iPhone 14 Notifications / text sounds not working¡

I got mine fixed today at the Apple Store! Two things- 1. Phone won’t ding if you are wearing your watch paired to your phone. Either turn off Bluetooth or put your watch on the charger (or turn it off) and it will work fine. 2. Turns out I had a vpn on my phone and it was causing issues. As soon as we took that off then my notification was audible! I hope this helps you!

The solution is to not use your bluetooth OR watch? Seriously? Personally I don't have a VPN so that's definitely not causing it for me on my 14 pro, but this didn't used to happen on my XS when paired with Apple watch 4 - they worked together without issue at all for notification sounds.

My Siri is doing the same as yours, it's extremely buggy, the wrong one activates regularly (i.e. phone will when watch is the only one close enough to hear what I'm saying), mis-hears me WAY more frequently etc. I did get some improvement when I downloaded a new siri voice in another accent, then went back to my original voice, I found that tip online and it did help a bit.

Anyone have a fix on the camera over-contrast and over-colourisation issue? Or third party apps being unable to focus? Camera issues are making my iphone 14 pro practically unusable, the photos are so bad, I have to heavily retouch each one and even then, the over-processing still makes it almost unfixable without taking it to photoshop or similar. Keen for a solution.

I have Iphone 14 plus and also the same problem. The notification sound suddenly disappears and only appears after a couple of days. This happens almost every month, it's starting to get on my nerves! Has the problem been resolved? Has it happened to anyone else that there is no sound periodically?

I have been an iPhone user since it first came out, no one could convince me of changing to any other model until the iPhone 14 pro max . It is getting frustrating with all the Bluetooth notifications problems. The latest is the Bluetooth in my car. Now it goes in and out, I have the car connect to the Bluetooth and then it goes out and comes back. If you are talking on the phone via Bluetooth in my car and having a conversation the Bluetooth connection goes away. You see the Bluetooth icon go in and out. Now this beside the concern I posted about the notification sounds a few months ago, there is something totally wrong going on with this new version. I hope apple is reading all this and find a fix soon.

New iPhone 14 Pro this month and exactly the same issue. All settings correct, alerts sound sometimes, sometimes not. Frustrating that despite your post in October last year and 350 me too's, nothing has been done.

I have the same issue with my NEW $900 iphone14+. If I have a video or music playing, the text notification does not sound. It appears this has been an ongoing problem for some time. APPLE, when will you fix this? It is unacceptable.

I have the same issue with my NEW $900 iphone14+. If I have a video or music playing, the text notification does not sound. It appears this has been an ongoing problem for some time. APPLE, when will you fix this? It is unacceptable.

I having the same problem. I have an Apple Watch and I have been told that is the problem. That does not make sense to me sometimes notifications come through. Very frustrating. I hope someone can help troubleshoot.

I have been on with support for a couple hours, if you have this problem and you have an Apple Watch this is how they say it is supposed to work because if you have your watch on that is where you’re getting notifications, it’s an extension of your phone, and that is by design. When speaking with the technician, I told him with the same watch, and my previous version of the iPhone that is not how it worked, he tells me that’s how it has always worked. He then told me I could suggest a feature at Apple.com/feature, To suggest the ability to get notifications on your phone when it’s locked if you have your iwatch on. I hope all of you also make that suggestion and maybe we’ll get this fixed!

YES...Tech support told me the exact same thing last night! That is NOT how it worked on my XS Max.

Out of sheer desperation, I changed my notification for the watch to "custom" from "mirror my phone" and did a forced restart (reboot) of the watch. I am now getting notifications on the phone and watch - when they are both locked! Still, no sound on the phone when it's locked - but at least I'm getting the vibrating notifications on the watch, which is better than it was!

iphone 14 pro - same issue. There is a proposed fix to go into sounds and slide volume all the way up and then down. That seemed to “fix” iMessage sound notifications but it did nothing to fix sound issue of any other 3rd party apps. A mobile phone is supposed be your connection for communication…without sound notifications the value of the phone is diminished. I hope apple addresses this issue soon.

I got the 14pro about 3 weeks ago, and hadnt really noticed this until recently. I have tried everything and it doesnt work. However something very weird is happening when I turn off bluetooth to disconnect apple watch(like some people have suggested). So I do get the notification sound on my phone when I turn off bluetooth, however my watch still receives messages and calls, even with the bluetooth off. Im not sure how its possible or if its even safe. But it doesnt make sense to turn off bluetooth and not be able to use earpods or apple watch (even though for me its still connected) just to get notification alert on the phone. Apple please fix this mess!!!

IT IS HARD TO BELIEVE THAT THEIR FLAGSHIP PHONE IS DOING THIS......

Once screen is off, notifications come but it doesn’t vibrate neither it makes any sound.

but my IPHONE 14 PRO MAX w/ IOS 16.3.1 IS DOING THIS.

I've also been experiencing the identical problem with audio notifications occurring only when the screen is active on my iPhone 14 Pro Max. I've been an iPhone user since the 5s so I'm very familiar, as others are, with how to set up the device to deliver constant and reliable audio notifications. There are enough users in this thread and around the internet, complaining about this situation, to make it clear that it is not a hardware or user problem, but a software bug. The disappointing thing about all of this is that it's now 6 months since users have been asking Apple for a fix and they've done nothing more than repeatedly recommend adjusting the phone's settings. Come on Apple, you can do better. Help us.

I'm having the same problem after upgrading to IOS 16.4 on an iPhone 14; At least with the Messages app. For me, it only fails to make the sound when the screen is locked and Bluetooth is on. If I turn bluetooth off in settings, I get the sound with the screen locked, as usual. I did not have any earbuds or a watch or anything else connected to bluetooth.