Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...

Having your Galaxy S23 suddenly stop making sounds for incoming notifications, texts, emails, alarms, and other prompts can certainly be disruptive. You likely rely on audible feedback to stay ...

To change your Samsung phone's notification sound, go to "Sounds and vibration" in the Settings app. You can import audio by downloading sounds to your phone and ...

With iOS 17, Apple changed the default iPhone notification sound – and many users didn’t like it. Some said it was too quiet; others simply preferred the old sound. But there wasn’t much you could do ...

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The sound you choose to notify you when you get a text, call, or social media update is important since it's what you'll primarily need to listen for to know when someone is trying to contact you.

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You can change notification sounds for emails and calendar events directly within the new Outlook app for Windows. In classic Outlook, you can choose whether to play a sound when a new email arrives.