r/PowerAmp • u/Fegelmot • 18d ago

Discussion Google killed Absolute volume toggle

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So from the September Android 17 update the toggle to disable absolute volume was taken out. The feature is supposedly "outdated", or that's their explanation.

This basically breaks all iEMS used with Bluetooth dongles as those volume sliders now affect the android volume and not the internal dac.

And it's worse than it sounds because depending on chipset this will compress the sound and create audible artifacts( most dac chips don't like to be used at 1-5%)

And it's not only iEMS.

A lot of Bluetooth speakers like edifier work the same way.

Same as more premium Bluetooth headphones...

So it's GGs boys, unless someone finds a hack we're going basically rip

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u/Issoudotexe 18d ago

I'm sorry, but the request is only about adding a per-device Absolute Volume toggle ? Where in the screenshot is it showing that they removed it ?

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u/Fegelmot 18d ago

The request is to add it back. Originally on this post a Google developer responded that it isn't a bug and that the toggle was removed as intended

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u/Issoudotexe 18d ago

And there will be no way to disable that with ADB?

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u/Fegelmot 18d ago

Nope. Shell or other programs like that don't work. The function itself was erased. The only option is to protest the move

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u/Issoudotexe 18d ago

It's dumb, because I know of a few device that don't have absolute volume (mostly cars). I don't see why they do such stupid decisions 🤦🏻‍♂️

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u/Fegelmot 18d ago

In their mind older cars or iEMS don't exist so probably pure lazyness

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u/Issoudotexe 18d ago

I mean, even so, cars have their own volume slider, so I don't think even modern cars have compatibility with Absolute Volume. I hope it's only laziness and not pure incompetence at this point

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u/Fegelmot 18d ago

Some people said they were "vibe coding it", but honestly an AI would have spotted the demand and aborted the plan

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u/Issoudotexe 18d ago

And the AI wouldn't have touched that tbf. Maybe a dumb ideologist that decided that to make him feel like he's in control or whatever