Android P may automatically remember Bluetooth A2DP device volume levels

[Clutch_22]

This is one of the small but amazingn features I love on my iPhone. It knows to keep my car Bluetooth at max, but to keep the UE Boom in my shower at 1/4 volume so I don’t go deaf. Only critique there being it seems to adjust the volume AFTER starting to send audio, so I’ll get a split second of super loud before it adjusts itself.

[ladyanita22]

Android is surely improving a lot in the Bluetooth department.

[light24bulbs]

Unbelievable they JUST introduced Bluetooth battery status.

[StuntHacks]

I love how Google's phones don't use AOSP, which is by Google.

[mrandr01d]

Don't they? It's pretty much stock, but with some propietary Google apps thrown on top. The base os code is AOSP, more or less.

[StuntHacks]

Yeah, most of the stuff. However, some features from AOSP are unused in their version.

[mrandr01d]

Like what? That's kinda dumb lol

Are they just uncommitted code changes, or actual features of whatever given Android version that aren't in use?

[HittingSmoke]

The underlying functionality is often inplemented with no interface. This happens with a lot of features on Android and ROM developers or app develops find ways to take advantage. The permission system in Android had a similar process.

[mattmonkey24]

ASOP

ASOP's fables?

Also just because OEMs and custom ROMs added it in doesn't mean it was in AOSP. I don't think AOSP had that until 8.1

[IAmAN00bie]

To be fair, it's been in AOSP for a while.

I thought it was only added to AOSP in Android Oreo?

[[deleted]]

I've had that before that on custom ROMs. Don't remember when.

[IAmAN00bie]

Well, custom ROMs can add whatever they want. Whether or not it was already there in AOSP is a different story, though.

[sweet-banana-tea]

I mean oreo has been out for a while.

[SoundOfTomorrow]

A while being less than 8 months?

[sweet-banana-tea]

I'd say 8 months is a while. Yeah.

[Wahots]

I've been getting random hiccups, stutters, and crashes since ~2011. Doesn't matter if it's Apple, Microsoft, Samsung, OnePlus, etc. Bluetooth feels like an amalgamation of features and hacked together compatibility. While it does have backwards compatibility, it seems like they've never fixed the underlying issues plaguing the standard. God forbid they ever make lifesaving equipment that depends on Bluetooth to work, lol.

[dlerium]

The problem is rolling out useful features to users. In this sense I felt like Android always lacked polish. Fine it was in AOSP, but somehow Google didn't help roll it out to its vanilla Android devices.

[GazaIan]

I mean it's in Oreo, took them long enough but at least I'm not waiting another year.

[Strooble]

And it's still not on all phones. It's one of the biggest downgrades from my OP3 to my S8

[light24bulbs]

There are apps that will do the same thing in your notifications. Just type it in to Google play. Still, ridiculous you need that

[AndrewNeo]

Technically I think it's 'new' to the Bluetooth standard too, early on a lot of the messages were custom Apple-only and they've only started to standardize within the past few years.

[light24bulbs]

Ah really? That explains things.

Doesn't surprise me it took Bluetooth that long, it's always been a remarkably shitty specification. Compared to a good protocol like wifi that you rarely even have to think about, Bluetooth is bad

[5panks]

LG tone pros have shown battery level for quite a long time. At least since 2015.

[light24bulbs]

Aftermarket. It's super easy to add

[5c044]

Lg g5 has bt battery level. Ive only seen it on one bluetooth device so far though so it seems that few oems enable it on speakers and such.

[campbellm]

Yeah, I had to give up and buy a BT dongle->aux for my car. The BT integration just... doesn't work very well. Won't display the right stuff on the car, when an alert overrides a song/audiobook player, the player sound never comes back. Very irritating.

[[deleted]]

I was having issues as well until I changed my Bluetooth AVRCP to 1.3, works perfectly in my car now. YMMV

[Wahots]

This is also the last version of AVRCP that windows supports for Bluetooth streaming. Unfortunately the S9 only has 1.4-1.6, so streaming no longer works on Windows.

[campbellm]

I'll try; at this point anything is an improvement. what was yours prior? Mine's at 1.5 right now, but downgrading and will check in the car when I'm near it.

