iPhone 13 notification sound too low

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.

Brand New iPhone 13 Pro Max purchased directly from Apple having the same issue I can hardly hear the text notifications with the ringer & media at max volume. $1300 phone with the worst ever notification volume, shame on you Apple!

same here, spankin new 13 pro max and missing lads of messages due to crappy notifications volume, guess its a Apples push to force everyone to buy Apple watch ...

anyways, Apple - fix it for Gods sake

I have spent several hours of my life that I will not get back following all the suggestions made on this discussion forum and on other parts of the net. The iPhone 13 with iOS 15.02 has a serious problem with low volume notification, but not with music or telephone calls, either ringing or voice. As of yet there is no fix that I can find.

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.

It has to be the software. The phone is loud-when I test the sound for the selected text tone, it’s loud-like normal. But when it comes through as a text, it’s quiet. But only when my phone is locked-when I’m actively using it, texts come through at normal volumes. It’s complete crap.

The glitch seems to be in the notifications AND the vol buttons for me. When I use the vol buttons to change the volume, or switch from silent to ringer, the vol pop up appears and the little bell icon shakes as it ought to, but no sound is produced. Yet the sound and the buttons work perfectly when I manipulate them in Setting.

Come on Apple! Where’s the patch?

You people need to do what I did and call Apple Care and report the problem. They are aware of the issue and it was told to me that they're wroking on a fix for the next updates. I suggest you call Apple Care too and report it. Put more pressure on Apple to soove this issue ASAP! They don't read this forum. I sent the link to the AC operative and he read it and (maybe) put it on the report. But if you guys don't call them and complain they have no reason to push a fix anytime soon. They will make u do all the useless tests mentioned on this thread by some clueless folks. We all know what the problem is and that it cannot be solved with those tricks. JUST CALL APPLE CARE!

Same issue. Iphone Pro Max 13 with soft notifications. The only way that I have found to deal with this is to chose a classic ringtone for notifications. They are slightly louder and most are longer.

open settings then,

Go to sounds & haptics

toggle on ‘change with buttons’

then use the volume up & down button on the side of your phone to choose the sound you want for the ringer (& notifications)

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.

The person I just talked to at support had NO idea this was a problem. A good organization would check their forum regularly to stay on top of product issues. I would return this phone but it's been more than 14 days. Wish I could go back to my Samsung.

Adding to the din of aggravated 13Pro users about this issue.

decided to finally Google “iPhone 13Pro alerts too low” this afternoon and lo and behold it took me to this thread with 11 pages of frustration going back 3 months.

really annoyed