In iOS 14, while using earphones or headphones with iPhone, you can use Hearing in Control Center to check your headphone audio level and the sound level of your environment. The Health app will make you alert if the sound frequency goes more than recommended.
EarPods, AirPods, and many other wired and wireless audio devices are compatible with Hearing in Control Center. Here’s a complete guide to add this new setting in your iPhone working on iOS 14.
Check headphone and environmental sound levels in Control Center:
- Add Hearing to Control Center.
- See Add and organize controls.
- Connect and wear your earphones or headphones.
- Open Control Center, then tap the ear icon.
- To see the environmental sound level displayed in decibels, tap Live Listen to turn it on. (To turn it off, tap again.)
- For a look at the audio level of your earphones or headphones, play audio on your iPhone.
- To see the Live Listen meter or to turn off Live Listen while using apps, tap the red recording indicator at the top of the screen.
Note: When you listen through headphones to audio playing on the iPhone, the Headphone Level meter displays the sound level of the headphones, not the environment, even when Live Listen is turned on. The dots below the Headphone Level meter continue to indicate the sound level of the environment when Live Listen is turned on.
