Why do I see AirBuddy’s volume indicator unexpectedly?

AirPods features such as Personalized Volume can adjust volume in response to the environment or current content. AirBuddy attempts to distinguish these automatic changes from adjustments you make.

First, update AirBuddy to the latest version and install current macOS and AirPods firmware updates.

If you don’t want AirBuddy to display volume changes:

1. Open AirBuddy settings and select Action HUD.
2. Click Choose beside Show Action HUD when.
3. Turn off the volume event.

On macOS 26.3 or later, AirBuddy can’t hide the macOS volume indicator. If you turn on AirBuddy’s volume event, both indicators can appear. The AirBuddy event is off by default on affected systems.