How to Get Sound on the Reddit App (Step-by-Step Guide)
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Reddit can be an excellent source of entertainment, news, and information. The one inconvenience is that it mutes by default on the app. If you want to listen to the audio accompanying your posts or videos, you need to know how to get sound on the Reddit app. Here’s how to do it.
How to turn on sound on Reddit app
Here are a couple of ways to turn the sound on for videos on the Reddit mobile app:
Step 1: If your phone has a silent switch on the side, turn it off.
Step 2:
From the feed:
When you scroll to a video you’d like to turn the sound on, click the ‘Speaker’ icon at the bottom right of the video.
From the Video Player:
Click the ‘Speaker’ icon at the bottom right of the screen.
How to get sound on Reddit app
Some videos will say, “Video doesn’t have sound.” Reddit does not allow sound for NSFW videos on the mobile app. But there is a way around it which we will go over here:
Step 1: If you have iOS, Download Apollo from the App Store.
If you have Android, download Sync from the Google Play store.
Step 2: Turn the NSFW filters off for the app you have downloaded in Step 5.
Step 3: Use the app you downloaded in Step 5 to navigate to the video you want to watch. You will be able to view the video with sound.
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FAQs
Why does Reddit say the video doesn’t have sound?
Sometimes there will be videos on Reddit without sound. It’s simply a video that did not have sound when the user uploaded it. If the video contains adult content, it will not have sound.
How to get sound on Reddit for NSFW content?
Sound will automatically be on mute for NSFW content on the Reddit app. When you press the speaker icon, it will not enable sound. You can download Apollo for iOS or Sync for Android to enable sound for these videos.
Final thoughts
Getting sound on the Reddit app is a quick fix that won’t take more than 5 minutes. If you ever need to transcribe a Reddit video to text, you can use Notta. Notta is an audio-to-text app that can record and transcribe Reddit videos in real time. Now you can quickly review the content from any video at any time.
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