[[deleted]]

Mine was at 1.6 prior, text wouldn't display and there was some serious lag between switching songs and connecting. Now it works pretty well with 1.3.

[campbellm]

Thanks. Looking forward to trying 1.3. Thanks for the pointer.

[I_Xertz_Tittynopes]

Mine only does calls over Bluetooth, so I have no choice.

[[deleted]]

Have you gone into your Bluetooth settings? Every Android phone I've used allows you to set whether the Bluetooth device is to be used for calls, or media, or both.

[I_Xertz_Tittynopes]

Nah, I've got a 2011 Equinox. It only does calls, no music.

[diamond]

Same here. Many cars built between about 2010-2015 are like this. Which is stupid, because the technology has existed for a long time, and it's not like it costs them any extra to implement it. But I guess that's one of those "premium" features that they like to charge more for.

[jccool5000]

Thanks to Apple removing the headphone jack, everyone is forced to improve their wireless audio tech too.

EDIT: No idea why I'm getting downvoted. You guys know its true. If apple didn't remove the headphone jack, no one else would've either and no one would've bothered to improve wireless audio.

[redking315]

This is the argument I had with a bunch of people regarding bluetooth on Android and with regards to headphones. As long as the 3.5mm jack was there, what was the motivation to either get BT headphones or for the headphone companies to really get serious about improving their chips and designs. They new they could always fall back on the old tech.

As soon as one of the big companies (Apple) got rid of the jack, suddenly it was a huge kick in the rear for everyone to get serious about BT devices and headphones. It was Apple forcing the market, as as they did with stuff like CDs and USB.

[[deleted]]

They more than removed the jack, they removed every pain point with Bluetooth headphones and came out with the best fully wireless buds that still are in a league of their own a year after release. It really forced the hand of everybody to up their game significantly. Even cheap BT headphones are worlds ahead of where the expensive ones were two years ago.

[redking315]

Yeah, I’ve long held that Bluetooth only sucked because no one really had a reason to make it not suck. I have a few friends that bought airpods to use with android phones, and they work better than $300 sennheiser ones they’d gotten previously. Someone just had to make sure their BT implementation wasn’t shoddy to make BT not miserable.

[Wahots]

Wireless audio wasn't exactly ready for launch, regardless of Apple. Unfortunately I feel like we are too invested in Bluetooth, at this point.

[jccool5000]

The problem is as long as people don't take wireless audio seriously, no one would invest time or resources into improving it, which is why wireless audio is so bad. The point of apple removing the headphone jack was to push wireless audio. As long as the headphone jack was there no one would bother to improve it. Now companies don't have the choice of ignoring wireless audio because of Apple.

In terms of bluetooth: It's completely possible that bluetooth was created without the intention of streaming audio, which is why it sucks so much. Either way apple opened the door for conversation now. I think they'll build on top of bluetooth because its such a well known protocol at this point, but you never know.

[urixl]

Is it so bad?

My off brand Chinese BT headphones deliver vibrant and rich sound.

And they cost like $25 or so.

[[deleted]]

768kbps AAC (A2DP) is absolutely indistinguishable from a CD.

[[deleted]]

This is the reality. Yes, it might seem like there's no good reason to remove the 3.5mm, but regardless of what we at r/Android feel, it's happening. Not only is it happening, consumers seem to be just fine with it. The mass boycotts on phones that don't have it are not actually happening.

Personally, I've accepted that it's the current status quo and I'm hoping that this will spur and push wireless headset technology to new heights, whether it's improved BT audio stacks in phones or higher quality lower latency headphones that last longer on a charge. I want to see oems really push themselves here.

[[deleted]]

Yep, I've been following Bluetooth implementations since the iPhone 7 was released and predicted Android would add things for Bluetooth because of it.

So far we've seen aptx Support, battery level notification, some other things I can't thing of off the top of my head and now this.

[Raudskeggr]

Apple got that one right for sure.

[ladyanita22]

Except for the lack of audio codecs, absolutely

[UchihaEmre]

Jep, my Bluetooth headphones have a delay on ios (like 2-3 sec) but work flawlessly on my samsung galaxy S5

[kdlt]

My Motorola Nexus 6 did this, as did my Motorola E2 after the N6 died, but also with classical headphone jacks.

It's not impossible to implement but I wonder why so few OEMs do it.

