On many Android phones, including Samsung, you have only 15 volume levels changeable using the buttons. There are instances when the gap between two consecutive levels is too much.

Apple removed the volume bar from the iPhone's lock screen a few years ago but you can bring it back now in a few easy steps.

If I’m using a Pixel phone that’s running a software version before Android 15 Beta 2, then I’m unable to control the volume of my speaker group unless I re-open the YouTube Music app.

Summary Google's Android 15 Beta 2 brings back the volume control feature for casting to speakers, lost during the legal battle with Sonos.

But with Android 15 Beta 2, Pixel users will once again be able to control the volume of grouped speakers with the phone’s buttons from outside the app that’s casting.

For the past few years, easy volume controls for speaker groups and other Cast devices from Pixel phones has been disabled, but they appear to be returning in the latest Android 15 beta update.

Spotify users can no longer control the volume using iPhone's physical buttons when streaming to an audio device. Credit: Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images Spotify users on iPhone who listen ...