<story><title>The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)</title><url>https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world-60713dc86950</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abram</author><text>I find Apple&amp;#x27;s suggestion to use Siri to control the volume on the AirPods Pro [0] to be worse than some of the ideas on that page. The idea of having a spoken conversation in public in which I must request a volume change via a branded AI (and then repeat that request multiple times if necessary to reach my desired volume) just feels humiliating.&lt;p&gt;[0] &amp;quot;To change the volume, say &amp;#x27;Hey, Siri,&amp;#x27; then say something like &amp;#x27;Turn down the volume.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; -- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT212203&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT212203&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>geenew</author><text>I discovered you can say ‘hey Siri volume N’ where N is the volume percentage. 70 usually works out for me for normal listening.&lt;p&gt;Not that I disagree with your main point; I refuse to use Siri in public, like you say, it’s humiliating.</text></comment>
<story><title>The worst volume control UI in the world (2017)</title><url>https://uxdesign.cc/the-worst-volume-control-ui-in-the-world-60713dc86950</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>abram</author><text>I find Apple&amp;#x27;s suggestion to use Siri to control the volume on the AirPods Pro [0] to be worse than some of the ideas on that page. The idea of having a spoken conversation in public in which I must request a volume change via a branded AI (and then repeat that request multiple times if necessary to reach my desired volume) just feels humiliating.&lt;p&gt;[0] &amp;quot;To change the volume, say &amp;#x27;Hey, Siri,&amp;#x27; then say something like &amp;#x27;Turn down the volume.&amp;#x27;&amp;quot; -- &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT212203&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;support.apple.com&amp;#x2F;en-us&amp;#x2F;HT212203&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>totetsu</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s like how redbull reps tell the barkeep to only pour half the can In the drink and give you the can to hold and carry around. It makes you into a billboard for the product talking to Siri in public.</text></comment>