How to Turn on Mono Audio on an iPhone

Written by Jack Lloyd

Last Updated: May 25, 2021

This wikiHow teaches you how to make your phone's speakers play equal audio in both the right and left speakers (or headphones) rather than outputting binaural sound.

Steps

1
Open your iPhone's Settings. To do so, tap the grey gear icon on one of your Home screens (or in a folder named "Utilities").
2
Tap General.

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3
Select Accessibility.
4
Scroll down to the "Hearing" section of options. It's the fifth cluster of options on this page.
5
Slide the Mono Audio switch right to the "On" position. Doing this will prevent your iPhone's speakers from playing different audio in the left and right speakers.
- For example, if you have a song that favors part of its instrumental on the left speaker and vocals on the right, you'll now hear all parts on both the right and left speakers.
- This will also carry over to any headphones or Bluetooth devices you have connected to your iPhone.
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