Method and system for contextual volume control

A method of volume control is disclosed, comprising: playing audio through a speaker of a headset at a volume setting; receiving a microphone signal that includes noise of an acoustic environment captured by a microphone of the headset; detecting a change in the environmental noise level based on the microphone signal; retrieving, from a memory of the headset, a target volume setting adapted to the changed environmental noise level, wherein the adapted volume setting is generated at least in part based on user context or user behavior; and adjusting playback of the audio content by transitioning the volume setting to the adapted volume setting. It is also disclosed that a volume curve may be stored in memory, wherein the volume curve was generated by a machine learning (ML) model based on historical data relating to the behaviour and context of a user.