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The iPhone’s volume buttons will no longer work with Spotify Connect (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by uidev to c/spotify

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[–] cannedtuna 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

When an iPhone user presses their physical volume rocker, Spotify will display a notification that says “Want to change the volume?”

So it sees the button press but won’t change the volume? That seems really dumb.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Spotify blames the change on Apple, saying the company won’t give it access to the same technology that lets Apple Music play on third-party devices. As a result, controlling volume with the iPhone’s physical toggle has “become unstable” for connected devices, causing volume to spike during playback and other bugs. Spotify says the change will result in “persistent, high-quality” volume control. The Sonos app has also stoppedletting iPhone users change the volume of their devices using physical buttons for similar reasons.

[–] PP_BOY_ 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

Apple runs their own music streaming services, too, no? They obviously can't come right out and ban a service that so many people love, the backlash would be insane, but they can slowly, very quietly, make it difficult for competitors to deliver good products to the market (the same market they control).

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

I still blame Spotify. The amount of weird buggy shit that program does, never actually syncs between devices, hiding songs from being play yet they still play...many many many more bullshit problems all directly Spotify's fault and has been for years and years . Spotify is trash

[–] reddig33 2 points 2 months ago

It should work the same way Apple Music and other apps work. The volume buttons are for system volume. Not app-specific volume.

[–] whereisk 2 points 2 months ago

I believe Spotify here, from personal experience, the os suddenly decides to spike the keyboard clicking sounds to maximum volume out of the blue without playing any other audio at the time.