How to use App-specific volume on a OnePlus (OxygenOS 16)

howtosimply.com/guides/how-to-use-app-specific-volume-on-a-oneplus/ · Checked October 2026 · OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5, Android 16

4 of 4 steps with real screenshots · 2 official sources below

Device

Android

Shown on

OnePlus Nord 5 (CPH2709), OxygenOS 16.0.5, Android 16

App

Settings

Path

Settings › Sound & vibration › App-specific volume

Real screenshots

4 of 4 steps

Checked

October 2026

Sources

2 official, linked below

Step by step

1. 

   Find App-specific volume

   Open Settings, Sound & vibration and scroll down past the volume sliders. The switch is the row below Volume button function. It was off on ours.

   Done

2. 

   Turn it on

   Tap the App-specific volume switch. Tapping the words instead opens a short explanation and turns the switch on too; tap OK to close it.

   Done

3. 

   Play sound and press a volume button

   Start the app you want to adjust, then press Volume Up or Volume Down. With the switch on, a mixer button (three sliders) shows under the three dots.

   Done

4. 

   Set the app's own level

   Tap the mixer button. App volume opens with a Media slider and one for the app that is playing; on ours that was Files by Google. Drag the app's slider up or down.

   Done

If you do not see this option

• No mixer button in the volume panel? Check App-specific volume is on. With it off, our panel showed only the slider and the three dots.

  

• No App-specific volume row? OnePlus added volume for individual apps in a 2024 OxygenOS 14 update (the Nord 3 changelog). Check for an update in Settings, About device (tap the OxygenOS card), then look again under Sound & vibration. Source: OxygenOS 14.0.0.510 for the OnePlus Nord 3 [IN/EU/GLO ADDED]
• Mixer button but no app slider? The phone's own text says it works when a supported app is playing sound. Start playback first, then press a volume button.

If this does not work

• Volume buttons change all media? That is normal with the switch off. Check Volume button function too: ours was set to Media volume. Source: Change volume, sound & vibrate settings
• An app is still too loud or quiet? Its slider only moves that app. The Media slider next to it still sets all media, so set both. More: Change the volume on a OnePlus. Source: Change volume, sound & vibrate settings
• Want the old panel back? Turn App-specific volume off in Sound & vibration. We set ours back to off afterwards.

About this guide

App-specific volume lets one app play louder or quieter than the rest of your media. It is off until you turn it on.

The screenshots are from our OnePlus Nord 5 with OxygenOS 16.0.5 and Android 16, in Dark mode. We played a tone in Files by Google to show the mixer, then turned the switch off again.

Good to know

Change the volume on a OnePlus.

Put a OnePlus on silent or vibrate.

In short: Settings, Sound & vibration, App-specific volume on. Play sound, press a volume button, tap the mixer, drag the app's slider.