topic Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud in Speakers and Displays

Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Sandoz — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 20:01:21 GMT

I listen to music while I fall asleep, the lowest volume has been perfect and has been for years. But today this got changed: anything from 3-10% is the same volume and much louder than before, while anything lower just mutes the sound altogether. Needless to say, I can't fall asleep when the music is way too loud for comfort.

Please revert whatever changes got made to the volume system as soon as possible, I need my music to fall asleep.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Yogurt — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 00:01:32 GMT

Can't help you but I'm having the same issue. I've always had the volume at 18 to 22% when falling asleep. As of this evening I've got it on 4%.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Rorochu — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 07:11:09 GMT

I always have music at 7... now I don't have music 😞

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

WillJoe123 — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 09:56:17 GMT

If your Google Nest Home is changing volume by itself, reboot the device and check your Bluetooth and internet connection. If the issue persists, turn off the "lower volume when listening" option on the Google Home app. You could also try adjusting the night mode, routines, and alarms on the Google Home app.

Regards,

Will

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Sandoz — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 13:24:12 GMT

This isn't an issue with my device, it's Google changing the way volume works on their end. Lots of people are having this problem right now it seems.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Kizzm0 — Fri, 03 Mar 2023 18:48:43 GMT

Same issue here. Always had 15% in my kids room when hes sleeping. Now 15% is very loud and i gotta keep it at ~5%. Started yesterday.

Google Nest Mini Speakers - Volume is really loud

timmyjoe42 — Mon, 06 Mar 2023 14:32:51 GMT

I have 4 google nest mini's and the volume level at 8% is just about right for listening, but it is really problematic to adjust the volume level if a loud or quiet song starts playing. I have to go into the app and open each speaker and spin the wheel to adjust it 1%. This is really frustrating. It started this issue about a week ago. Before it was about 15% to 20% was perfect. I tried rebooting the speakers and no luck. Do have to reset all 4 of these and set up the whole group again? It seems like there should be an easier way to set a baseline volume.

The devices are all on the same wifi. They are not connected via bluetooth, so there shouldn't be any remembering the last volume level issue. I normally start casting music from my spotify account on my phone, and then I control spotify using the software on my PC while I work.

I'm at my wit's end trying to research this. I can't find anything remotely close to my problem on the internet.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

hmoo2449 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 07:00:19 GMT

I have the same problem, i think its a system wide update that needs to be changed back.

The only thing that kind of helps (still not as quiet as it used to be) is if you ignore chromecast and just connect through bluetooth. It is a huge pain but hopefully it helps a bit until they fix the problem

Re: Google Nest Mini Speakers - Volume is really loud

Steppy — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:10:03 GMT

I'm having similar issues.

In the last week or two Spotify is extremely loud. I used to be able to fine tune the volume using my phone's slider/buttons but now it's either "slightly too loud" or completely silent.

I also can't find anything about it and I don't know if it's a Spotify update or something specific to the Nest Mini.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Steppy — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 08:35:55 GMT

Unfortunately I haven't found a solution to this. I tried night mode and whilst it initially works if I accidentally lower the volume to 0% (very easy to do when I have to set the maximum to 1%) when I change it back up it goes to 5% which is slightly too loud.

I thought I was going crazy and that my hearing was coming and going because it's been fine a couple of times in the last week but the other 30 times have been way too loud.

Apparently if enough people bring attention to it Google may actually investigate so hopefully all of us complaining helps with that.

If not I'm just going to find a different Wi-fi speaker that gives me better volume control.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

wajs — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 12:10:44 GMT

I have the same issue on my all devices including Google Home and Chromecast

Re: Google Nest Mini Speakers - Volume is really loud

timmyjoe42 — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:47:12 GMT

Your comment about Spotify got me thinking it may be something with the Spotify app, so I tried it with Pandora today and I am getting the same volume issues. 😞 I wonder if the Mini's got an update pushed to them that might be causing this.

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Sandoz — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 15:14:22 GMT

Sadly, connecting to bluetooth compresses the sound and also makes the music too loud on my device, that's why I always used wifi on the speaker. But yeah, let's hope so.

Re: Google Nest Mini Speakers - Volume is really loud

CaptainBB — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 20:15:14 GMT

Same issue with my Nest Mini G2 and it is annoying manually controlling the volume between songs. The volume should be levelling for my music just like it used to do, but it's not like that anymore.

I have a subscription to YT Premium and use my speaker to listen to music daily and this problem started sometime in mid-2022. Let's just say I have a lot of patience but I'm starting to think about not using it anymore!!

Please listen to us here and find a way to fix uneven volume issues with your products.

Thanks, Braden

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

cookiesnsarcasm — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 05:25:14 GMT

Same! I used to have it at 14% and now I don't have music because even at 1% it's too loud 😩

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

BasileH — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 13:49:41 GMT

Same thing. Google Home & Google Nest hub. I used to listen music at 10-15% but since the start of this week I now listen at 1% or 0%.... why did they change the volume settings of a speaker device over an update like that this is mind boggling ! 😫

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

BananaMan1422 — Thu, 09 Mar 2023 07:20:02 GMT

I’ve got the same issue. I’ve always left my audio at 17% when I go to bed, but now even 1% sounds like if I had set it at 20% previously

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Muddi — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 22:05:21 GMT

Hey everyone,

Thanks for bringing this to our attention. It seems like we've been seeing an increase in reports about the volume of the Google Home/Nest speakers being louder than usual.

To help the team to further look into this, please send feedback on your device by saying, "Hey Google, send feedback," followed by the keywords: GHT3 volume range issue. Learn more about how to send feedback on our Help Center.

Once you've submitted feedback, please let us know in the comments what type of Google Home/Nest device you have, together with the firmware version."

Cheers,

Muddi

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Steppy — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 11:21:51 GMT

Thanks,

I've submitted feedback via voice and here's the firmware version:
Cast firmware - 1.56.324896

*Edit*
I forgot to add, I have a Nest Mini

Re: Lowest volume has suddenly become too loud

Sandoz — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 14:56:41 GMT

Thanks! I'm using a JBL Link Portable, cast firmware version 1.52.272222.