# How to use ST to control volume on Nexus 7 Tablet? Or Android devices in general?

**URL:** <https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-use-st-to-control-volume-on-nexus-7-tablet-or-android-devices-in-general/55370>\
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**Tags:** android, project\_av\
**Created:** [August 21, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-use-st-to-control-volume-on-nexus-7-tablet-or-android-devices-in-general/55370 "2016-08-21T15:30:46Z")\
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**Author:** ![GoGators](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/dc4da7/32.png) [@GoGators](https://community.smartthings.com/u/GoGators)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 3:30pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-use-st-to-control-volume-on-nexus-7-tablet-or-android-devices-in-general/55370/1 "2016-08-21T15:30:46Z")

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I’ve spent hours searching on here and I can’t seem to find a solution to this, is there a way to add a tile that controls the tablet (Nexus 7) volume? In my dash, I have a link to open the Amazon Prime music app (since I can’t get it to integrate within the dash like Sonos), then I have AllConnect to enable airplay support, then it goes to a receiver with airplay support and sends music to the pool speakers. I would like the tablet to control the volume and if I could access the physical buttons, it could but they’re in the wall. I know I can go to the receiver to change the volume but I want to be able to change it from the wall via the tablet. On iOS, you can swipe up but I don’t see that for Android (think I find an app though) but since no one in my home has an android, I would really like a simple volume up or down tile. I would be incredible to have amazon prime music control and volume in the dash but I don’t see that as possible.

Can tasker do this? I know it does a lot and I’m learning more and more everyday but is there a walk through for this?

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**Author:** ![JDRoberts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/smartthings/user_avatar/community.smartthings.com/jdroberts/32/56577_2.png) [@JDRoberts](https://community.smartthings.com/u/JDRoberts)\
**Post date:** [August 21, 2016, 4:24pm UTC](https://community.smartthings.com/t/how-to-use-st-to-control-volume-on-nexus-7-tablet-or-android-devices-in-general/55370/2 "2016-08-21T16:24:47Z")

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I’m not 100% sure, but I think the piece that may be missing is a third-party android app called SharpTools. Very popular in the community. This has a lot of different features, but is often used to connect Tasker to SmartThings. @joshua_lyon is the developer, so he would know. 🕶

> **[SharpTools - Tasker and Widgets for SmartThings](http://sharptools.boshdirect.com/home)**
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> Widgets and Tasker integration for SharpTools

( also, I’ve moved your thread to projects so you can get answers specific to your own set up.)