No notification sounds after new iOS 26 update on my Iphone

This happens randomly on my Iphone 15. Sometimes the sound for a text will work and other times it won’t. I have to to turn my mute switch off and back on again for the sound notifications to work again. Then later, the sound will stop working again. Hopefully Apple is aware of the bug and will create a fix.




iPhone 15, iOS 26

Posted on Sep 23, 2025 7:54 AM

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Posted on Nov 12, 2025 9:24 PM

My iPhone 15 on iOS 26.1 caused text tones to stop periodically. I tried everything. Apple Support said “go to Settings/Apps/Messages and turn OFF ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS then restart iPhone then turn ON ALLOW NOTIFICATIONS. I did and all is well now. I hope text tones stay normal.

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Nov 15, 2025 5:36 PM in response to Timload

that fix did not work for me. by the 2nd day after doing this it happened again. seems to be something they need to fix with an update. i wish they would figure it out and get it done. i'm now in the habit of after turning my phone on and letting it boot up, i hit one of the volume buttons(up or down) and see if it's red "silent", some days it's fine, some days it's not. when it is in silent i toggle the mute switch back and then forward again to turn the sound back on. then it seems to last for the day until next morning when powering up. shouldnt have to check my volume buttons every morning to see if it is in silent mode 🙄... and like my other post, even when sound is working, i'll still randomly not get any notification for some text messages, not just sound, but no visual notification either. this has been going on too long

Nov 26, 2025 7:52 AM in response to Jeff Shaw1

Jeff Shaw1 wrote:

Notification sounds only work on my iPhone 16 Pro Max when screen is locked if I turn off Wrist Detection on my Apple Watch. That's messed up.

You may not like it, but it's the way notifications have worked since the Watch was released. It has nothing to do with iOS 26 (or any other version of iOS).


Notifications on your Apple Watch - Apple Support




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