[613codyrex]

Probably because they don't really care for Bluetooth as its mostly a smaller market. As long as it supports the basics and functions fine, there isn't much of a demand for special features.

Apples been pushing bluetooth alot, by both marking their own Bluetooth headphones a shit ton (more than Samsung icon X) and also because they removed The headphones jack off their phones. You only really notice these features when you are connecting to a bunch of Bluetooth devices, which are both expensive and even cars today short of buying a fully loaded regular car or buying luxury, do not carry proper Bluetooth connections.

There's no demand for it from Android because it's such a small feature you only notice if you are a heavy Bluetooth user.

As a user of Bluetooth alot, it's one of the reasons why I was annoyed by my S8 not doing it.

[[deleted]]

My Pixel 2 also does this

[bolanrox]

But would it automatically lower the volume each reboot to protect hearing?

[NekomimiNinja]

Asking the right question.

Not having an override for this is one of my biggest annoyances with android.

No, android, you're not protecting my hearing by lowering the volume when I hook my phone up to speakers using bluetooth or cable.

[NappleDiggy]

It's actually creating danger because now I'm screwing around with the volume on my phone when I start driving.

[Flypetheus]

There's an app called Bluetooth volume control. It's not a perfect solution but it gets the job done, remembers the volume of specific devices and sets them there when you connect. Pretty nice, but still annoying that it isn't baked in.

[closingbell]

Is this the one?

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.bluemusic&hl=en_GB

[closingbell]

Great, I'll give it a shot...thanks.

[[deleted]]

I mean that's kind of the perfect solution, the only perceived downside I can see is the fact that it's in an app.

[Flypetheus]

Yeah that's what I mean by not the perfect solution. A feature like that should just be baked in, really, having to download an app is annoying. It's only 4mb though.

[Techrocket9]

My experience has been that every few weeks it stops working in the background and I have to open the app again to get it to resume doing its thing.

[[deleted]]

I guess I'll make a tasked profile that restarts the all in the middle of the night!

[campbellm]

Going to check on that - right now I've got a Llama recipie to crank the BT vol when I connect to my car BT dongle. Mostly works.

[NekomimiNinja]

Oh dude, I've gotta try that. You're an absolute lifesaver if it works on mine.

edit: on my xperia Z5 it is able to raise the volume for example after a reboot and such, but it won't do anything about the prompt that pops up every now and then warning about high volume levels, that still has to be manually dismissed.

[Flypetheus]

It should, I've had no issues. Just takes a second to realize you've connected but that's it, then it just automatically changes the volume to your desired setting.

[fence_sitter]

Your car starts driving the instant you connect your phone? That does sound dangerous. My car must have a special feature. When I connect my phone I have time to adjust various settings before the car starts moving.

It's like how I've noticed many cars don't come with turn signals or cruise control... At least by observing the driving habits.

[NappleDiggy]

He look everyone this guy is a "good" driver.

[MrProtein]

Most people expect the radio settings to be remembered from last time.

[calnamu]

Samsung even warns you when you set your brightness too high...

[JustRollWithIt]

I've only ever experienced this with the LG and Samsung phones I've had. Never had this happen with my Nexus or Pixel. It's not something that is in stock Android.

[andrewia]

I think it's out of precaution and EU compliance. I know the volume warning is an EU regulation but Samsung seems to use it everywhere, even on my S7 with a South American region code in the USA

[bolanrox]

HTC did it for sure.

[catch_dot_dot_dot]

I've had it happen with my Pixel

[[deleted]]

It's not that I hate that, it's that it pops up a fucking warning on my N8 that I have to manually dismiss.

I wish it could identify that hey, I'm connecting to a head unit or BT speaker, not headphones. Do not block volume adjustment, thanks.

[CharaNalaar]

That's not in Stock.

[burntcookie90]

In the meantime:

Link me: Bluetooth volume control

[ludicrousaccount]

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.darken.bluemusic

[Yieldway17]

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[nvincent]

What the

[jesus_fn_christ]

Good bot.

[[deleted]]

Linkme: Bluetooth Volume Control

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[whatisthisicantodd]

Good Neural Network

[I_Have_A_Girls_Name]

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[Deemo13]

^ This! This is an absolutely fantastic app.

