iOS 17 Default Notification Sound has changed

You can if you have the updated version 17.2 ! Go to settings scroll down to software updates check it, update if not then go back to settings and go to sounds and haptics tap it scroll to default tap it and choose what you want even from purchased tones!

I changed it to Tri-tone, but the doorbell sound is not listed under "Classic" for text messages. It is there for a Ringtone choice but not Text Messages. I have used the Doorbell for texts for 5 years. It's loud and easy to hear if you are not next to your phone.

Thank you. 17.2 must have switched on many apps refresh that I had them off all along. I know that iOS 17 also removed personal emojis which I don’t care as much. Not sure what else we have to discover.

I hate the new notifications sound. It’s too noisy and interruptive. I don’t understand how you can change this for customers and not allow us to configure it to use the old sound in our preferences. What is Apple doing to fix this for customers?

Well done Apple for resolving this issue! I wasn't hearing notifications from apps such as Nest and Tapo which is important for my home security. I did submit a bug report a while back so it looks like they took the matter seriously.

Updating to iOS 17.2.1 now!

Please quick messing everything up with these new updates. I have notifications tones for certain people and you did away with a lot of them. My daughter text me several times and got zero notifications. Not a notice or a new notification sound. What if it had been an emergency, I wouldn’t even have known she texted me. Please bring all the old notifications tones back. My phone and iPad have also been acting strange since the new update. Why all these updates. Seems like a new one every other day. Just quit!!!!!

Now all of my alerts have the exact same sound. This is so frustrating. I can’t change me email sound back to my original setting without changing every other alert on my iPhone to the same sound. I hate Apple.

jearl813 wrote:

I have hearing aids but as any one knows, I don’t have them in while sleeping…I could Not, for the life of me figure out why

I would sleep through my alarm of the morning and through the day as well UNTIL I was actually awake when it sounded through the day. It’s NO WONDER why I slept through the alarm…. I CAN BARELY HEAR THE “Radial” alert (default on alarms now) WITH my hearing aids!

PUT THE DEFAULT BACK TO “RADAR” WHY WOULD APPLE CHANGE THINGS LIKE THIS-NOT ONLY DUE TO THE HARD HEARING-BUT AS WELL, as a persons brain is “trained” for sounds especially after such a long time.

I have always have Siri set my alarms for convenience and don’t even have to touch the phone.

NOT HAPPY!

This complaint has been resolved by Apple...

Ensure that you have updated your iPhone/iPad to the most recent version of iOS/iPadOS - at time of writing, this currently being iOS/iPadOS 17.4.1.

Having updated your device, you can now set the default Alert/Notification sound to anything that you choose:

Settings > Sounds > Default Alerts - select as required

Don't forget, should you choose to do so, to change any other Notification sounds for your individual Apps:

Settings > Notifications >

Is there some reason why you can't simply change it back to try-tone?

Default sound issue is a major issue as many have raised before. Apple please fix this Bug asap as many people are disadvantaged with this. Seriously looking at Android!

I can’t stand that sound. It’s similar to the Hangup sound from WhatsApp which used to randomly sound on my old phone for some reason. And I don’t appreciate that we can’t change it

I have the same issue with security!!

give Apple your feedback. It’s the only way they’ll change it if more people complain about it. Click this link for feedback.

Product Feedback - Apple

 Product Feedback - Apple

I am in Australia & we have only just downloaded IOS17, have now logged this issue with Apple & asked to escalate. Let’s hope it is fixed soon

It’s annoying sound for everyone. Apple developers are head less people.