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Yahoo
7 days ago
- Yahoo
Your iPhone's missing volume bar is back — here's how to enable it
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Apple removed the volume bar from iPhone lock screens when iOS 16 launched, forcing users to rely solely on physical volume buttons for audio adjustments. While those buttons work fine, they only let you increase or decrease volume in set increments, often leaving you stuck between too loud and too quiet. The good news is that iOS 18 brought back the option to display a volume slider directly on your lock screen, giving you precise control over audio levels without unlocking your device. Whether you're listening to music at the gym, podcasts on your commute, or videos at home, having that familiar volume bar back makes fine-tuning audio much more convenient. Here's how to bring back the volume bar. 1. Open Settings and go to Accessibility (Image: © Tom's Guide ) Tap the Settings app on your iPhone's home screen to get started with bringing back the volume bar. Scroll down until you see "Accessibility" and tap on it to open the accessibility menu. This section contains various features designed to make your iPhone easier to use, including the option to restore the lock screen volume bar. 2. Find the Audio & Visual section (Image: © Tom's Guide ) Look for the "Hearing" category within Accessibility settings and you'll see several options listed underneath it. Tap on "Audio & Visual" which contains settings related to how your iPhone handles sound and visual feedback. The "Always Show Volume Control" option is located within this Audio & Visual submenu. 3. Toggle on "Always Show Volume Control" (Image: © Tom's Guide ) Find the "Always Show Volume Control" option in the Audio & Visual menu and you'll see a toggle switch next to it. Tap the toggle to turn it on — it should turn green when enabled. Once enabled, the setting takes effect immediately and will work the next time you adjust volume while your phone is locked. 4. Test your new lock screen volume bar (Image: © Tom's Guide ) Lock your iPhone and start playing some music or a podcast to test the restored volume bar functionality. Press either volume button on the side of your phone and you should now see the familiar volume slider appear on your lock screen. Try sliding the volume bar with your finger to make precise adjustments rather than being limited to the fixed increments of the physical buttons. The volume bar will now appear on your lock screen every time you're playing audio and adjust the volume using either the physical buttons or by tapping directly on the slider. The volume bar automatically disappears after a few seconds, keeping your lock screen looking clean. Now you've learned how to bring back your iPhone's missing volume bar, why not take a look at some of our other useful guides? If you have the new beta installed, check out iOS 26 Liquid Glass icons — how to get the stunning new look on your iPhone. And for more useful tips, don't miss How to speed up your iPhone by clearing its cache and Your iPhone Notes app has a secret messaging feature — here's how to use it. Follow Tom's Guide on Google News to get our up-to-date news, how-tos, and reviews in your feeds. Make sure to click the Follow button.
WIRED
07-08-2025
- WIRED
Ceretone's Revamped Core One Pro Hearing Aids Are a Blunt Instrument
To control volume, the hearing aids have to be seated in the included case—a traditional, compact device that provides 80 hours of additional charge. Two buttons—one for each aid—cycle the device through six volume levels. An LED display situated between the two hearing aids indicates the volume setting for each one as it is adjusted. (Having one volume meter for two devices is a little confusing, so it's important to remember it only shows the status for the most recently adjusted hearing aid.) The case also includes a small indicator that shows the hearing program setting for each aid, of which there are now four: standard, restaurant, outdoor, and tinnitus-masking, all self-explanatory. (Note that I did not test the tinnitus masking mode, as I don't suffer from the condition.) These modes can be cycled through by tapping the device twice while it's in your ear, and as with adjusting the volume, each ear is controlled individually. It's strange (and inconvenient) to have to control mode and volume via two different methods, and always one ear at a time, but if you rarely change your hearing aids' volume level, it may not be that much trouble. Ineffective Aids Photograph: Chris Null The bigger problem with the Core One Pro hearing aids is that, as with the Core One, they just aren't all that effective. Since the aids aren't tunable, there is no way to customize them based on your audiogram, which means that all frequencies get boosted upward, more or less. This was immediately noticeable in my testing as lower-level frequencies were amplified far more than I needed, causing everything from footsteps to running water to be uncomfortably loud, and painfully so if I turned the volume up past level three (of six total settings). I also found a steady stream of hiss underlying everything, though this was at least mitigated at the lowest volume levels. Over time, at anything over volume level one, the Ceretone Core One Pro hearing aids were more distracting than beneficial, though there's no denying the amplification power they have. At higher volume levels, the hearing aids were downright deafening. They're also not as comfortable for long-term wear as the original Core One, though this probably had more to do with the eartips, which are a little rough around the edges, than the design of the hearing aid hardware itself. As with the original Core One, I'm not entirely sure who these hearing aids are designed for, even at a quite reasonable price of $390. (List price is $700, for what it's worth.) Without any tunability features, users are getting a very blunt audio experience that prioritizes brute amplification over everything instead of helping them better hear the sounds they want to hear.
