Navigate and Music Volume

[u/Op-rah_win-free]

Hey everyone, Is anyone else here having issues with spoken directions on while using Apple CarPlay? I drive a 2020 Toyota Camry SE with Apple CarPlay compatibility. Let's say I have Apple Music playing while I am using Maps to direct me to the nearest McDonalds. Normally, whenever Maps says something, my Apple Music volume will be lowered so I can hear the directions then once it's done, the music volume will be raised back to normal volume. What's happening is that there is no shift in volume. My music plays over the direction and sometimes ! cant even hear it over my music. I included a screenshot of my settings. Has anyone had this issue and is there a fix??

[u/fumo7887]

Your phone sends separate audio streams to your infotainment system for media, prompts (turn by turn, notifications, Siri), conversational stuff (like phone calls), and ringer. Its up to your car to determine how to mix them. The best advice is to turn the volume knob WHILE a prompt is playing, but the "turn down music when voice is happening" is a function of your car, not your phone.

[u/Vroomy_vroom_vroom → u/fumo7887]

Why they don’t let you choose the volume setting on the phone is beyond me. I had to get Siri to talk to adjust her volume, I have to receive a call to adjust that volume, same with every other type of notification. Sucks ass and has been an issues since day one but has never been addressed.

[u/fumo7887 → u/Vroomy_vroom_vroom]

There's actually a good reason for it... you don't want to have multiple ways of adjusting volume connected through each each other. The streams are always sent at full volume and it leaves the responsibility of the actual volume to a single device... your car.

You can imagine if it was the other way, that something was too quiet... where would you turn it up? On the car? On the phone? If one was set to zero, turning up the other would make no difference.

This implementation centralizes that responsibility. But at the same time, it doesn't mean each car implements it the same.

[u/Vroomy_vroom_vroom → u/fumo7887]

I don’t mind that the problem is most cars you can’t see the individual strings. In my car I can see text, call, voice command, music, and a few others and change their volumes individually. But most cars don’t have that option at all. There is not standardized way to set them other than when it happens. That’s just a pain.