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Xiaomi: Adjust the Audio Balance Between Left and Right Channel

If music or calls sound louder in one earbud than the other, the audio balance on your Xiaomi phone might be shifted to one side. This mostly happens after a system update or when the Hearing accessibility settings were changed by accident. A simple slider lets you shift the volume back to center or fine-tune it for hearing differences between your ears.

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Adjust Audio Balance auf Xiaomi

When one side of your headphones plays noticeably louder than the other, the audio balance slider in MIUI accessibility settings is usually the cause. This slider shifts the entire output volume between the left and right channel, independent of the general media volume.

The setting is meant to compensate for hearing differences between your left and right ear. It affects headphones and headsets connected via cable or Bluetooth. It does not change stereo mixing in apps or the general media volume level.

How to open the audio balance setting

Go to SettingsAdditional settingsAccessibilityHearing. In this menu you find the audio balance slider. Swipe it left or right to shift the output more toward one channel, or keep it centered for equal volume on both sides.

Test the result immediately with connected headphones, since the change has no effect on the phone's built-in speaker in most cases. If both channels still sound uneven after centering the slider, check whether one earbud has a hardware or connection issue instead of a software setting.

If you only want to lower the overall volume, use the regular volume controls instead of this slider. The audio balance setting is specifically for correcting left/right differences, not for general loudness.

Frequently asked questions

The slider mainly affects headphones and headsets connected via cable or Bluetooth. Most Xiaomi phones only have one speaker channel, so the built-in speaker is not affected by this setting.