No iMessage notification sound after IOS 17.0.1 update on iPhone 13 Max

Experiment with turning off Bluetooth (on affected phone and/or other devices). Closest I've come to a fix.

It is indeed the Bluetooth.

apple has only allowed notifications on one device, so either watch and not phone or vice versa.

Thanks that worked!!!!!!!

Why can't Apple fix this issue? They seemed to only care about making money and introducing new products not fixing bugs and issues on existing products.

Having a watch too turning off Bluetooth isn’t an option

I’m a novice but I checked iMessages settings and had notification and sound turned off. Turned it on and I get the new text sound.

settings-iMessage-notifications-allow-sound (pick your favorite).

Burke, have you tried turning off Bluetooth?

This bug has persisted through several iOS versions (two years in my case) and different tweaks seem to work for different people.

Hope you find a fix.

That worked. Thank you so much!

What worked?

Has anyone tried factory reset of settings? Did it work?

That is the only thing I haven't tried but I am skeptical it will work and don't want to. go through the trouble of reconfiguring all of my settings if it doesn't help?

I am having the same issue as well. However, I have no sound even when the app is open. Though I do still hear a ping on my watch when I receive a message. If I am not wearing it I will hear nothing not even a vibration. I really need a fix soon.

I have an IPhone 14 Pro Max and I’m experiencing the same thing! What a pain in the a** this is! I’m so mad I installed the update as this was never an issue until the latest update was installed on my phone. Is there a fix for this?

This shouldnt be a fix being that everyone doesnt want their messages displayed on their lock screen, especially being that you never had to do this in the past. Apple really needs to get this resolved as it is problematic.

Same thing happing, no audible alert that a message has been received, on both my iphone and ipad at IOS 17.0.3. My settings look ok but, as a matter of fact, I did not change my settings after updating to this level. Also, using Apple CarPlay I will get a notification of a message but it will not give me an opportunity for a voice reply unless I open messages on my screen and select the message that was just received … very unweildy while driving.

I think I'm going to become like most people and stop updating when Apple introduces a new iOS. Every time, without fail, there are some thorn-in-the-side issues like not being able to receive notifications when the phone is locked. For those of us who need the alerts, Apple makes life just a little more stressful by not fixing these bugs immediately.

My theory, as it has been since the iPhone 3GS, is that it's Apple's attempt at forcing people to upgrade to the latest generation. Wasn't there a Class Action against Apple for this very reason? And they LOST.