Applepublicly released iOS 12 this week, and despite all the new features baked into it, one thing that still hasn’t changed after all these years is that dreadfulvolumeHUD that pops up any time you press either of the volume buttons.
Applemade some remarkable improvements to the video player-centric volume HUDwith iOS 11, but for whatever reason, the global volume HUD lagged behind. Fortunately, a newjailbreak tweakdubbedSmartVolumeControl2by iOS developermidkinfixes this.
If the name sounds familiar, that’s because the tweak isbased off the original SmartVolumeControlfrom late-2016. SmartVolumeControl2 is a complete re-write of the original and packs eight different skins intended to make iOS’ volume HUD look nicer.
In thescreenshotexamples above, we show you three of our favorite styles that come bundled with SmartVolumeControl2.
But SmartVolumeControl2 doesn’t end with a volume HUD facelift, it also brings functional touch controls to the volume HUD. When the volume HUD appears on yourdisplayafter the initial volume button press, you’re able to then touch and drag on it to adjust your volume level.
After installation, you’ll find a preference pane in the Settings app where you may configure a few options:
Here, you can:
In the skin/style options, you can choose from any of the following:
And lastly, you can configure a few advanced options:
If you really can’t stand that atrocious stock volume HUD in iOS, then SmartVolumeControl2 is a must-have tweak. You candownload the tweak for free from Cydia’s BigBoss repository, but you’ll need to pay $1.99 from the tweak’s preference pane to activate it after installation.
SmartVolumeControl2 plays nicely with alljailbrokenhandsets running iOS 7-11, includingiPhonesandiPads. For more information, and to request new features, you can visit the developer’s website.
Will you be grabbing SmartVolumeControl2 to augment your handset’s volume HUD experience? Let us know in the comments section below.
