External speakers playing 1 side only

[dougall360]

I have a Samsung galaxy s23+ and my phone speaker works perfectly fine 

I was about to order new galaxy earbuds as I thought my current ones had stopped working due to the volume on my left ear bud being significantly lower than the right.

However I connected my phone to my car via usb and the same thing happend with my car speakers.

Only thing I can think of is there is an issue with the Bluetooth connection somehow

I'm pretty tech savy and can usually fix issue but this one has stumped me

Any ideas?

[Tourbillon De La Vie]

Check maybe under heating enhancements how the levels are set 

[dougall360]

Brilliant mate thanks a bunch! Spoke to Samsung direct over the phone and the advisor didn't seem to care much. His solution was factory reset but wasn't willing to do that as I knew it was something else.
Really appreciate the support

[AndrewL]

@dougall360: Just to clarify, were you able to resolve your issue by heading to Settings > Accessibility > Hearing enhancements > Left/right sound balance, and centralising the balance slider for 'Connected audio' and 'Phone speakers'? 

[dougall360]

That's correct yea however I have never touched those settings so unsure what triggered it to change the balance

[JeffreyGreene]

I began having this issue after updating to OneUI 6.1 and have never touched or known about those settings.  Thank you for posting the solution, it solved my frustration.  You're a Rock Star!