Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro
by A_Venom_Roll on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @03:04AM
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An example I can think of is when you're listening to a podcast or music that has been recorded on low volume. Without a volume mixer you're forced to increase the general volume, resulting in overly 'loud' sound notifications from other apps.
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Media volume and notification volume have their own sliders
Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro
by happymellon on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @09:08AM
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The media volume slider is joint across the apps though if they aren't notifications.
Re:Google Pixel 9 Pro
by A_Venom_Roll on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @11:18AM
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Unfortunately this doesn't work for notifications such as 'lap times' from the Garmin app. This is also considered media by the phone.
That can be fixed with Garmin notification sound being treated as a notification sound.
Adding per app volume control is IMHO a really bad UX. It means there's a master volume and then per app volume is like a coefficient the app volume is multiplied by.
My car has its own volume control separate from the phone bluetooth volume and I hate the experience of having two volume knobs interacting with each other when all I want to do is to increase or decrese volume