I haven't noticed this issue during calls, but I have noticed it a little bit 
while reading webpages in safari. Sometimes the voice will randomly get louder 
or softer for no apparent reason. I have an iPhone 15

> On Dec 17, 2025, at 9:38 AM, Carolyn Arnold <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Oh right, Joshua, and I do use Bluetooth to my hearing aids. 
> 
> Carolyn Arnold
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of 
> Joshua Hendrickson
> Sent: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 4:06 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: Concerning inexplicable volume drop on iPhones
> 
> I’ve got a 13 pro max and as fard as I know, I don’t have any drops in volue 
> either phone or voice over. Of course I usually use either my airpods max or 
> another headset or sometimes the phone speaker. Good luck. I’d say those that 
> have this issue, keep reporting it to apple.
> 
> Sent from my quantum phone!!
> 
> 
>    On Dec 17, 2025, at 1:00 AM, Sieghard Weitzel <[email protected]> wrote:
>    
>    
> 
>     
> 
>    Are you referring to a drop of the call volume or the Voiceover volume 
> during a call?
> 
>    I have an iPhone 16 Pro and can't remember noticing this and I make a fair 
> number of calls and at times longer calls. Not sure, however, if it makes a 
> difference that I probably use either wired EarPods or my Airpods for 8 or 9 
> out of 10 calls and for longer calls I almost always use a headset or if I am 
> at home in a quiet environment the speakerphone. 
> 
>     
> 
>    Best regards,
> 
>    Sieghard
> 
>     
> 
>    From: [email protected] <[email protected]> On Behalf Of 
> Bill Gallik
>    Sent: Tuesday, December 16, 2025 9:33 PM
>    To: viPhone 📩 <[email protected]>
>    Subject: Concerning inexplicable volume drop on iPhones
> 
>     
> 
>    Good evening all,
> 
>     
> 
>    A number of folks who are Blind using voiceover have been experiencing an 
> inexplicable automatic volume drop during phone calls (including myself). 
> This has been happening on iPhones SE, 13, 14, 15 and16. Now, of course, this 
> doesn’t seem to happen only with VoiceOver users; I have a friend who does 
> not use VoiceOver and the volume drops on her iPhone 14 automatically for no 
> explainable reason.
> 
>     
> 
>    Can anybody on this list using an iPhone 17 advise whether or not this 
> happens with that model?
> 
>     
> 
>    Any and all responses will be much appreciated.
> 
>     
> 
>    FYI: I’m contemplating buying an iPhone 17, but only if this maddening 
> automatic voice drop doesn’t occur on that model. I’m not sure why, but Apple 
> doesn’t seem able to correct this problem and it’s most frustrating.
> 
>     
> 
>    TIA!
> 
>     
> 
>    ************
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>    - Sent from Ino Squire's iPhone SE (iOS 26.2) via Google Mail
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