At least, they do until an ultra-loud notification leaves your ears ringing.
On the other hand, you might find yourself missing notifications because they sound too quiet.
you might also adjust Siri’s volume on your AirPods.
Are Notifications Too Loud on Your AirPods?
AirPods support two types of audible alerts.
These are produced by your AirPods to indicate various gear states.
The low-battery alert typically comes out of nowhere and can be particularly loud and pretty jarring.
So, how do you turn down the volume of AirPods sound effects without changing the global notification volume?
Adjusting the AirPods volume in the Control Center only affects the media you’re listening to.
To do so, drag the slider inSettings > Sounds & Hapticsunder theRingtone and Alertsheading left or right.
With the AirPods in your ears, navigate toSettings > Accessibility > AirPods.
Once here, scroll down until you see a volume slider under theTone Volumesection.
While the name is somewhat confusing, this slider controls the tone volume of the AirPods status sounds.
If necessary, play some music to wake your AirPods from sleep.
The steps are somewhat different forMacs running macOS Ventura and later.
With your AirPods worn and connected to the computer, go toSystem options > Accessibilityand clickAudiounder theHearingsection.
you might now drag theTone volumeslider under theAirPodssection.
Again, the Tone Volume setting is separate from the master volume for notifications in theSounds & Hapticsmenu.
Fortunately, adjusting Siri’s volume on your AirPods is easy.
Then, say, “Speak Louder” or “Speak Lower.”
This method also changes Siri’s volume on any other Bluetooth gear.
To Apple’s defense, it has added software features and prefs to the earbuds with regular updates.
The inability to change the notification volume just for AirPods is one of the missing features Apple should address.
