Anyone who owns AirPods knows better than anyone that sound effects are played regularly. This includes switching between sound modes, adjusting the volume on the headphones themselves, responding to Siri, etc.
For some users, the volume of these sound effects and notifications is too high or too low. As a result, you may miss a notification or be disturbed by a loud tone. Fortunately, you can easily adjust the tone volume.
Change volume AirPods sound effects
Using the steps below, you can adjust the volume for AirPods tones. It is good to know that you have to manually adjust the tone volume for sound effects on each device.
- Connect the AirPods to your iPhone or iPad
- Navigate to ‘Settings’
- Tap your AirPods in the list
- Go to ‘Accessibility’
- Scroll down to ‘Tone Volume’
- Adjust the volume with the slide switch
Unfortunately, the AirPods will not make any sound while adjusting the volume. You can of course adjust the sound mode by, for example, pressing and holding the stem of your AirPods Pro or the noise control button of the AirPods Max. A short sound effect will then play at your chosen volume.
Adjust AirPods Tone Volume on a Mac
Do you want the tonal volume of the AirPods on a Mac? Then connect the audio device to your Mac and go to  ▸ System Settings ▸ Accessibility ▸ Audio ▸ AirPods ▸ Tone Volume.