My Bluetooth headphones sound massive after bypassing Android’s broken volume setting
My Bluetooth headphones sound massive after bypassing Android’s broken volume setting
Publish Date: 2026-07-05 08:30:00
Source Domain: www.androidpolice.com
I’ve been a cheerful owner of a pair of Google Pixel Buds Pro 2 for months.
However, a recent accident involving a train and a total lack of hand-eye coordination meant my relationship with the earbuds was unexpectedly terminated.
I switched to a pair of Creative Zen Air earbuds I had reviewed a few months previously, but I quickly noticed a problem.
While my Pixel Buds Pro 2 were often too loud to use, my Zen Air earbuds had the opposite problem.
Maximizing my phone volume wasn’t sufficient. I needed to separate my phone volume from my earbud volume, and fortunately, there was a way to do this.
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