iOS 17 Default Notification Sound has changed

How do I change it back to TriTone? I can’t hear Rebound? This is maddening. If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

With great success I have totally relied on the “tri tone” notification sound to alert me for my care responsibilities for my aged parent. In the middle of the night the new “rebound” tone is ineffective. I now fear for his safety because I can’t hear the new alert tone. Can we please, please have some way to choose the tone that’s best for our needs!

Please get rid of this rebound sound and give us the option to customize notifications… I can’t hear my security system, garage door notifications at night if I am asleep, my phone used to wake me up with my Blink security alerts now I can’t hear them… FIX IT APPLE!!!!! I just upgraded to the 15 WTH!

Yes…this was a bad move on Apple’s part. It’s so funny how, with every iOS update, they change something that was working fine for no apparent reason.

I have several apps that use the default system alert tone for notification sounds and now I can’t hear them.

I contacted Apple Support about this and was told that yes, they did change the default alert tone (no reason given). He suggested I submit feedback requesting they change it back to Tri-Tone, which I did, but I’m not holding my breath.

I am missing out on delivery jobs because I can’t hear the notification. I have to practically look at my phone constantly so I don’t miss out on a job. I hope apple fixes this problem soon and will let us control our own device.

You can now change it! Under sounds and haptics in settings there’s now a “default alerts” section and you can change the tone back to tri-tone! :)

I'm with you. My first and only smartphones have all been iPhone since 2011. Seriously looking at moving over to Android. It may seem such a trivial thing to some but I rely on booking notifications for my job. A five or ten second delay in responding can be the difference as to whether I secure the job for the day.

Hey Prw629... I too am having the same problem.

I posted the following note within the community and have heard nothing in return.

"There is an issue that has come up after installing IOS17 on 9/18/2023.

The default "alerting" sound (I believe referred to as "Rebound") for the 3rd party apps is not "alerting" at all. This default sound is negatively affecting my devices ability to provide security.

This issue is so bad that I will have to revert to an earlier IOS version.

Additionally, I have contacted the 3rd party companies to address the matter with them and they all point back to Apple's latest release of an OS that is causing this matter.

Please fix this "default" sound (called Rebound) with an updated version of IOS orrrrr allow the end user to select whatever tone they want tto use for 3rd party apps just as we do for texting functions, email, etc.

Thx"

It's a problem.

The most important question is this:

In the 15th generation of Apple phones why there is no option for changing the default notification sound?

Btw choosing similar sound to Samsung call-end tone is annoying, especially when someone has both iPhone and Samsung phones.

No...this is not the solution to the problem we are referring to. The default alert sound used to be Tri-Tone. For some strange reason, Apple decided to change it to Rebound, a very quiet tone, in iOS 17.

Any app that uses the iOS system default tone now uses the Rebound sound - which is very difficult to hear.

I contacted Apple about this and they said there currently is no way to change the default alert sound. Hopefully it will be adjustable in some future update.

Same here. I rely on hearing the notification so that I can accept bookings (Substitute teacher) really quickly before others snap it up. I have to have the phone in my hand and constantly look at it.

Not good enough

I am hard of hearing and cannot get a hearing aids. So, when I updated this, nearly all of my alerts and rings are gone. I cannot hear the faint beep for my alerts and notifications. And I am missing several of my alarms for every day things like taking my needed medications and waking up to go to work, doctors, hearing the notification on my ring (safety issue), etc. I rely on those alerts, notifications, and alarms daily. Whomever thought of this change, did not think of the hard of hearing people and the elderly. Bye bye iPhone as soon as I pay this phone off, adios. Please put it back.

I just updated this last night what a nightmare when I woke up! I hate that they changed my notification sound my German Shepherd had trained himself to go bark at the window when CPI sent a notification from my camera, now I can’t even hear it and he doesn’t know what it is!!!! Shame on you!!!! You don’t even give us a way to change it back!!! Fix it back ASAP! Thanks and God Bless!

Exactly!!!! In this day and time with so much going on SECURITY IS A PRIORITY!!! I have apps that alert me of any security issues such as my motion on my cameras if someone enters my yard or property and NOW I CAN’T HEAR THAT!!!!! So either risk my security or say BYE TO IPHONE!!!

Because of this little snafu and the lack of the almighty Apple not caring to fix this situation, I have decided to get an android phone the next time I need one. I am hard of hearing so now I cannot hear a text coming in or my alarms/reminders going off. I live by those alarms, it is not just an alarm for me to get up in the morning. It is alarms set for me to do many things throughout the day, like take my needed meds or reminders that I had a doctor appointment that day and what time. I cannot hear the alerts now from my security system and that is scary especially in today’s climate. This is totally unacceptable.