Enhance sound

Automatically adjust sound

Your phone automatically identifies the type of media you're playing and how you're listening (phone's speaker, headphones, or other connected audio device), and adjusts sound for that experience. You don't have to do anything. Moto Audio is always on, unless you turn it off.

Set sound profile for headphones or connected device

You can select a preset sound profile for your headphones or other connected device, and your phone will remember the next time you connect it.

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Moto Audio.
  2. Choose how to adjust sound:

    • To automatically adjust based on the media playing, select Smart audio.
    • To use a preset sound profile, select Music, Movie, or Game.
    • To use a custom sound profile where you can adjust a graphic equalizer, select Custom.
  3. To customize a selected sound profile, next to the profile name tap edit icon, then:

    • Choose an equalizer preset to enhance treble, bass, or vocals.
    • To get a surround sound experience from any set of headphones or stereo speakers, turn Surround virtualizer on.
    • To keep the same volume level when you switch between audio sources, turn Volume leveler on.
    • To learn more about these settings, touch more options icon > Help.
    • To revert to original profile settings, tap more options icon > Reset.
NoteIf you don't want to save settings for your connected headphones, touch more options icon > Saved audio settings and turn Remember this device off .

Reset all audio settings

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Moto Audio.
  2. Touch > Reset.

Turn Moto Audio off

To turn Moto Audio off for headphones or another connected device:

  1. Connect your headphones or other audio device.
  2. Go to Settings > Sound > Moto Audio.
  3. Turn it off .

To turn it off when you're listening through the loudspeaker:

  1. Go to Settings > Sound > Moto Audio.
  2. Tap more options icon > About.
  3. Tap the image three times to add the on/off switch.
  4. Turn it off .