Change ping tone

Is it possible to change the tone that plays when you ping your phone from your watch?

My roommate and I both have iPhones and apple watches, so occasionally it gets mildly annoying when both phone make the same ping.

Apple Watch, watchOS 4

Posted on Mar 4, 2019 7:57 AM

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2 replies

Mar 4, 2019 8:05 AM in response to TheRye

I have done some research, and tried to see if there were any options, if possible, to change for the pinging noise. There is no option for you too change this. The pinging sound has remained the same for every Apple product that you can locate. The only way to have it changed is to ask Apple to change it.

Mar 4, 2019 8:46 AM in response to TheRye

As pointed out you can’t change the ping tone. As much as we want to. Post feedback to Apple.

https://www.apple.com/feedback/

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