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Mar 7, 2015 1:08 PM in response to loppydogby norm123,Hey loppydog,
You should be able to change the default alert sounds by going to Settings > Notifications and then select the apps that you want, for you Facebook and Messenger app and select the alert sound that you want.
About Notifications on iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch
https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT201925
Take care,
-Norm G.
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Jan 18, 2016 4:06 AM in response to norm123by Mr How,That method only lets you turn sounds on or off. The OP was asking to change the alert sound.
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Feb 25, 2016 12:08 PM in response to loppydogby Mike P CZ,Unfortunately, until now Apple hasn't been able to implement this option for third-party apps (which is a shame considering all major mobile platforms offer this feature).
The same goes for Messenger; this option is also inexplicably missing in its iOS version. At this point, there aren't any limits from the OS's point of view, since there are other apps offering his option (WhatsApp is a good example).
Hope the developers figure this out soon; it's rather appalling.
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Feb 25, 2016 1:24 PM in response to Mike P CZby Meg St._Clair,Mike P CZ wrote:
Unfortunately, until now Apple hasn't been able to implement this option for third-party apps (which is a shame considering all major mobile platforms offer this feature).
I suspect they are quite aware of how to do it but have chosen not to. Apple frequently makes UI decisions that are different from other manufacturers. But, since, as you point out, some apps do allow this, I suspect that it may be the app developers who are imposing the limitation.
Submit your feedback to Apple here asking for this feature:
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Feb 26, 2016 10:58 AM in response to Meg St._Clairby Mike P CZ,Thank you; I've already voiced my suggestion in the Feedback app for the iOS 9 beta previews (I actually expected this feature to be introduced to the iOS 9 last year).
At the moment, the app developers may only enable the notification sound change within their apps' UI. I've even got an app which lists all iOS sounds - not sure whether they're stored somewhere in the app's library, or accessing the actual system resources.

