Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. You might have noticed that your iPhone shows ...

You probably only use your phone's volume buttons to control volume, but they can do a lot more than just that. Here are some unique ways to use them.

Spotify, the popular streaming service from Sweden, has recently announced a glaring change that will affect the way iPhone users control volume for connected devices. As of Sept. 3, users will no ...

I've been using the iPhone for over a decade, and I'm pretty confident I know most of the tricks in the book. It's not just my job description that requires me to stay on top of each iPhone and iOS ...

With the release of Android 15 Beta 2, Pixel phones can once again control the volume of Google Home speaker groups while casting. Google intentionally disabled this functionality on Pixel phones back ...

We love UI changes in new versions of Android because they at least make things feel new, even if the feature set or other list of changes doesn’t matter much to most of us. When Google changes the ...

Android's Material You design language, introduced in Android 12, has significantly enhanced the visual experience for users. Since then, Google has continuously refined this design philosophy with ...

For the past few years, easy volume controls for speaker groups and other Cast devices from Pixel phones has been disabled, but they appear to be returning in the latest Android 15 beta update. Some ...

I have my MacBook Pro connected via thunderbolt to my Dell monitor. The Dell monitor has a line out port to my powered speakers. Unfortunately, my speakers have independent volume controls in the back ...

macOS has two distinct volume control options in the Sound preference pane that affect how a Mac produces sound. The Alert volume slider in the middle controls sound effect and notification volume; ...