Sleep Cycle alarm causes sudden volume spike
💚 healthproduct problem2 reports ●●●●●
A long-term Sleep Cycle user reports that when the app's alarm triggers while they are listening to Spotify via AirPods, the app forces the music to play at maximum volume through the phone's speakers instead of playing the alarm sound.
What people do today
- Manually pausing music before the alarm
- Disconnecting Bluetooth headphones before sleep
🔧 Fix this
Ideas a builder, maker or community group could start on:
- Develop an app update that detects active Bluetooth audio streams and sends a 'pause' command before triggering the alarm sound.
- Implement a 'safe volume' override in the app settings that forces the system volume to a user-defined level when the alarm activates.
- Create a diagnostic tool within the app that tests audio routing compatibility with common streaming services like Spotify.
- Develop a diagnostic tool within the app to log audio session overrides and identify conflicting background processes.
- Create a 'Volume Lock' feature that prevents the app from requesting or forcing system-wide volume changes during sleep sessions.
Real voices
“this app pushes the music at full blast from your AirPods to the phone speaker and it’s crazy loud”
“the sound randomly becomes SUPER LOUD, which is incredibly frustrating and counter productive. This doesn’t happen anytime except when I’m using sleep cycle.”
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