I’m not a massive fan of the new notification sound (Rebound). I can live with it, but I prefer the classic tri-tone. At least give me the option to change it back and adjust sounds for individual apps as some app notifications are silent even in ringer mode. Just release a software update to choose notification sounds for individual apps!
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iPhone 13, iOS 17
Hey!
At the moment, 3rd party app notifications aren’t changeable by the user, as Apple has set the default to Rebound. Only the app’s developers can change this at the moment. You can suggest this here: Product Feedback - Apple
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Bryce 🤠
Give Apple feedback on this new default notification sound. Letting them know it is too low. Hopefully they will listen. If there is a change let me know! You can do it here!
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The issue isn't just new default notification sound, it's with notifications in general.
If you enable notifications for an app but do not enable visual notifications (i.e., Lock Screen or Banner), you will not receive a notification sound.
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Show Joe wrote:
Apple...please give us the ability to change the notification sound, not only for in general, but individual apps as well! Rebound is just too quiet. Personally, I have a Ring alarm system and cameras and really need the notifications to have a unique sound so they will be more prevalent. This is crucial, especially at night or when I am away from home. As you can imagine, responding to someone attempting to pirate a package or sneaking around my home would be useful. Having the ability to assign a unique tone to at least the Ring app would be greatly beneficial!
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G_mahn wrote:
Sorry Apple, taking away my ability to set notification sounds of my choice is not an improvement in your product. The notification sound that your teams think is ideal is horrible, cannot be heard in many circumstances and is now just reminding me every time that I DO hear it how much I dislike it. This has now become continuous prompt to consider a new non-Apple phone. Please correct this immediately and stop taking away flexibility to set up your products to my liking.
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pburke90 wrote:
We know, the problem is that we want to change sounds for apps on an individual basis, not have a default one that covers everything. Hopefully a future software update resolves that.
That is a feature app developers have been free to add for years. Contact the app developers.
I am on iOS 17.0.2. Here is a pic of my iPhone 12 Pro with Tri-tone
This only changes the text notification sound and not all the apps notifications sound
Carwheels wrote:
Apple, please fix this.
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edna281 wrote:
Pls change to my old notification sound I don’t like the new one
Tell Apple:
Submit feedback to Apple everyone! Commenting here won’t do anything since the notifications are working the way they were intended according to Apple support.
I agree. My Nest camera alert sound is the same as all other alert sounds and after awhile you hear this same sound that you don’t even hear them any longer. I equate this to buying a new house on a busy street. At first all the traffic noise is irritating but in time you don’t even hear the traffic.
Thredo wrote:
I agree. My Nest camera alert sound is the same as all other alert sounds and after awhile you hear this same sound that you don’t even hear them any longer. I equate this to buying a new house on a busy street. At first all the traffic noise is irritating but in time you don’t even hear the traffic.
It would be up to Nest/Google to add the ability to change the tone within their app.
12 Pro Max on 17.0.3
I am old and need the different tones to separate which app wants my attention. Also, because I don't hear as well as I used to, I need a tone that I can make loud enough to hear and one that lasts a length of time more than a nanosecond. I miss so many notifications that involve work and security. I love my iPhone 12 Pro Max and that my Mac, iPad, and Apple Watch are all integrated and work well together to get work done. But, if I don't hear distinct notifications on the phone or the watch, the whole Apple ecosystem becomes a black hole where ones and zeros die.
Apple has to fix this. I know they want to put it on the developers, which is fine, but enforce that apps must meet certain accessibility requirements.
On Apple's developers' website, they say this to developers:
"Perceivability — Make sure that all content can be perceived whether people are using sight, hearing, or touch."
The notifications for the apps I use were working, so it is reasonable to believe that the developers were doing this. Then Apple pushes an update that strips the features out of almost every app.
Apple, We expect Better!
How to change new iOS 17 Notification Sound
