You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification comes through. Like customizing your ringtone with your favorite song, you can ...

With these simple steps, you’ll know who’s trying to reach you just by the sound of the alert. It’s that easy and incredibly convenient. Give it a try, and never miss an important message again.

If you’ve been scratching your head wondering why your notifications suddenly stopped making a sound on Android 16, you’re not alone, and thankfully, a fix for the bug is on the way. The Android 16 ...

You can change the default notification sound of text messages on your Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4. By customizing the message tone for a particular contact, you will immediately know that the message ...

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Ah, notifications. Has any other technological wonder managed to be so incredibly helpful and so impossibly irritating at the same time? Notifications truly are one of our smartphones’ greatest ...

WhatsApp alerts you to all incoming messages from your contacts and groups using the same notification sound. Even though this sound is distinctive enough to tell you when a notification is from ...

A frustrating Android 16 bug is causing some users to miss notifications, as new alerts are silent when an existing notification is in the shade. The good news is that Google has acknowledged the ...

Did you know that you can have a custom notification sound for message notifications of certain contacts on your Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 4? By setting custom notifications you will immediately know who ...