Bluetooth Headphones Too Loud

It's clearly not my earbuds fault, I have a similar issue, and literally everything else I pair my wireless earbuds to has a full range of sound from nothing to earsplitting, and then with my iPhone the first step is boarding on the edge of uncomfortably loud. They work perfect with my computer, my friends android, my android tablet, and a windows phone, but not my iPhone 7 plus. Of course beats work, apple owns beats, its almost like they did this on purpose so you have to buy their expensive products.

I can confirm the issue is with iOS. Been using ipad with Philips AE2700 bluetooth audio receiver already two years. Everything worked flawless until the iOS update, not the last one but one prior to it. Have had the same problem since and rendered the iPad essentially unusable with audio.

I'm having the same issue with 2 different brands of Bluetooth earbuds. The volume control on both works independently on my husband's Android devise but only controls the iPhone volume on my iPhone 7. I'd love to be able to solve this problem. A fix from Apple seems to be in order.

I have this problem with my new Sennheiser HD 4.40 BT headphones as well. No issue with Macbook, Nexus 6p or Windows, just my iPhone SE/iPad. All other headphone controls work as expected (navigating tracks, stop/start, etc)

Very disappointing to see that this issue has been around for a while in other threads with seemingly no real response from Apple.

Same issue here with Bose quitecomfort 35 latest version of the firmware and app on iPhone 6s, iOS 10.3.3, Spotify latest version.

In the older versions, it was possible to get a low enough sound, not anymore after the latest software updates.

I've tried adjusting the iOS volume limit, minimizing all bands of the Spotify equalizer, none of these work. It seems QC35 is way too loud, powerful for iPhones.

As mentioned before, the problem only happens with music. Audible books are ok.

Is that only with the iPhones in music app? Or does it also occur when you're streaming music with an app like Spotify or using another player? I also have the Bose QC 35, and use the latest version of iOS. Everything works fine with all audio apps, including Apple's Music app.

Same problem with Marshall MID Bluetooth, so annoying, I am either damaging my ears or plugging in the headphones in... So the bluetooth function is in fact useless. Had prayed for ios11 to fix this, but it didn’t. Extremely disapointed in Apple... Again.

I have 3 different BT headsets, and a BT speaker. The volume controls on all of them work perfectly over the full range. If your headphones don't the problem is with the headset, not the iPhone. You should be contacting the headset manufacturer to discuss why their product does not comply with the Bluetooth standard.

I am not an expert on this matter. But if the problem is not with the iPhone, then why do the headphones work fine on other devices (Android and Windows)? My Bose Bluetooth speaker does not seem to have the problem though. I contacted the manufacturer of the headphones and they blamed Apple.

They are using a kludge that was written into both of those phones using an older version of Bluetooth. In a way they are correct blaming Apple, they are hewing exactly to the Bluetooth standard and profiles. You need to either get a different set of headphones from the majority of makers of headphones that do it properly or get rid of your iPhone and use an Android phone.

Can you be more specific? My headphones use Bluetooth v4.0 (I think iPhone 6s uses v4.2). My speakers are 4 years old and most certainly don't have this recent version, but I can adjust the speakers volume independently.

I have this problem too. I've now tried two different bluetooth headphones for my iPhone 5S, and I cannot get to that low setting that is comfortable in quiet environments. They're fine for listening to podcasts in slightly noisy environments where that mid-range volume is what I want, but the low is just not low enough.

I blame both Apple and the headphone manufacturers and creators of the Bluetooth standards, because none of them have given enough attention to the quiet end of the spectrum for those of us who want to protect our still halfway decent hearing.

As 'too loud' in this context is a subjective issue, its very difficult to know if your headphones are truly more responsive with lower decibels at lowest setting, or whether the same sound that I find uncomfortable is a fine lower level for you. But it was only after discussing this with someone else that I went back and checked to see which of several styles of headphones I'd tried recently had this same issue, and it was the only other bluetooth set I've ever tried.

Your ears may vary.

I have the same issue with a pair of PHI Sport and Outdoors headphones. I listen using Amazon music on an iPhone 6 - if anyone has any tips regarding Amazon music or in general that would be great. I find that if I turn the music up and down again it seems quieter (similar to how if you turn the volume down and up again it seems louder)

I have this issue with two pairs of cheap BT headphones (one TaoTronics and one Senbowe) and my iPhone 6s (iOS 11.0.3). I do not have this problem with my Bose Soundlink headphones. Both of the cheaper headphones work fine when connected to my Windows 10 PC but are too loud at the lowest volume to be comfortable at work.