How to change notification sound on Android

Android

Change notification sound of individual Android 9 and 8 apps

The latest versions of Android have a built-in ability to set different notification sounds for different applications.

The setup is very simple. Further screenshots and paths in the settings are given for Samsung Galaxy Note with Android 9 Pie, but on a “clean” system all the necessary steps are almost exactly the same.

  • Go to Settings. Notifications.
  • At the bottom of the screen, you’ll see a list of apps that send notifications. If not all applications are displayed, click on the “View all” button.
  • Tap on the app whose notification sound you want to change.
  • The screen will show the different types of notifications that this app can send. For example, in the screenshot below, we see the options for the Gmail app. If we need to change the sound of notifications for incoming mail to the specified mailbox, click on the item “Mail. With sound”.
  • In the “With sound” item, select the desired sound for the selected notification.

Similarly, you can change notification sounds for different applications and for different events in them, or, conversely, turn off such notifications.

Note that there are applications for which such settings are not available. Of those that I personally met. only Hangouts, i.e. there are not so many of them and they, as a rule, already use their own notification sounds instead of system ones.

How to change Android notification sound for different apps

By default, notifications from different Android apps come with the same default sound. The exception is rare applications where developers have installed their own notification sound. This is not always convenient, and the ability to already identify the vibe by the sound, whether it is Instagram, mail or SMS, can be useful.

This tutorial details how to set up different notification sounds for different applications on Android: first on new versions (8 Oreo and 9 Pie and Android 10), where this function is present in the system, then on Android 6 and 7, where this function is not provided by default. Also useful: How to change or put your ringtone on Android.

Note: the sound for all notifications can be changed in Settings. Sound. Notification ringtone, Settings. Sounds and vibration. Notification sounds or in similar paragraphs (depends on the specific phone, but is approximately the same everywhere). To add your own notification sounds to the list, just copy the ringtone files to the Notifications folder in the internal memory of your smartphone.

How to change sounds of different notifications on Android 7 and 6

Previous versions of Android do not have a built-in feature to set different sounds for different notifications. However, this can be implemented using third party applications.

There are several applications available on the Play Store that have the following functions: Light Flow, NotifiCon, Notification Catch App. In my case (tested on pure Android 7 Nougat), the last application turned out to be the simplest and most efficient (in Russian, no root required, it works properly when the screen is locked).

Changing the notification sound for the application in the Notification Catch App looks like this (on first use, you will have to give a lot of permissions so that the application can intercept system notifications):

  • Go to the item “Sound Profiles” and create your own profile by clicking on the “Plus” button.
  • Enter a name for the profile, then click on the “Default” item and select the desired notification sound from the folder or from the installed ringtones.
  • Return to the previous screen, open the Applications tab, click Plus, select the application for which you want to change the notification sound and set the sound profile you created for it.

That’s all: in the same way, you can add sound profiles for other applications and, accordingly, change the sounds of their notifications. You can download the application from the Play Store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?ID=antx.tools.catchnotification

If for some reason this application did not work for you, I recommend trying Light Flow. it allows you not only to change notification sounds for different applications, but also other parameters (for example, the color of the LED or the speed of its blinking). The only drawback is that not the entire interface is translated into Russian.

How to change SMS sound on Android

First of all, it must be said that the SMS sound itself changes here:

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  • Settings
  • Notifications
  • Notification sound
  • Choose from the list

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The purpose of this instruction is to show how to put your own arbitrary melody on SMS.

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How to set (change) an SMS ringtone on Android

Now let’s quickly look at how to change or set your own SMS melody (sound) on Android.

Custom Notification Sounds On Your Samsung

For the task at hand, you will need to manually place the music or sound file in the desired folder in the internal memory of the smartphone. I will show you where and what to upload.

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Attention! You can ask your question to a specialist at the end of the article.

How to set arbitrary (your) music to SMS

For your sound or song to appear in the SMS ringtone selection list (see above), you need to place your ringtone in the desired folder on the phone’s internal memory.

The folder should be called Notifications and be located at the root of the smartphone. Only then will the melody appear in the list. If there is no folder, create it now.

To move the music file we need a file manager. It comes standard with smartphones and may only differ slightly in appearance. You can use other file managers that are available on Google Play. The principle of copying and transferring files is identical, i.e. the logic is saved on any phone.

Next, I show it using the example of a file manager in Samsung phones.

    Go to the file manager and look for your song / sound / melody. Most likely it will be in the Music folder on the internal or external memory (depending on where you store it).

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Next, hold your finger on the desired song until the selection checkboxes appear and click on the options above (3 vertical dots). There we press “Copy”.

