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Live Activity brings Somos InControl’s most-used controls out of the app and onto your Lock Screen and Dynamic Island — so you can adjust the current room without unlocking your phone or switching apps. It requires iOS 16.2 or later.

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What Live Activity shows

The card follows whatever the room is doing:
  • The room name and the source or audio format it is receiving
  • The current volume percentage with − and + buttons (each tap moves the volume by 2)
  • Chips for Mute, Night Sound and Speech Boost
In the Dynamic Island (iPhone 14 Pro and later), the compact view shows a speaker glyph and the volume percentage; press and hold it to expand to the full card with the same buttons. On iOS 18, Apple Watch’s Smart Stack shows a read-only glance card with the room and volume.

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Enabling Live Activity

Live Activity is off by default.
1

Open the menu

Tap the menu button in the top-left corner of the app.
2

Turn on the Live Activity toggle

Under Settings, switch Live Activity on. The card appears for the room you currently have open.
3

Allow Live Activities in iOS Settings if prompted

If iOS has Live Activities disabled for the app, an orange warning appears under the toggle — tap it to jump to Settings → Apps → Somos InControl → Live Activities and turn them on.
4

Adjust from anywhere

Lock your phone. The card is on your Lock Screen and in the Dynamic Island — tap − or +, mute, toggle Night Sound or Speech Boost, or skip tracks without unlocking.
Live Activity always reflects the currently selected room in the app. Switch rooms inside Somos InControl and the card switches with you. It ends when you quit the app, or about 30 minutes after you send the app to the background, so a stale card never sits on your Lock Screen. Open the app again to bring it back.
Prefer something permanent on the Home Screen? The widget gives you presets, volume and mute for up to two rooms without opening the app at all.