How to boost the volume of an audiobook in OverDrive for Fire tablets, Android, or Chromebook

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If you're using OverDrive for Fire tablets, Android, or Chromebook, you can boost the volume in audiobooks that are too quiet (even when they're turned all the way up).

Enabling volume boost

Open an audiobook from the app bookshelf.
Tap to turn on volume boost. When volume boost is on, the icon will look like this: .

Adjusting the volume boost level

Every audiobook sounds a little different, so you may need to adjust the volume boost for each one. Follow the steps below to increase or decrease the volume boost level.

Open an audiobook from the app bookshelf.
Select .
Select Advanced settings.
Adjust the boost level with the plus and minus signs under "When volume boost is enabled...".