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How to adjust the left/right volume balance in watchOS 9 on your Apple Watch

How to adjust the left/right volume balance in watchOS 9 on your Apple Watch

Short guide:

  1. Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch and select Settings.
  2. Tap Accessibility.
  3. Scroll down to the Hearing section. The audio volume balance setting is found just below Mono Audio. Tap the L button to make audio louder in the left ear. Tap the R button to make audio louder in the right ear.

Before and after

Illustrations of the audio output before and after the volume balance has been adjusted

This section gives you step by step instructions on how to adjust the audio volume balance in watchOS 9, with pictures of the screens to help.

Find the Apple Watch settings

1. Press the Digital Crown on your Apple Watch. If your apps are displayed as icons, tap the Settings icon . If your apps are displayed in a list, scroll down and tap Settings.

Images illustrating the Apple Watch digital crown, the App Icon screen, and the App List screen.

Open the Accessibility settings

2. On the Settings screen, scroll down and tap Accessibility.

Adjust the audio volume balance

3. Scroll down to the Hearing section. The audio volume balance setting is found just below Mono Audio. Tap the L button to make audio louder in the left ear. Tap the R button to make audio louder in the right ear.

Return to the clock face

4. When you are happy with your settings, you can return to the clock face by pressing the Digital Crown

Created on: May-10-2023

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