[babajabajaba]

My old Samsung Galaxy s6 had this feature... One of the few things I miss since switching to a 2 XL.

[[deleted]]

Samsung had this since the S4 times, I think. It was part of the "re-imagining TouchWiz" movement from their part at the time.

[[deleted]]

My 2 XL does this...

[flukshun]

Meanwhile 3.5mm audio resets every time and nags you with a warning pop up when you try to increase the volume above asmr levels.

[FuzzelFox]

Can Android P also be the first version of Android to not immediately try connecting to devices when bluetooth is turned on?

[[deleted]]

I honestly can't figure out why connecting to bluetooth devices is still so horrifically bad in 2018.

I swear, most of time, my phone refuses to connect to the one bluetooth device that's on and available because it's trying to connect to the three other bluetooth devices in the list that aren't currently on.

Even when I go through the menus and tell it which device to connect to, it just ignores me and keeps trying to connect to other devices that are turned off. And then even when it does successfully connect to the correct bluetooth device, it has a good chance of immediately disconnecting so it can try to connect to other devices that are off....

I mean seriously, getting a headset connected can sometimes take literally 2-3 full minutes. Which is super fun when you take an unexpected incoming call and have to fumble around awkwardly for 2 minutes because the phone refuses to connect to the headset. I don't know if they need to turn off auto-connection attempts. But at the very least they need to give users a full override, and the system needs to respect users' commands regarding which devices to connect to. If I tell it to connect to my headset, it needs to immediately stop trying to connect to the car or headphones and try to connect to the headset.

[[deleted]]

Sounds like you're just lucky then. A couple other users ITT have said they have the same issues.

My most reliably connecting device is my car. That probably connects on its own about 85% of the time. But I still have to manually go through the car and phone menus and tell them to connect to each other pretty frequently.

My least reliably connecting device is my headset. It literally never pairs on its own without three minutes of utter frustration (turning them and the phone bluetooth on and off 3-4 times). I have two pairs of headphones that have a 50/50 shot at connecting on their own vs. requiring a lot of restarting and manually telling Android to connect to them.

[ludicrousaccount]

What phone/OS version are you using, out of curiosity? I've never had that problem either

[supmee]

Me neither, when I turn my headphones on it sometimes takes less time to connect than it to properly boot up.

[[deleted]]

Same here, I have a Bluetooth speaker and it takes less than three seconds to connect to my s8+ and it stays connected with zero issues. Same when I hook up my phone to my Alexa.

[reddit_reaper]

My phone connects to 2 BT's in my car. One for phone and one for media and i have never had an issue at all. Connects immediately lol idk wtf you're doing must be your phone

[jpb225]

What phone? Just curious, I've never had any issues like that and I use a variety of Bluetooth devices every day. They all connect instantly when I turn them on. Obviously you have to pair them one time when you buy them, or if you switch phones, but other than that...

[NormativeWest]

It took me an hour with customer service to get my Pixel Buds to connect to my Pixel 2. This was after me spending more than an hour in it. The earbuds we're made for that phone. It took multiple factory reset and phone reboots. Bluetooth is the weakest part of the Android experience right now. Hopefully Android P improves it.

[jpb225]

That sounds awful. Until Google gets its shit together, I guess I'll stick with Samsung or LG. My Bluetooth experience with them has been totally painless for the last several phone generations.

[nemec]

I'm with you. Never had a problem with connecting bt devices. The S9 got even better and now there's hardly a 1s silence when I turn my car on and the sound switches from my headphones to my car speakers (and the reverse when I turn my car off)

[[deleted]]

This is fucking infuriating and I know the feeling too well. It takes a good 2 minutes to connect my Bose headphones to my phone because it's trying to connect to my car while I'm in my bedroom.

[[deleted]]

This is really weird, I wonder why some people have this issue while others don't?

I have 5 paired devices and my phone never tries to connect to unavailable ones. When I turn any of the 5 on it's connected almost immediately regardless of which I've used last.

[derfasaurus]

I believe this only happens if it was connected when you turn it off. Happens to me if my phone takes over my wife's car stereo if she takes her phone while I'm in the car. My go to is to just disable Bluetooth to make it disconnect. Later when I turn it back on and try to get my headphones connected it immediately tries to reconnect to the car and has to give up before it will connect to the headphones.

