I mapped my Android’s volume buttons to do this and it’s incredibly convenient
I mapped my Android’s volume buttons to do this and it’s incredibly convenient
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Publish Date: 2026-03-07 14:00:00
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The volume buttons on your phone can do more than just adjust volume. In fact, that’s what I sought out to do: you see, every day I go on a jog with my phone and my headphones (but I’m not using Anker’s killer budget ANC headphones), and if I want to advance the track, I have to fish out my phone from my pocket to access the lock screen to change tracks. What if I could just reach into my pocket, blindly feel for the volume buttons, and advance the track that way?
Turns out, mapping your volume buttons to change the track on your audio is possible (this is Android, after all — anything is possible). On a Samsung Galaxy, there’s an easy Good Lock module to make this work (plus other modules you can use to make your Samsung Galaxy feel faster), and if you have a Pixel, you too can take back control of your volume buttons to control media.
The volume buttons are a wasted opportunity
They can do more than just control volume
Credit: Brandon Miniman / MakeUseOf
Your power button does triple duty on most phones — a single press unlocks, a double press launches the camera, and a press-and-hold opens Gemini. Why can’t the volume buttons do more? On most devices, the volume buttons are the easiest to feel when the phone is in your pocket, since they take up a lot of physical space, making them ideal to control your media without you looking.
