Here's how to make your Apple AirPods louder.
Use our clickable sections below
to keep track of what step you're on
during this tutorial.
You can always just use the volume buttons
and slider on your iPhone
if your AirPods are connected.
You can also use Siri to adjust your volume.
For first-generation AirPods,
you can double-touch the side of your AirPods
to activate Siri.
Just say, "Hey, Siri."
Then say, "Increase volume."
If you have second-generation AirPods or later --
this also includes AirPod Pros --
and you've set up the "Hey, Siri" function on your iPhone,
you can simply say, "Hey, Siri"
and then ask Siri to adjust the volume.
Asking Siri to increase your volume
will increase the volume in 12% intervals.
You can also tell Siri to increase the volume
by a specific percentage or to a specific percentage.
"Hey, Siri, raise the volume by 40%,"
or, "Hey, Siri, raise the volume to 80%."
Make sure to be careful when telling Siri
to raise the volume to a specific percentage,
as the volume can get uncomfortably loud.
If these methods don't make it loud enough for you,
you can also try to clean your AirPods.
Check out our video in the description below
on how to properly do this.
It's also possible that your AirPods
need to be calibrated to your iPhone,
as your two devices may not be on the same page
when it comes to the range of the volume.
First, put your AirPods in your ears
and start playing music.
Then, using the volume buttons on your iPhone,
turn the iPhone's volume all the way down.
You shouldn't hear anything from your AirPods now.
Swipe down from the top right of your iPhone
to display the control panel
and tap the Bluetooth button to disable Bluetooth.
Start playing music again,
this time through your iPhone's own speakers.
Using your iPhone's volume buttons,
turn the volume all the way down.
Now reconnect your AirPods.
Tap Bluetooth to turn it back on.
You might also need to open the settings app.
Tap "Bluetooth" and tap "AirPods" to reconnect them.
Finally, play music again, adjusting the volume as needed.
If your AirPods are quiet
when listening to music through the music app,
there are a couple steps that can fix that.
First, go into settings.
Tap "Music."
Make sure that EQ is set to off.
If it's turned on, tap "EQ" and then tap "Off."
If one ear sounds louder than the other,
an accessibility setting in the iPhone
might be suppressing the volume in one ear.
For this, you'll want to start the settings app.
Tap "Accessibility."
In the hearing section, tap "Audio/Visual."
Make sure that the left/right slider
under "BALANCE" is balanced with the buttons in the middle.
If it's slid to the right or the left,
slide it back to the center.