iOS 18.2: Bring the volume bar back to your lock screen in 4 easy steps
Apple released iOS 18.2 In December, more than a month after the company was released iOS 18.1. The update brought a handful of new Apple Intelligence features to some iPhones, such as Genmoji and An image playground application. It also lets you add the volume bar back to your lock screen if you want to.
Read more: Everything you need to know about iOS 18
Apple got rid of the volume bar from the lock screen when it released iOS 16 in 2022. This meant you had to use the volume buttons on the side of your iPhone if you wanted to raise and lower the volume or podcasts without unlocking your iPhone.
Pressing these buttons increases or decreases your volume by a set amount, but this can leave you choosing between a volume that’s slightly too loud or too quiet. With iOS 18.2, you can return the volume bar to your lock screen so you can control the volume more precisely without unlocking your iPhone.
Here’s how to reintroduce the volume bar to your lock screen with iOS 18.2.
How to get the volume bar on your iPhone
1. Open Settings.
2. Touch Accessibility.
3. Touch Audio and visual under Hearing.
4. Tap the switch to Always show volume control.
Now, the next time you’re listening to music or a podcast at the gym or on the bus, you can change the volume using the slider on your lock screen.
For more on iOS 18, here’s what to know iOS 18.2.1, iOS 18.2 and ours iOS 18 cheat sheet. You can also check what it could have done to your iPhone iOS 18.3.
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