iPhone 13 notification sound too low

I have this same issue. It started with my iPhone X, now happening again with my iPhone 13 but seems worse. I can’t get the notifications from my son’s glucose monitor that I follow loud enough to wake me up at night. That terrifies me because the consequences could be fatal. I’ve considered connecting to a Bluetooth speaker at night. I always turn my phone all the way up both by turning up the ringer and overall volume and it’s still like the notification volume is stuck at 40%.

Of course they're ignoring this issue. Next I'm week going to the apple store to make them give me a new phone until they fix the issue. If you have warranty and apple care they will have to give u a new phone if you show them the volume of the notification is not working properly. One just needs to do that enough time so they start giving a **** about all these new iPhones getting out of their inventory without extra money 😈

Having the exact same issue. I almost returned my 13 pro max because of this. I compared it to my 10 S max and you can definitely tell a difference. I have to have the volume all the way up just to hear my text messages when not directly in front of my phone. The good news is it looks like a software issue and hopefully will be fixed in a software update soon.

I’m almost sure your iPhone 8 has this issue too. Since iOS 14 all iPhones behave like this. I also have an iPhone 8 with this notification volume problem.

This isn't exactly true. I've switched from i8 on iOS15.1 to i13 and the difference is huge. On i8 you can hear notification in a room from across ten meters when Volume is three steps from minimum. On i13 you can barelly hear it when volume is on maximum. I also have another i8 (bussines phone) on iOS15.1 also without notification volume problem. My wife's and my friend's i13 also have low notification sound problem. For me and my friend this is a HUGE problem as we are first responders in Croatian mountain rescue service where our primary notification tool is WhatsApp group.

Because of this loudness difference between my iPhone 8 and the new 13 I purchased, the 13 was returned, and I bought a refurbished Xs.

It’s sound is even louder than the 8.

For this reason I insist it’s model related, and not software related.

Sorry to sound a bit clever, but it’s not iOS 15 or anything. It’s phone related, my own experience and hearing friends iPhone 12, and 13, these models have poor sound. My XS running ios 15 is loud, really loud.

Same problem for me. But I'm not convinced it's just a software fault. I don't trade in my old phones. Which means I have an iPhone 7, XR, and 13 Pro Max all running iOS 15.2. Only the 13 Pro Max has the issue of notification sounds being about half the volume of the other phones. And this is with each phone set to the same volume level.

I'm losing my hearing and need the sound to be at least its originally intended volume as present on all older models. So this, for me, is an accessibility issue. One that should be fixed sooner rather than later.

So I have an i13 and it was driving me crazy. I called support based upon this discussion and they made me download the latest update. After that, I called back and the support person talked me through literally 25 different things, like turning notifications off then back on, and all kinds of weird stuff that I didn’t really pay attention to because I assumed it was just something they have to do. Then we sent a test and it still didn’t work. I hung up, frustrated, restarted my phone, and it mysteriously started working and has been working ever since. I have no idea how it happened but I’m thrilled. That was Thursday morning Dec 30. Keeping my fingers crossed.

I had a 13 Pro in early Dec, 2021. During the update of iOS 15.2, the phone was dead. The Apple store replaced a new one for me and I can update to iOS 15.2.1. But the notification sound is too low now. I hope someone here or Apple has a solution soon.

You should all do what I did and return the phone. Over £1300 for a phone where you can't even hear the notifications!! That should be the absolute basic a phone should be doing in this day and age. Absolute garbage and a total waste of money. From what I'm reading this isn't only the iphone 13 it's also a problem with the 12 and apple haven't done nothing about it.

Updated iOs to 15.2 (19D50) and the low sound for alerts is STILL not fixed. When you scroll down to select another sound in the timer app, the preview of the sound is loud (controlled by volume setting), but when you set the new sound and then run the timer again the sound is muted just as before. If your volume is set to 50% or less, it is basically inaudible by the human ear. If your volume is set to 100%, it is basically whisper volume. For me text alerts and the alarm volume are fixed, but the timer end sound is STILL not working correctly.

Hi NeurologicalFunk

Link How to make custom ringtones

• Imported my Blackberry notifiers and ringtones as mp3 files to iTunes
• Converted ACC files
• Exported to desktop
• Changed the tag to .m4r
• Dragged into 'tones' folder on iphone
• Selected in settings / sounds

Please, please, please Apple fix for hearing impaired users

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Hi NeurologicalFunk

I synced my iPhone 3 pro to iTunes on my iMac

Go to View > Show Sidebar > Library > Devices > iPhone > Tones folder > Drop & drag .m4r files from desktop folder > Unplug iPhone > Settings > Sounds & Haptics > you should now see your Ringtone files.

I think there maybe a shortcut using GarageBand How To Make Ringtones With GarageBand (Mac and iOS)

Hope that works for you.

I contacted Apple support about this problem a few days ago. They tried to solve my problem on very weak notification tones. The first time, they failed to fix it and called me again the next day to continue. Still they failed to fix my problem so they called the third time the next day but still failed. In the end they told me there is nothing wrong with my iPhone and that the notification tones are weaker than ringtones normally. They requested me to send a feedback to Apple regarding this matter. Now it is clear from your post that this is an Apple software problem. I don't understand why the Apple support team don't know about this and instead waste their time trying to fix the problem.