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Anyone else struggling with the LOW volume of iMessages being read back? No matter the volume of music being played, it's VERY difficult to hear what Messages are saying. Any way to adjust this?? Thanks!
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I had this problem at times when I first got my 4runner. There's nothing in the settings to adjust this nor on your phone. I accidently found the fix for this. What you need to do is to let a message play then adjust your volume knob. I was able to do this while my Spotify was playing in the background too.
 

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I had this problem at times when I first got my 4runner. There's nothing in the settings to adjust this nor on your phone. I accidently found the fix for this. What you need to do is to let a message play then adjust your volume knob. I was able to do this while my Spotify was playing in the background too.
Exactly, and this is how CarPlay is on other vehicles, it’s kind of dumb you can’t adjust in phone settings.
 
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I had this problem at times when I first got my 4runner. There's nothing in the settings to adjust this nor on your phone. I accidently found the fix for this. What you need to do is to let a message play then adjust your volume knob. I was able to do this while my Spotify was playing in the background too.
That worked, thank you!
 

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Adjust the volume while the actual messages being played.
 

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Does this work with Google Maps as well? When I am using Google Maps to find a destination, and listening to Spotify, Google Maps is way too loud.
 

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Generally yes. If you adjust it while the actual voice assistant is talking, it will adjust the voice assistance setting not the phone.
 

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Generally yes. If you adjust it while the actual voice assistant is talking, it will adjust the voice assistance setting not the phone.
Thank you!
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