# PlexAmp hijacking Android media volume

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**Category:** Plex Labs\
**Tags:** plexamp\
**Created:** [August 11, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-hijacking-android-media-volume/804051 "2022-08-11T08:37:17Z")\
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**Author:** ![K.McGlashan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/k.mcglashan/32/144549_2.png) [@K.McGlashan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/K.McGlashan)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-hijacking-android-media-volume/804051/1 "2022-08-11T08:37:17Z")

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PlexAmp 4.3.0, Android 12

Opening PlexAmp on Android is forcibly setting Android media volume to 100% when re-connecting to a remote instance. This is unexpected and unwanted. It came as quite a shock when listening to local radio on another app with handset volume around 30% then opening PlexAmp to ponder what to play remotely afterward.

Is it possible to decouple PlexAmp volume from handset media volume?

I would very much prefer to leave all PlexAmp instances set to 100% and adjust media volume on the handset as and when required.

I suspect this was introduced in 4.3.0 by one or more of the following changes from [Plexamp Release Notes - #46 by elan](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280/46)

> [@Plexamp Release Notes](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280/46):
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> Setting to enable volume control on player screen

I have not enabled this setting.

> [@Plexamp Release Notes](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280/46):
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> Android: Handle key events for more hardware/controllers

> [@Plexamp Release Notes](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-release-notes/221280/46):
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> Mobile: A few more hardware volume discrepancies.

Logs available if required.

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**Author:** ![elan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/elan/32/5_2.png) [@elan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/elan)\
**Post date:** [August 11, 2022, 8:19pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-hijacking-android-media-volume/804051/2 "2022-08-11T20:19:24Z")

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Yeah, I can see that being jarring in some cases. It’s the only way to allow the hardware volume to control remote session volume, but I can see where that should probably be an optional feature. Works for some people, doesn’t for others.

Make sense?

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**Author:** ![K.McGlashan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/k.mcglashan/32/144549_2.png) [@K.McGlashan](https://forums.plex.tv/u/K.McGlashan)\
**Post date:** [August 12, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-hijacking-android-media-volume/804051/3 "2022-08-12T01:08:06Z")

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Optional feature sounds good. I can definitely understand it being desirable for others.

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2022, 1:08am UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/plexamp-hijacking-android-media-volume/804051/4 "2022-11-10T01:08:29Z")

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