topic Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome in Desktop (Windows)

Sound reduced because by google chrome

chillic_ — Wed, 20 Mar 2019 15:53:07 GMT

Plan

Premium

Country

Belgium

Device

Desktop

Operating System

Windows 10

My Question or Issue

Hello,

I have this annoying issue that my spotify sound is reduced by sounds of my browser. For example when I get a message on facebook, the little sound will reduce the sound of my spotify for like 10 seconds... Or when youtube plays, the same thing.
Every sound from my browser reduces my spotify, but it's only google chrome that does this...

What I've tried

Other browser: no problem, spotify works perfect.

In my sound options I turned the communication option to "Do nothing".
In my speaker properties I've disabled all sound effects.

Reinstalled spotify twice already

I have really no clue what the problem is... I've looked everywhere but can't find a solution 😞

Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome

thuron — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 08:08:51 GMT

It's possible that you have the 'Manage audio focus across tabs' flag enabled in chrome, which might cause this issue. You can find this flag in chrome by navigating to 'chrome://flags/' and searching for 'Manage audio'. Can you ensure that it's disabled?

Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome

chillic_ — Thu, 21 Mar 2019 14:38:29 GMT

I tried that... But nope, the flag was disabled 😞

Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome

Jabrones — Fri, 19 Nov 2021 17:38:55 GMT

I'm having this same problem (and I've taken all the steps you mentioned above) and it's driving me crazy. I'm using AirPod headphones, in case that's responsible in some way. Did you ever find a solution?

If I play on the Spotify web player in chrome, it doesn't change the volume but I would rather use the desktop app.

Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome

chillic_ — Mon, 22 Nov 2021 13:49:07 GMT

Hi,

No sadly I never found the problem. Don't even know if the problem still exists since I now primarily use Linux instead of Windows 😕

Re: Sound reduced because by google chrome

ariabennett — Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:32:05 GMT

I finally figured it out! You need to look for 'Audio Focus Enforcement' on 'chrome://flags/', disable and restart. Problem fixed, took me AGES to figure it out!! Hope this helps whoever is still struggling with this!