iPhone Update Physical Buttons No Longer Control Volume for Streaming on Third-Party Apps

TapTechNews June 1st news, according to the feedback of Spotify and Reddit community users, after iPhone users install the recent update (possibly iOS 17.4), after streaming music media content to other devices they can no longer use the iPhone's physical buttons to control the device volume.

According to the feedback of the Spotify community moderator, in the recent iOS update released by Apple, the music streaming media application is prevented from using the iPhone's volume buttons to control the SpotifyConnect device.

Users cannot control the device volume through physical buttons, but can adjust it by using the software volume slider in the device menu, causing unnecessary trouble. Before this change, users only need to click the side button of the iPhone to conveniently and quickly change the volume.

TapTechNews cited the test of the Android Authority media. When users use the official AppleMusic or TVRemote application of Apple for streaming, it still supports controlling the volume of the media played on tvOS through the physical buttons of the iPhone, but when it comes to Spotify, YouTube, and YouTubeMusic applications, this function cannot be replicated, indicating that this restriction is limited to third-party applications.