iPhone 16 Pro Max minimum volume too loud

I fixed it! Go to settings > sounds and haptics > volume limit > and slide the slider down to 20%. That made the minimum volume quieter and fixed it for me. I had this problem with my new iPhone 16, the lowest volume was way too loud. It was driving me crazy every time I’d use my phone, especially at night or in the bathroom. Hope this helps! :)

while limiting the max volume affects the volume of the steps you can achieve with the buttons and the volume of the percentage values it does not in fact change the lowest volume the OS allows you to set before cutting out. You can use decimal values instead of percentages which allows you even lower values, while the max limit changes what value corresponds to what volume the actual minimum volume remains unchanged. See a more detailed description and an icloud link to a shortcut to test it yourself in my previous reply here

Resetting settings and firmware does not fix the problem of too loud sound. 18.4 the problem still persists.

If you turn on screen recording (press the recording button hard and turn on the microphone there), then the volume control becomes normal and allows you to smoothly lower it until it turns off. BUT only the upper speaker works, and the lower speaker is apparently turned off for better microphone recording. At the same time, if you lower the volume to 0, you will hear a loud crack from the speaker on top. You can hear the same crack when you lower the volume when you listen to a voice message, putting the phone to your ear and turning down the volume until it turns off. The problem is both with the upper speaker (crackling) and the lower one (high volume). A smartphone for $ 1000 from the best company in the world is ok

I am not sure if they did an update, but the Control Center volume adjustment can be pulled very low and does the trick on my iPhone 16. Just annoying to have to do every time I want very low volume, but it works!

18.4 FIXED IT. I checked.

Yes, but when you toggle the max volume down, it takes the min volume with it. I just tried this and it totally works. I moved my max down to 40% and I feel like my 1% minimum matches where it was on my iPhone 11.

There is an easy fix. Pull down from the top right corner to reveal the control menu. Use your finger to pull down the volume slider and it will respond to your touch with a much higher degree of sensitivity than can be achieved by using the volume buttons on the side of the phone. That is all there is to this problem.

Agreed. At night, in bed, or in the bathroom, we don’t want loud phones.

For all media:

• Minimum volume with volume buttons way too loud
• Pulling the volume slider on the screen down to 1 pixel high too loud
• Setting a shortcut to set all media to 1% volume too loud
• Then there’s inconsistency between apps of course. Like LinkedIn’s minimum volume doesn’t even start until about 4-6% volume on the slider (when dragging it on screen)

Last phone was iPhone 14pmx, this 16pmx is now way too loud. I think this started with the 15, because my wife has it and she doesn’t even use the on-screen volume to minimize and in bed is constantly hitting volume up/volume down button to hear things but then it’s too loud. With the 14, I was able to get things nice and quiet with the on-screen control.

Please give us fractional percent volume! Or reduce the minimum on the amplifier.

I had the same problem! Bring up your control center where you’ll see the volume slider. Hold that volume slider down and it will actually let you lower the volume manually. So you can get the lowest setting lower without muting completely.

I ended up creating a Shortcut to turn the volume to 1% rather than using the slider bar each time. Still too loud, but helps with not having to use the slider!

Have you updated to at least iOS 18.2? It should be between the System Haptics toggle and the Headphones section on iOS 18.2

This user has found a solution --> Problem Solved With Too Loud USB-C - Apple Community