By now, almost everyone would agree that the stock volume HUD oniOSis complete and utter garbage. There have been countlessjailbreak tweakreleasesover the yearsthatattempted to remedy this problem, butUltrasoundby iOS developerAyden Panhuyzenis one of the best we’ve seen thus far.
As shown above, Ultrasound is a minimalistvolumeHUD replacement that appears at the top left of thedisplayrather than smack-dab in the middle as it usually would out of the box. It’s not much larger than theiPhone X’s notch itself, so if you’re watching videos, it won’t interfere very much.
We think most people will be happy with the default settings right after installing Ultrasound, but if you like tinkering, then you can head over the to the tweak’s preference pane, which you’ll find in the Settings app:
Here, you can:
In addition to displaying the actual volume level, you can physically interact with the Ultrasound volume HUD. When you see it on your display, feel free to reach out and grab it; tapping and dragging your finger on it will adjust the device’s volume level as precisely as pressing the physical buttons would.
In OLED mode, which is obviously designed with the iPhone X in mind, you can access the volume HUD while the rest of the OLED display stays off.
Upon trying Ultrasound for myself, I was blown away by the smoothness in the animations and the aesthetics of the volume HUD itself. If you were to ask me if it was worth it, then I’d say absolutely.
You candownload Ultrasound for $1.99 from Cydia’s Dynastic repository; if you don’t know what that is, then I’llrefer you to our full third-party repository listfor instructions for adding it. Ultrasound works with alljailbrokeniOS 11devices, but works best with the iPhone X.
What are your thoughts about this beautifully-designed volume HUD replacement? Share in the comments section below.
