Official Apple warning reveals simple iPhone mistake that could injure you permanently – it’s easy to avoid
EXPERTS have warned iPhone users about listening to music too loudly on their devices.
If you love listening to tunes on your iPhone, then enabling one iOS setting may help protect your hearing.
It’s no surprise that listening to loud music can significantly damage your ears over time.
Apple developed a tool called Headphone Notification to promote hearing safety.
HEADPHONE SAFETY
iPhone’s Headphone Safety feature lets users know if there’s a need to turn their device’s volume down.
Apple released this feature as part of its new iOS 14 tools to protect users from hearing damage.
This feature works by sending users notifications, that “let you know if your audio exposure has been loud enough for long enough to affect your hearing,” the tech giant explained in a blog post.
“Your iPhone, iPod Touch, or Apple Watch can now alert you when you’ve exceeded 100% of the 7-day exposure limit while wearing headphones.”
The tool will also automatically lower your device’s volume the next time you connect your headphones.
ENABLE THE TOOL
To enable this tool, you will need an iPhone 7 or newer with iOS 14 or later.
First, head to Settings, then tap Sounds & Haptics – or Sounds on earlier models.
Once there, tap on Headphone Safety and toggle on Reduce Loud Sounds.
You can then drag the slider to choose a loud sound you don’t want your headphone volume to exceed.
iPhone then analyzes your headphone audio and reduces any sound that’s louder than the level you set.
Apple also notes that depending on a person’s country or region, Headphone Notifications may be turned on by default.
And in some countries or regions, you may not be able to turn the feature off.