Lesser AudioSwitch

In-app purchases
4.3
32.3K reviews
5M+
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Content rating
Everyone
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About this app

Force your audio output to switch to headphones, speakers, or any other output, including USB and Bluetooth devices.

The microphone can also be switched, and on most devices the speaker can be completely muted if you so desire.

Additional features:
Widgets, Quick-setting tiles, and notification shortcuts.
Auto-Switch: Detect when headphones are inserted or removed, and switch to any audio output or mute/unmute the speaker automatically.
Restore-on-Boot: Automatically switch to the output of your choice when your device starts.

Common use cases:
This app can help if your device does not detect your headphones, or it thinks they are connected even when they have been removed.
It can also be used to mute the speaker when using headphones, so that loud notifications do not play via the speaker.
Want to use a headset microphone but still output audio via the speakers? also possible.
You can force audio to play locally on your device when using Android's native cast-screen feature.

Android 11 support:
Due to changes to made Android, this app cannot function on Android 11 and later.
There is now a native output-selection option found in the volume panel, which provides some of the functionality previously offered by this app.

Advanced users can trigger a switch externally using the following intent actions:
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.HEADPHONES
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.SPEAKER
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.BLUETOOTH
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.USB
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.CAST
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.MUTE
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.UNMUTE

com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.NOTIFICATION_ON
com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch.NOTIFICATION_OFF

On Oreo 8.0 and later you must also specify the target package when using intents: com.nordskog.LesserAudioSwitch
Updated on
Nov 17, 2022

Data safety

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Ratings and reviews

4.3
31.6K reviews
A Google user
August 26, 2019
This really helped! I broke my headphone jack in my phone and, in my attempt to get it out, I jammed it further in making it impossible to change the setting on my phone. I thought all hope was lost and I'd have to get a new phone. But no! It works perfectly with everything. And it doesn't give you random ads either. All around great app. Thank you!
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A Google user
September 12, 2018
This app needs instructions. I ended up pushing buttons trying to figure out how they worked and couldn't make anything happen. Then when I uninstalled the app, I noticed issues with media playback on my phone; if I used my Bluetooth headset then turned it off, no sound would play on the phone! It was like the buttons I had pressed in the app were still having some effect after the app was uninstalled! Very upsetting; an app should always revert the phone back to original settings upon uninstall. I spent a long time troubleshooting before having the epiphany that this app may have caused the problem. Sure enough, when I reinstalled it and looked at the debug screen, it was set to only play through headphones. Very disappointed.
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Roughy
September 17, 2018
The app description is fairly explicit about what it does. Unfortunately Android does not allow an app to do any clean-up when it is uninstalled, so if you force audio to the headphones then uninstall the app ... it's going to stay there until you switch it back or reboot the phone.
A Google user
December 3, 2019
It was ok. The latest update adds the buttons back to the notification, as it was before it became a $5 app. Unfortunately the buttons don't switch between the modes, but take you to the app with a pay button. Now I understand they'll respond saying how they have expenses, well, $5 is a price for an actually useful app (e.g. aquamail), not something that needs a lot of work and had minimal functionality.
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What's new

Added option to use quick-setting tiles as on/off switches
Fixed headphone jack connector type configuration not always being respected
Fixed sometimes being unable to switch to Bluetooth on Android 9/10
Made update play nice with the Magisk version