How to Make iPhone Speakers Louder

Simple ways to increase your iPhone volume for music and other media

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Last Updated: May 27, 2022

This wikiHow teaches you how to change your iPhone's equalizer settings and volume limit in order to make it easier to hear your music.

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Setting Up Your EQ

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icon on your iPhone's home screen to open the Settings menu.
This option looks like a blue-and-pink musical note icon towards the middle of your Settings menu. It will open your Music settings.

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This option is listed under the PLAYBACK heading towards the bottom of your Music menu. It will open a list of equalizer presets you can use for all of your music.
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Scroll down and select Late Night . A blue checkmark will appear next to the selected preset.
- This preset will turn up the quieter parts of all played music on your iPhone, and help you better hear what's happening in a song.
- Alternatively, you can try the Loudness preset. This option also boosts quieter sounds, and slightly muffles louder sounds to help you better hear your music in a loud environment.
This button looks like a blue, backward arrow icon in the upper-left corner of your screen. It will save your new EQ settings, and go back to the Music menu.

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Turning Up the Volume Limit

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This option is located below EQ on your Music menu. It will allow you to change and adjust the maximum volume you can get out of your iPhone.
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Tap and drag the MAX VOLUME slider to the right. The right-hand side of the slider allows you to get more sound volume on your iPhone.
- If you find the right end of the slider too loud, you can always come back and tone it down a little.
This is a blue arrow icon in the upper-left corner. It will save your new max volume setting, and go back to the Music menu.