Android still doesn’t handle USB audio very well. USB DAC dongles have their own volume settings, however Android doesn’t ever change this. This means that if a dongle has a preset volume level that is relatively low, android can never go above this.
Someone on Reddit has written a better explanation: https://www.reddit.com/r/headphones/comments/11wfe05/android_dongle_volume_issue_lets_ask_for_a_fix/
Help us get this issue higher up on android’s priority list by pressing the +1 button. I know it probably doesn’t affect many users here but thank you anyway!
My car doesn’t have Bluetooth, and my phone doesn’t have an aux jack, so I am all too familiar with this problem. My ex with an iPhone used a dongle-to-aux which worked fine, but my phone was always incredibly quiet, so basically unusable. It’s a shame that Google isn’t really doing anything about this problem. I did my part and starred it, looks like there’s only ~200 stars at this time
I agree Google should fix this, but there is a workaround. You could get a Bluetooth to AUX dongle if this is bothering you. They’re fairly cheap.
Nice to see some work arounds but ideally we’d see a system wide fix. Let’s try get as many people as we can to star this issue!
Sending audio over Bluetooth is always a bad idea (other than simple voice calls).
Classic Google, mocks apple for removing the aux port. They then remove the aux port and don’t even bother implementing the aux dongle protocol correctly.
Thanks, wonder how we can get a wider audience to star this issue. Thought I’d start on Lemmy.