iPhone text notifications are very loud

Agreed. The notification is deafening when the phone is held up to my ear. It stinks to spend this much money on a phone and have little acknowledgment or responsiveness. I have not found a suggestion that solves this problem since September now.

I am having this same issue. I also have contacted apple and they just tell my to put my phone on silent when I’m on a call with the switch. I told them this is annoying and I shouldn’t have to be doing this. None of the other iPhones have done this. It is very loud and a health risk. I too hear like it is going to blow out my ear drum. The sounds are extremely loud and hurt my ear every time. Apple needs to address this ASAP

Feedback and Genius Bar have not solved the issue so far. The only "fix" is to remember to manually turn the mute switch on and off every time those of us with an issue want to make or receive a call? I understand problems like this can arise, but this is not an inexpensive device and, if you've experienced it, you may not understand how blaring the notification is in the user's ear. It's not a minor inconvenience. It can leave your ear ringing when it unexpectedly comes through the speaker.

Hello im an Audio Engineer and last night I had the same issue.

I have previous ear damage and hence very sensitive hearing, my left ear is my ‘good’ ear.

I was on a call and got the usual tone BLARED into my ear drum at full volume just because i was on a call.

The fact that Apple has not fixed this immediately is extremely shocking imo. i expected way more from this company.

iPhone 15 and this issue is still not fixed.

if they could ad least turn the Volumen down on the notification as to not interfere with your phone call.

It is super loud in the earbuds.

Always amazes me that such basic simple things are being still not being addressed after 15 versions of iPhones.

I am having the same issue and this is entirely poor coding accompanied with a poorly designed device. Whoever led the iphone14 pro project should be promoted to the sanitation dept of Bodunk, Alaska. This phone has been nothing but problems since i got it. I want my microsoft phone back….lol.

Hi there damir268,

To keep unwanted noise from bothering you during calls, try adjusting your settings. For instance, adjust sound settings using the following guide: Change iPhone sounds and vibrations

If you want to change or limit the Notifications you're seeing for some apps, follow the guidance on this page to customize your options: Change notification settings on iPhone

Take care.

Dadalorian1 wrote:

Hopefully, Apple will be reading these forums, and this user experience will be helpful for them to diagnose and fix the problem.

No, Apple doesn’t read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. You can, however, let them know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

Weavernator wrote:

APPLE I WILL NOT WASTE MY TIME ANYMORE FIX IT OR REPLACE IT THERE ARE MANY GREAT PRODUCTS OTHER THAN YOURS JUST ABOUT READY TO SWITCH AND THIS IS A CUSTOMER SINCE THE ORIGINAL IPHONE

Apple doesn't read here in this user-to-user forum for feedback or suggestions. So, shouting at us, your fellow users, is, in addition to being rude, just a waste of your time.

You can let Apple know your thoughts here:

Product Feedback - Apple

I silenced ALL notifications while on a call.

1. Create a new Focus <Custom>
2. Name it, etc. I named mine "Notifications Off with Calls'
3. Select 'Customize Focus'
4. Under SILENCE NOTIFICATIONS <People>
5. Select 'Allow Notifications From': Verify/ set nobody is selected
6. Click Next
7. On Choose Calls to Allow select 'Allowed People Only'
8. Click 'Done'
9. Verify 'None allowed' is displayed under 'People'
10. Click on 'Apps'
11. On 'Allow Notifications From' Verify/ set only the Phone App is selected
12. Click 'Done'
13. Under 'Set a Schedule' select 'Add Schedule'
14. Select 'App'
15. Select 'Phone'
16. Verify 'While using phone' is displayed below phone
17. Back out and you should be all set.

15 is coming out soon and it seems this issue will not be resolved, I've submitted direct feedback months ago and got no response.

this was my first and last iphone.

Raised incident for 7 times. Not resolved for past 6 months. So I sold my 14PM and Bought S23 Ultra. Now it's resolved ☺️

Unfortunately, there has never been a way to automatically stop the audible notifications from sounding when you are on a call. Flip the mute switch (the one above the volume buttons) when you're on a call.

jlamphierde wrote:

Why should we have too.

Because that's the only option. Do it or don't do it. It doesn't matter to me.

Didn’t have to do this on all the other iPhones only the 14. It’s something wrong in the coding that needs to be fixed

It's worked this way on iPhone since the beginning.