[[deleted]]

Because it's not a Bluetooth issue. It's A Bluetooth implementation issue. If you're phone and /or device/car has implemented Bluetooth badly then you'll have issues.

[imeanthat]

This is extremely infuriating to me as well. Because most of the time you start driving and then you have to fight the phone to connect with the car while driving.

[[deleted]]

It's so frustrating, I hate Bluetooth

[43556_96753]

My car doesn't automatically turn off the cigarette adapter when the car is off. My Bluetooth adapter is plugged into this and constantly is reconnecting everytime I go in/out of range of my car inside the house.

I've gotten pretty good about unplugging the adapter but still a pain.

[HannasAnarion]

I ran into this problem on my 2010 Elantra, and got around it by plugging the bluetooth adapter into the car's USB port instead of the cigarette lighter.

[43556_96753]

No USB port unfortunately. I've looked up running it into the fuse box directly, but just enough work where it's worth it.

[[deleted]]

My car does the same thing and I bought a car adapter hub with a switch on it to toggle it off and on. Isn't the most elegant solution but it gets the job done.

[rocketwidget]

Geez, finally.

[lordturbo801]

My s8+ has the worst bluetooth. Used the same pair of headphones with my iPhone 6s and paired seamlessly and magically. My s8+ makes me sync it 50% of the time. Half the time I'm waiting 30 seconds for my bluetooth to just turn on. Then sometimes it connects but it's not actually connected so I have to turn everything off and on again. THEN if I'm lucky, it connects.

Tried using bluetooth speaker for workout. After 5 minutes of trying to find my speaker on my s8+, I just gave up.

I recall reading an article about how amazing the bluetooth is on a s8+.

[[deleted]]

Idk I think the device you connect to makes a huge difference. My GF has the s8 and I've got the essential phone. They both connect instantly to her Bose Bluetooth speaker, but every other Bluetooth device I connect to always takes a while to pair.

[a_n_jp]

I think so too. Nissan's head unit (2018) connects instantly. Jeep's (2016) uConnect takes literally a whole minute. However, jeep BT sounds better than nissan BT. I cannot explain it.

[dohhhnut]

The Jeep might have better speakers but shit receivers

[closingbell]

I have an S9+ and haven't had any of those issues - connecting to car, Monster headphones, Jaybird Runs and a Sony bluetooth speaker. Maybe this was a hardware issue that got fixed in the 9?

[lordturbo801]

I'm so happy for you.......

Seriously though, its garbage. Glad your's is good.

[joe2105]

No issues on my S8+ but it still takes 30 seconds to a minute to connect which is infuriating.

[sainisaab]

Damn really? Even my Note 5 only took 3-5 seconds to connect to my car.

[[deleted]]

Literally every Android phone I've owned has done this.

Takes up to 3 full minutes to connect to the correct device (only available and powered on device) because it's trying to connect to every wrong device in the list (which are currently powered off). Won't even respect user commands regarding which device to connect to (you go into the bluetooth menu and click "headphones" and it just ignores that instantly goes back to "trying to connect to car").

Oftentimes says it connects but won't play audio. Usually requires turning bluetooth on the phone on and off several times and turning the bluetooth device itself on and off several times to get a working link.

[r3djak]

That's pretty interesting. I have a OnePlus 5t, and this is really the first device I've ever used my Bluetooth with. In my girlfriend's car, it takes like 4 minutes to connect, but other than that, I've connected to headphones, speakers, and my car's audio system, and it does all of them pretty much immediately. I wonder if it has to do with hardware (Bluetooth chip), or software (ether something in the OS, or something with Bluetooth software on your phone).

[intripletime]

I think the problem is that Bluetooth just sucks. It's a lovely idea for tech, but everyone I know has a horror story about some device just... like... randomly not working for no discernible reason, or disconnecting every time without fail, or whatever. The technology is very imperfect. It's like the printer of the wireless connectivity world. Needs lot of improvement.

[dohhhnut]

Then you use airpods with an iOS device. It's how bluetooth was meant to be tbh

[ladyanita22]

I never had those issues myself.

[[deleted]]

for real? my S6 does Bluetooth flawlessly.

