iPad Air Fixed Position Volume Controls option missing on iPad Air (5th Gen)

[macrlz9]

Hi! So the option to change the behavior of the volume buttons on my iPad Air (5th Gen) is missing & it’s making me crazy when the iPad goes from portrait to landscape & the buttons keep changing.

Option is there on my iPad Pro, both running latest iPadOS.

Settings > Sounds > Fixed Position Volume Controls

Anyone else?

 

[YanniDepp]

You only have the option to enable the new behaviour on older iPads that didn’t originally have it.

There is no option to turn the new behaviour off on iPads that originally came with it.

 

[macrlz9]

You only have the option to enable the new behaviour on older iPads that didn’t originally have it.

There is no option to turn the new behaviour off on iPads that originally came with it.

Interesting. so it seems this is the way they want to go moving forward & that’s that then.

 

[macrlz9]

Wondering if anyone has checked in the iPadOS 16 betas to see if this option has returned. I just can’t get used to the volume buttons being “reversed” from what I expect.

Been using an iPad in landscape for 12 years and the inconsistent behavior amongst iPad models is a hard adjustment for me.

 

[GigaG]

Bumping because this is an incredibly annoying behavior especially compared to the physically identical iPad Air 4… It’s incredibly unintuitive when I’ve been using iPads for 10 years!

 

[FeliApple]

I recently got the iPad Air 5 and I‘ve been wondering about this! I thought they’d changed it for this model in hardware and that’s it, but it affects all iPads on iPadOS 15 and it’s reversible in all models but this one?
I’ve been using iPads for 10 years with the same behaviour, this is change for the sake of change, imo.
I wish it were reversible on this model, too.

 

[F27]

I also dislike this behaviour. I’m used to buttons staying what they are supposed to be, much like it’s been since the dawn of time! It’s completely counterintuitive to have UP and Down swap positions because muscle memory is so much stronger that you shouldn’t even need to think.

What’s more ridiculous is they give a simple software setting to turn it on or off on older iPad’s but not the newer ones. iPad Air 4 & 5 almost identical in hardware, one can do it and one can’t, madness!

I don’t even get why Apple even thought this was an issue that needed “fixing”.

 

[audiomixer]

Got my ipad pro 11” 4th gen last night. Thought for sure i was having a hardware issue until i did some searching. No idea why apple thought this had to be “fixed.” I did send apple feedback on it.

 

[minik]

I believe this option is gone since iPadOS 16 launched.

 

[Technerd108]

Well Apple has a history of fixing things that don't need fixing. Kind of like the autoboot when touching any keyboard key or opening the laptop lid. Apple decides for you how you use your device. Either get used to it or get an older device that doesn't have that "feature" added.

I agree it is annoying because I never seem to know what button turns volume up or down. Lol

 

[Isamilis]

It should be from iPadOS 16. The setting is still there on iPadOS 15.7 / M1 iPP.