Is Floating Volume safe?

Floating Volume lets you control your Android device’s volume with a simple floating slider. Instantly adjust the volume from anywhere, without leaving your current app. The slider is always accessible, easy to use, and customizable to fit your needs.

Developer: Mohamad Almousli
Category: Volume
Earliest archived version: 16 Oct 2025
License: GPL-3.0-only (per F-Droid metadata)

02 / Release notes

Release notes from F-Droid

16 Oct 2025

0.0.3

New Features: - Dark mode! You can now switch between dark, light or system. The previous version (v0.0.2) is missed by F-Droid as there was an issue, so I downgraded AGP to 8.11.1 as F-Droid needed it (see issue 2)

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03 / Package identity

Technical fingerprint

Application IDcom.github.mkalmousli.floating_volume

Latest APK SHA-2568169c04373c95593d945218f205a4c4ac90c58d0e719710f42afbde12ca9dd6f

Signing certificate22:48:C5:FA:90:02:22:74:1F:2B:94:F0:C9:ED:68:C1:59:0B:DB:27:AE:2F:F5:D7:2E:3C:5D:C1:06:01:D9:B9

MIN ANDROID21TARGET35ARCHITECTUREarm64-v8a · armeabi-v7a · x86 · x86_64

04 / Version archive

Documented releases

1 TOTAL

VersionReleasedAndroidArchitecture

0.0.316 Oct 202521+arm64-v8a, armeabi-v7a, x86, x86_64→

05 / Safety & access

Safety verdict

Authentic — file hash matches the source indexNo ads or tracking flagged by the source

IntegritySHA-256 verified vs source

SourceOpen-source · fdroid

Permissions8 declared · 1 sensitive

Signaturepresent

Anti-featuresNo known anti-features

Sensitive accessSYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW

Declared permissions

android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE android.permission.FOREGROUND_SERVICE_MEDIA_PLAYBACK android.permission.KILL_BACKGROUND_PROCESSES android.permission.MODIFY_AUDIO_SETTINGS android.permission.POST_NOTIFICATIONS android.permission.REQUEST_IGNORE_BATTERY_OPTIMIZATIONS android.permission.SYSTEM_ALERT_WINDOW com.github.mkalmousli.floating_volume.DYNAMIC_RECEIVER_NOT_EXPORTED_PERMISSION

Tracker status: Not assessed by WIKI for Android.

06 / Sources

Evidence ledger

Each entry is a captured public reference backing this record.

RepositorySource package page↗Source codeSource repository↗