Volume controls switched on iPad Pro

Hello Dlevine20735,

Dynamic volume buttons adjust automatically as you rotate your iPad. So you increase volume with the button on the right or top, and you decrease volume with the button on the left or bottom, regardless of how you hold your iPad. 

These iPad models feature always-on, dynamic volume buttons: 

• iPad Pro 11-inch (4th generation)
• iPad Pro 12.9-inch (6th generation)
• iPad (10th generation)
• iPad mini (6th generation)
• iPad Air (5th generation)

On other iPad models with iOS 15.4 and later, you can turn dynamic volume buttons on or off:

1. Make sure that your iPad has iPadOS 15.4 or later.
2. Go to Settings > Sounds.
3. Turn on Fixed Position Volume Controls if you want the volume buttons to always have the same behavior. Turn it off if you want the volume buttons to change dynamically depending on the orientation of your iPad.

If your iPad has Rotation Lock on, the volume buttons will function based on the orientation that the iPad is locked to.

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:

• When the physical buttons are positioned on a vertical edge of the iPad, the uppermost button will always increase the volume. Conversely, lower button will decrease the volume.

• When the physical buttons are positioned on a horizontal edge of then iPad, the button on the right will increase the volume - while the button on the left will decrease the volume.

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:

• iPad Air5
• iPad mini6
• fourth generation iPad Pro 11”
• sixth generation iPad Pro 12.9”
• iPad10

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:

Feedback - iPad - Apple