Volume

VideoHUD provides system-wide access to iOS 11’s new volume HUD

Anthony Bouchard ∙ March 14, 2018

One of the most significant pain points involving the iOS user interface is the stock volume HUD. It pops up directly in the middle of your display, forcing you to wait for its automatic dismissal before returning to your tasks.

Apple provided meaningful volume HUD-centric upgrades in iOS 11, but you’ll only notice them when you watch videos or play full-screen games. Fortunately, a new free jailbreak tweak called VideoHUD by iOS developer Youssef Mikhail lets you enjoy these upgrades from anywhere in iOS.

EQE brings a system-wide equalizer to your jailbroken device

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 16, 2017

If you cherished the concept of EqualizerEverywhere back in the day, then we think you might like a new free jailbreak tweak called EQE by iOS developer r333d.

As the developer puts it, EQE is essentially EqualizerEverywhere’s successor. Acting as an entirely system-wide parametric equalizer, EQE lets you adjust the sound output of practically any app installed on your device.

Sound Control lets you set per-app volume controls on your Mac

Ian Fuchs ∙ December 13, 2017

In this week’s episode of “Let’s Talk iOS,” Sebastien and Cody shared frustration over the lack of granular audio control on iOS and macOS. While iOS remains a point of frustration, a simple Mac utility called Sound Control gives users exactly what the name implies.

Sound Control enables application-specific volume sliders on the Mac. In addition to Menu Bar controls, Sound Control can also be configured with user-defined keyboard shortcuts to adjust the level of a foreground app, or mute any background app.

PowerLess disables all feedback when connecting your device to a power source

Anthony Bouchard ∙ December 12, 2017

Whenever you attach an iOS device to a power source to charge your battery, you receive feedback letting you know that the power connection succeeded. iPads and iPod touches provide audible feedback, but iPhones can provide both audible and vibratory feedback.

While these types of feedback can be useful in several scenarios, everyone knows that two sides exist to every story. With that in mind, PowerLess is a new free jailbreak tweak by iOS developer CydiaGeek that disables all power connection feedback entirely.

Erie adds haptic feedback to your iPhone’s button presses

Anthony Bouchard ∙ November 28, 2017

One of the things we see a lot of in the jailbreak community are tweaks that bring haptic feedback to the iPhone, and a new free release called Erie by iOS developer Sniper_GER follows in these footsteps.

While most tweaks along these lines bring haptic feedback by way of screen taps, Erie takes a different approach by imposing haptic feedback whenever you press a button on your device.

NowPlayingHUD hides the volume HUD when media is playing

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 15, 2017

Whenever you adjust your iPhone’s volume, a HUD appears that indicates your volume level while you tinker with it.

Not everyone is a fan of the way the volume HUD looks, hence why so many tweaks modifying its appearance exist in Cydia, but iOS developer Cole Cabral had another idea, so a new free jailbreak tweak called NowPlayingHUD was born.

How to make your iPhone speaker louder than it normally is

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated June 12, 2025

Learn how to make the speaker on your iPhone sound a bit louder than usual, even with the volume cranked all the way up to the maximum.

Castro gives the iOS volume HUD a much-needed facelift

Anthony Bouchard ∙ September 2, 2017

I’ve said it many times before, and I’ll say it again: the volume HUD in iOS is a ridiculous mess, and it's in need of a facelift.

A plethora of jailbreak tweaks in Cydia can help with the situation, but after trying a new release called Castro by iOS developer candoizo, I’m convinced that this just might be one of the best looking alternatives to date.

The best jailbreak tweaks for the Volume HUD

Anthony Bouchard ∙ July 4, 2017

Perhaps one of the worst experiences in iOS out of the box is the volume HUD; it's clunky and appears right in the middle of the screen as you try to get things done.

Since it gets in the way so much, jailbreak developers have been creating alternative solutions for years, and in this roundup, we'll be talking about the best volume HUD-based jailbreak tweaks that work great with the Yalu jailbreak for iOS 10.

iOS 11’s volume slider no longer covers fullscreen videos

Christian Zibreg ∙ June 7, 2017

One of the most interesting changes in iOS 11 that hasn't been talked about at all during Monday's WWDC 2017 keynote is going to make a lot of you happy: the volume indicator on iOS 11 no longer obstructs the center of the screen obnoxiously.

As noted by users on Twitter, the redesigned slider only appears when playing video in fullscreen mode. In other words, the good ol' volume control centered on the screen isn't going anywhere, it's just that playing video in fullscreen mode replaces the standard volume control with an unobtrusive slider that sits in the top-right corner of the screen.

This is actually part of a bigger update for iOS 11's system video player.

The iOS 11 video player has controls for subtitles (including YouTube's auto-generated subtitles), AirPlay and more. Plus, it supports full keyboard control so you can control video playback with more than a dozen shortcuts via your physical wireless keyboard.

iOS 11's new minimalist volume slider does not appear in apps and on websites that implement their own custom video player. As an example, many video-streaming apps, including HBO NOW and Netflix, override the system video player and use a bespoke one.

Google's mobile YouTube app also recently updated its video player with a thin volume slider positioned unobtrusively at the very top of the currently playing video.

iOS 11 is compatible with all 64-bit iPhone, iPad and iPod touch devices. The software update will release as a free download to all customers this fall.

WAStatusVolume brings a WhatsApp-inspired volume HUD to iOS

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 10, 2017

The jailbreak community has brought forth a myriad of different solutions for replacing the ugly stock volume HUD in iOS, but one of my favorites so far is a new jailbreak tweak dubbed WAStatusVolume by iOS developer midkin.

This tweak takes a WhatsApp Messenger-styled approach to making the volume HUD experience better by taking the same volume indicator you’d normally see in the WhatsApp Messenger app and making it available system-wide.

HUDPlayer gives you a banner-styled volume HUD

Anthony Bouchard ∙ May 3, 2017

The volume HUD has always been a pain point for iPhone owners; the fact that it pops up right in the middle of the screen as you adjust your volume is intrusive and becomes a nuisance when you're trying to watch videos or listening to music while viewing photos/reading e-Books.

Countless jailbreak tweaks have been released over the years in an attempt to repair this problem. Most of them move the volume HUD out of the way in creative ways, and now the latest to join that list is HUDPlayer by iOS developer pxcex.