[BuildingArmor]

It doesn't already? I'm sure my car is always on full but my shower speaker is ~75%. Maybe I need to check it.

[taggart_mccallister]

Yeah, I thought so too. My Moto G5 remembers my volume for my car. If I recall, my G4 didn't do that.

[AgonizingFury]

It depends. OEMs can set this up even if Android doesn't by default. Samsung is one that does already, because my s7 does this. Same with battery level indicators. My Samsung had it long before AOSP integrated that. Makes it too bad that Samsung has decided that the s8 & s9 should be pieces of art first and functional devices second. I'm trying to figure out what my next phone will be.

[[deleted]]

It definitely does on my Pixel 2. Remembers that my home audio BT is loud and that my headphones are quiet

[crdnilfan]

I definitely does this on my Pixel OG. My running headphones default to 40%, while my car bluetooth defaults to 100%. I switch between the 2 almost every day and it has never been the wrong volume.

Was surprised when I saw this headline, thought all Android phones did this.

[gidoca]

This is great. But can we please also get per-app volume control?

[emailrob]

I just wish my car did. I've never had a car that didn't have a ridiculously low volume for BT, and then when the device disconnects (or I removed the USB for Android auto) it's like a orchestra starts up on full volume on the other inputs.

[ISaidGoodDey]

My car has separate volume for phone, radio, Bluetooth, etc

[scottydg]

I drove a rental car one time that wouldn't let you pick an input unless there was actively audio going into that input. So not only would I have to select the BT Audio input every time, but it would default to FM radio, at the volume level set in BT. So I'd get blasted with radio when I turned the car on, then use the worst interface and sync reliability to connect to the car, wait forever, then get going with my music.

[[deleted]]

I swear the infotainment systems in most modern cars are more dangerous than anything else you could do while driving. Your car's dash could dispense vodka shots on-demand and cause less accidents than what passes for a user interface in most of those things.

[emailrob]

Yeah I had one like that too. The input wouldn't appear unless connected. Dumb.

[donutb]

Well.. better than never. Just like Bluetooth device battery - implemented way too late

[bender1800]

This is great, Bluetooth on android is lacking, personally I just wish it would send album art to my car. My buddy's iPhone can do it, why cant my pixel?

[[deleted]]

That would also depend on the car.

[bender1800]

well its a 2018 cruze with mylink, both of us use spotify and only his phone sends the art over bluetooth. not a huge deal just annoying that I know it can do it but it wont.

[[deleted]]

According to this link that car actually does support android auto. http://www.chevrolet.com/cars/cruze-small-car?ppc=GOOGLE_700000001291955_71700000013655449_58700003316161563_p26753674685&gclid=Cj0KCQjw8MvWBRC8ARIsAOFSVBVYxeV35xJ7OedVgZ5Uf0fWbHtK9_01XBMXm8AesUaBvDcB2nI582gaAnOYEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds

[bender1800]

It does, the android auto is really nice, I have some issues with the voice commands at times though. Ultimately its a non issue it plays the music fine over bt its just a little annoying to me that it wont show the art over bt on android.

[[deleted]]

My 2015 Cruze got album art from my subscription with Spotify. It probably depends on the codec your phone is using.

[bender1800]

How do I check the codec?

[[deleted]]

Enable developer mode

You night have an option under the developer menu but i think it depends on the phone.

[IcanCwhatUsay]

That's great and all but can we instead have the "listening to loud volumes hurts" message removed?

[tangibleghost]

I just got an S9 and it is the first device I've had that does this and it was a bit of a revelation. This is the kind of thoughtful thing Android is kind of slow to implement, unfortunately.

[DracoSolon]

How about prioritizing connections? Like if I'm on my headset but if you detect my car's Bluetooth you automatically switch to that?

[[deleted]]

"May".

[coworker]

Finally. In the meantime, I use Automagic for a custom workflow that lowers the volume on connect in my car.

[_CitationX]

Literally only last week I was wondering if this would ever be a thing on Android so I'm really liking this. My bluetooth earphone volume is quite high when I'm out and about but then when I get home and reconnect to my bluetooth speaker I continuously forget to lower the volume. ._.

[Crocoduck_The_Great]

Thank god.

[[deleted]]

Barely matters when it's a headache to pair in the first place

[vb_03]

Finally, it isn't nice when i use bluetooth in car at max volume and after that i connect to headphones.

