Headphone volume settings change after pressing play Here's an annoying iPhone 6 interaction I have on a regular basis:


I plug my headphones into my iPhone.
I open Podcasts and browse for what I want to hear.
I use the volume buttons to set the headphone volume to a pleasant low setting.
I put the headphones in my ears.
I press play.
The headphone volume changes to 100% volume, and Marc Maron blasts holes in my ear drums before I can turn the volume down or pull the headphones out of my ears.


How can I set the volume before pressing play? Or at least how can I keep an app from resetting my headphone volume when playback starts?
I share this problem--but my sense is that the headphone volume reverts to the last volume the headphones were on.  I have the volume loud in the car, but when I run I want it much lower--I have to either lower the volume before leaving the car or lower it before listening with phones.  Otherwise blasting ensues.  Wish there were another way.