Android Authority
10-07-2025
- Android Authority
It's here! Precise Volume app gets Android 16-style volume UI
Mishaal Rahman / Android Authority Current (old) volume slider design in Android 15 TL;DR The developer behind the Precise Volume app has recreated the Android 16 volume interface. The app allows you to override the system's stock volume UI, giving you more control over your phone's volume. Although the software is free, you'll need to buy the Pro version of the app to use the override feature. While the volume slider in Android 16 is fine for most users, it may not provide enough control for others. If this includes you, then you may want to check out the Precise Volume app. The app is getting an update to replace your volume UI on the latest version of Android. In a new blog post, the developer behind the Precise Volume app announced that they have recreated the Android 16 volume interface. So if you use the app, you'll now see the recreation take over the stock UI when you enable the Volume Button Override. If you're unfamiliar with the Precise Volume app, it's one of the best volume control apps available on Google's mobile OS. It solves the inherent problem of Android's lack of volume control by giving the slider up to 1,000 volume steps. For comparison, the stock interface tends to range between 15 and 20 steps. As a result, you get more granular control over the loudness of your audio. The one drawback is that while the software is free, the Volume Button Override feature is gated behind the Pro version of the app. While it may be asking a lot to pay $6.49 for this feature, the app does offer plenty of other features to help make the cost worth it. This includes features like reverb control, unlimited volume presets, Bluetooth automation, and more. It's also a one-time cost, so you don't have to pay a monthly subscription fee. If you'd like to try Precise Volume out, you can download it from Google Play. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Yahoo
After about a bazillion user requests, Windows finally lets you move the audio volume pop-up
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Rejoice, for Microsoft has repented. At last, you can move the audio volume pop-up in Windows. At least, you can in Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 26120.4452, released yesterday. Actually, you can now configure all of the hardware indicators, including brightness, volume, airplane mode, and virtual desktops, choosing between the existing default, which is bottom centre, top left and top centre. In other words, we're talking about the overlays that pop up when you hit the volume or brightness keys on your keyboard. Until now, they popped up bottom centre with no options to alter that. Now you can choose from three locations. OK, this is not exactly revolutionary. But as Microsoft itself says, this is a "highly requested setting," and, generally, added configurability is always welcome. Of course, these kinds of beta builds of Windows typically come with a raft of tweaks and optimisations, and Insider Preview Build 26120.4452 is no different. Among other highlights, Microsoft continues to plug away at the controversial and sometimes problematic Recall feature. For the new build, Microsoft is "making it easier and faster for you to find and reconnect with the apps and websites that matter to you by introducing a new personalized homepage to Recall. The new homepage brings your recent activity and top-used content front and center, enabling you to easily get back to your previous tasks." Once you opt in, the homepage will display your most recent snapshots captured by Recall, plus a "curated view" of the top three applications and websites you have spent the most time on in the past 24 hours. As before, you can manually configure exactly which apps are captured by recall. That means you can make sure really sensitive apps, like banking, for instance, are excluded. Elsewhere, other fixes include an issue that was causing the Windows Vista boot sound to play on start up instead of the correct Windows 11 sound, and some niggles with File Exporer. You can find out more at the Windows Insider Blog page for the new build.
