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Hello Everyone,

I’ve been noticing an error where the volume on the iphone doesn’t actually go above a certain point, it may visually show it raising but after a certain point there is no difference in the loudness of the audio. I’m hoping this is a bug that can be resolved, i don’t prefer to listen to music loud (anymore; hoping i’m not going deaf either lol) but what’s the point of having all that volume (visually) available if i can not get my audio that loud. i have noticed this in multiple devices including airpod pro(1st gen), sony wb-xb910n, JBL speakers, Bose Speakers, Different Car Audio ( bluetooth not carplay) so this has lead me to believe it is related to the phone itself and it’s bluetooth

the image shows where the loudness actually peaks.

Check out https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-headphone-audio-level-features-iph64ac7296f/ios

I think you may have headphone safety enabled. I recommend that you go into Sound and Haptics > Headphone Safety and see if it’s because it’s capped at a certain decibel level.

that’s what’s funny, it’s not enabled. it’s always been off.

one normally would assume that headphone safety is the issue, but i’ve had it off ever since i had the phoned there was never a moment where i even accidentally clicked the headphone safety button