With iOS 17, Apple changed the default iPhone notification sound – and many users didn’t like it. Some said it was too quiet; others simply preferred the old sound. But there wasn’t much you could do ...

The default notification noise in iOS 17 was too quiet, and couldn't be changed — but that's been fixed in iOS 17.2. Here's how to select a better default alert noise. Apple's release of iOS 17 ...

In iOS 17.2 and later, Apple lets you customize the alert tone used by your iPhone for default notifications. This is good news for anyone who does not like the "Rebound" tone that Apple introduced in ...

If you're tired of Apple's default alert tone for most notifications, you can finally change it. In any case, Apple finally letting go of that legacy, and we’re all better for it. In the fourth public ...

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Changing app alert tones is a great way to help you distinguish between notifications on your iPhone. You'll know if you're receiving a text or an email without taking your iPhone out of your pocket.

If you don’t like the default notification sound on your iPhone, tough luck. Apple hasn’t provided any means of changing it going back as far as we can remember–thus the iPhone’s long-standing ...