice heard:
I'm waiting for an update to change the volume buttons of the problem I described on my iPad pro 12”9 6th generation device.
Yes, this is normal behavior for some iPad models. The volume buttons on these iPads are dynamic, meaning that they adjust their function based on how you are holding your device. When you are holding your iPad in landscape mode, the top/left button increases the volume and the bottom/right button decreases the volume. When you are holding your iPad in portrait mode, the top/left button increases the volume and the bottom/right button mutes the sound.
This behavior is different from other iPad models and iPhones, which have static volume buttons that always increase the volume when you press the top button and decrease the volume when you press the bottom button.
The dynamic volume buttons were introduced on the iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation) and iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation) in 2021. They have since been implemented on other iPad models, including the iPad (10th generation), iPad mini (6th generation), and iPad Air (5th generation).
If you are not used to the dynamic volume buttons, you can disable them in Settings > Accessibility > Touch > Invert Volume Buttons. This will make the top/left button decrease the volume and the bottom/right button increase the volume, regardless of how you are holding your iPad.
I hope this helps!
My volume buttons are switched