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Now we are asked to choose a location for copying. Here we point to our Notifications folder.

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And at the end it remains to choose “Insert here”.

The song has been copied and should now appear in the list of sounds for SMS. Checking.

The song appeared in the list of sounds for SMS. Please note that it is displayed only by the name of the song, and not by the name of the artist.

Thus, you can add an unlimited number of melodies to the list and choose which is best suited for SMS.

How to set downloaded ringtones to SMS notifications instead of standard ones

And what to do if manipulations with Notifications did not work. A new ringtone has appeared in the list of notification sounds, it is selected, but the message sound is randomly selected from the factory ones. HTC desire 10 pro

How to add custom notification sounds in any Android Device

Hello! I have a Meizu laptop9 and I cannot set my SMS signals on each SIM card, moreover, I cannot even change the preset signals, because I do not have the “notification” application and the path shown above does not work, tell me what to do?

I did everything according to the instructions, there was no folder. I created it, dropped the mp3 file, nothing appeared in the list. HomTom HT70 Android 7 Handset.

Hello, I have a Nokia 7.1 smartphone, Android 10. I cannot change the SMS sound to another one, which is not in the phone, there is a folder for SMS, I downloaded sounds, but they did not appear in the list.

Hello. In my menu, messages, settings, notifications after there is no “notification sound“. There is simply “Turn on notifications” and turn off. Nokia 5 Android 9. What is the reason?

Good afternoon. Took Samsung Galaxy S20 ultra. On Android 10. Can’t put MP3 music on ringtone and notifications. Tried copying the file to the root directory in the Notification folder, but it doesn’t work. This file format is not supported. What to do?

Samsung a71, does not allow transferring a file from the music folder to notifications

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How to set a ringtone or SMS on Android: setting a ringtone for one / group / all contacts

Notification Catch App

The method of application is the following procedure:

  • You must first download the application.
  • Create a profile in the program, which will be used in the future. To do this, you need to click in the program on “”.
  • A window will appear in which the name of the profile is entered. Then you need to activate the Default tab.
  • A list of sounds that can be set for notification will appear on the screen. Each file can be previewed beforehand.
  • After that, you need to return to the main screen, and activate the “Applications” tab.
  • Press the symbol “”. It is needed to add the program to the list where the signal will be changed. Here you also need to specify the profile that was previously created.

After completing these actions, the sound will be the same as the user set it in the profile. The program is very convenient, with its help you can easily install various signals on any smartphone. In just a few clicks, they can be changed, or completely deleted. At the same time, it is possible to create an unlimited number of profiles.

How to change notification sound on Android in settings

You can change the notification signal using the gadget settings. To do this, follow these steps:

A window will open in front of the user, which lists the options for sounds. You can pre-listen to them, then install.

The section name may differ depending on the version of Android.

How to set your own ringtone for notification

If the standard selection of melodies saved by the developers in the phone does not satisfy your needs, you can set your own melody. There are several ways to do this. For gadgets on the Android system, you need to do the following:

  • open the file manager, go to the “internal memory” menu of your device;
  • find the Notifications direction. If not, you can create it yourself;
  • add to it all the necessary melodies that you want to set as the sound of notifications. It is important that they are in mp3 format;
  • after that, you need to go to the gadget settings, then find the sound control point for notification;
  • at this point the melody is replaced. You can choose the appropriate option from the “multimedia storage”.

The newly installed melody will appear in the general list. It can be added as a notification for any alerts.

How to set SMS ringtone on Android

Most often, developers have loaded about ten ringtones into the phone’s memory. They can be used for calls or SMS alerts. To install one of them, you need to perform the following series of actions:

  • go to the gadget settings section;
  • select the sub-item “sound profiles”;
  • specify the required profile, most often this is a standard

A menu will appear in front of the user, in which you can put any melody for notification of messages. If the phone has two SIM cards, then the sounds can be set for each of them separately.

The program will offer to choose a melody from the standard one, which is stored in the library. It remains only to choose the one you like the most.

How to change the notification sound through the app

You can change sounds not only through the application, but also using specialized programs. Most often, the following are used for these purposes:

Change notifications in Messenger

The common Messenger also has a standard notification sound that guarantees confusion. Your best bet is to go to the menu on the rightmost tab after installation and change it:

  • Tap your profile.
  • Select Notification tone.
  • Select a tone from the options provided.

Custom Notification Sounds. The Proper Way!

Messenger comes with a wide range of tones, but you cannot use your own sounds. With Messenger Lite, the resource-saving equivalent of Messenger, there is no way to change the tone. In it, you can set your phone to vibrate or use an LED for notifications. However, there are no custom notifications for individual chats and groups in Messenger.