iOS makes it tougher to regulate the amount when casting media
Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority
TL;DR
- A current iOS replace stops customers from counting on their iPhone’s bodily buttons to regulate the amount of media they’re casting to different gadgets.
- The change has sparked outrage on on-line boards, particularly amongst customers actively utilizing the Spotify Join function.
- Curiously, the Apple Music and TV Distant apps nonetheless supply the aforementioned quantity privilege that third-party apps needed to drop.
It’s no secret that Apple typically disadvantages third-party builders by giving itself particular privileges — or taking away a few of their present ones. Following a current iOS replace, seemingly iOS 17.4, customers casting media to different gadgets can not management the amount utilizing their iPhone’s bodily buttons. This has sparked outrage on Reddit and the Spotify Neighborhood boards, as many customers actively relied on the now-removed possibility.
In accordance with a Spotify Neighborhood moderator, a current iOS change has stopped the music streaming app from utilizing the iPhone’s quantity buttons to regulate Spotify Join gadgets. They said: “As a result of updates on iOS, Spotify customers not can use their iPhone’s quantity controls to alter the amount on linked audio system. As a substitute, please use the amount slider within the system menu.”
It’s nonetheless attainable to regulate the amount of linked gadgets utilizing the system menu’s software program quantity slider. Nevertheless, that’s inconvenient for a lot of customers, as now they have to convey up the devoted menu extra often. Earlier than this variation, they may simply and shortly change the amount by clicking the iPhone’s facet buttons.
Curiously, Apple’s personal Music and TV Distant apps nonetheless help controlling the amount of media enjoying on tvOS utilizing the iPhone’s bodily buttons. In the meantime, I couldn’t replicate the performance when utilizing the Spotify, YouTube, and YouTube Music apps on my iPhone and Apple TV. This means that each one third-party apps have seemingly been minimize off.
It’s unclear when precisely this variation rolled out, however — primarily based on the quite a few person reviews throughout the online — it was seemingly included with iOS 17.4. Nevertheless, Spotify has additionally eliminated the function from its app utterly. So, even if you happen to’re working an older iOS model, you’ll lose the function anyway when you replace Spotify.