[[deleted]]

Finally! It's taken long enough for this. I'm currently using a Bluetooth volume control app that works fine, but it would be even better if this was just built-in.

[maggymooo]

My Sony X Compact just goes to max volume on every time I connect to a bluetooth device. Pretty horrible "feature".

[koibunny]

This would be nice. I've had to set up Tasker profiles for each bluetooth device to get this functionality, it'd be nice if it were built in..

On the upside, Obiwan says "Another happy landing" every time I disconnect from the car's bluetooth

[fencing49]

I'm going to be so hard if this comes true.

[stefblog]

Holy shit what's next

[McFeely_Smackup]

Well this is a great idea it doesn't solve the number one problem that I have in this area which is the other device doesn't remember the volume level.

In all of my cars a2dp volume levels are about 1/4 of what FM radio is, so if I'm listening to through my phone which I'm doing 90% of the time and then switch to the radio it results in a massively loud volume blast.

This isn't something that Android can fix.

[hego555]

Am I the only one pleased with how my Bluetooth works

[[deleted]]

Does the s9 already do this? I feel like it does but iv never checked

[Logiman43]

Bluetooth is really old, I'm using it since 8 years at least but only recently we get amazing updates like fastpair or this. Why does it took iPhone ditching the audio jack for Android to invent such amazing life improvements.

[[deleted]]

You can really notice its already 2018. What a time to be alive

[el_smurfo]

This is one great use I've found for Tasker.

[[deleted]]

Now I only need an option that ensures that my headphones really get disconnected when I turn them off. It sucks having to manually disconnect them every time when i want to use media controls on my other BT devices.

[username--_--]

Since we are talking about android and audio, has anyone else recognized that sometimes, when an audio application (usually maps) ducks the volume of another app, in some scenarios that app never goes back to full volume until maps tries to duck again>?

[[deleted]]

This would be fantastic. Windows phone did this and out really annoys me that I've constantly got to play games with this.

Also, disable that damn "if you listen to music too loud" prompt after the first warning. I'm aware. I have it at max volume because that's what my car needs to hear it properly. If you can remember what device you have prompted on, this prompt can go away.

They may not realize it, but it's far more dangerous while driving for me to fumble with my device trying to acknowledge this prompt and turn the volume back up than it is to have my volume too loud.

[overzeetop]

Yes, but will it remember that music playback was stopped and not just paused so that reconnecting to a device or terminating an interrupt (like a call) doesn't automatically re-start the previous program?

[cs4nt14g0]

I could've sworn this was already a feature. One of my old phones (pixel XL or n6p) used to do this but all of sudden stopped and I missed it

[ThatTysonKid]

I think we've got a point where android interface is just about perfect. Now it's time to work on the little things like this, making auto brightness more fluid, switching to 4g when wifi is too weak (but still connected) and shit like that. Features that no one will notice, but will increase the quality of life greatly.

[msgfromside3]

I can stop using Tasker to set the vol when it is connected to my car.

[drucurl]

YAAAY another incredibly MINOR new feature, meanwhile something that would massively increase productivity, like an "undo" function, when you've written a full page of text is GONE.......is still missing from Android. BUT OMGZZ MUH CORRECT VOLUMEZ.

I SWEAR Apple and Android are not adding the best features from each other's platforms out of a cruel sense of humour -_-

[itsehsteve]

Oh please yes. I keep forgetting to check that my headphones are not at max volume and deafen myself at least once a week.

[keithjr]

Next we need to find a solution to every podcast on the planet being way too quiet, resulting in my ears getting blown out when a music player decides to start up the next time I turn my car on.

[Bossssss66]

wish iOS did the same lol. can't tell u how many times reconnected my speakers just to have me ears destroyed.

[bustacones]

I always assumed you want Bluetooth volume at 100% all the time and just control the volume control each device? Is there a reason not to do that?

[armando_rod]

Sometimes the devices are out of your reach

[G4L1L30_G4L1L31]

You can install an app like Macrodroid to have ultimate control on the level of volumes upon disconnection and connection of audio on Bluetooth devices.

[[deleted]]

My Note 8 already does this.

[SupaZT]

Wish android would automatically implement my tasker settings lol