# Pause media playback on notificatiotn?

**URL:** <http://support.symfonium.app/t/pause-media-playback-on-notificatiotn/15184>\
**Category:** Discussion\
**Created:** [September 25, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/pause-media-playback-on-notificatiotn/15184 "2026-09-25T13:49:10Z")\
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**Author:** ![Specks0397](http://support.symfonium.app/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@Specks0397](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Specks0397)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 1:49pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/pause-media-playback-on-notificatiotn/15184/1 "2026-09-25T13:49:10Z")

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When I get a notification from another app, what I am playing gets quiet while the notification goes off, then comes back to normal volume. The issue with that is that I miss some of what I’m listening to - which is fine if it’s a song but not great if it’s an audiobook or podcast. Is there a setting to have playback pause rather than get quiet during notifications?

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**Author:** ![Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/user_avatar/support.symfonium.app/celorien/32/9277_2.png) [@Celorien](http://support.symfonium.app/u/Celorien)\
**Post date:** [September 25, 2026, 3:20pm UTC](http://support.symfonium.app/t/pause-media-playback-on-notificatiotn/15184/2 "2026-09-25T15:20:22Z")

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Settings → Playback → Audio focus → Short audio focus action

You want to set this to **Pause**