Changing app alert tones is a great way to help you distinguish between notifications on your iPhone. You'll know if you're receiving a text or an email without taking your iPhone out of your pocket.

First things first: If you haven't already updated the software on your iPhone, you'll want to do that first. Here's how to do it. After following the steps mentioned above, all apps that utilize ...

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 ...

The default notification noise in iOS 17 was too quiet, and couldn't be changed — but that's been fixed in iOS 17.2. Here's how to select a better default alert noise. Apple's release of iOS 17 ...

With these simple steps, you’ll know who’s trying to reach you just by the sound of the alert. It’s that easy and incredibly convenient. Give it a try, and never miss an important message again.

It’s almost crazy to think it, but for the last decade Apple has not allowed you to change the default ringtone, notification sounds, or alerts on your Apple Watch. Finally, watchOS 11 gives us this ...

Brace yourselves: your cell phone will play another sudden, loud alarm at 2:20 p.m. Wednesday as part of the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s national test of its alert system through all ...

I wanted my Android phone to play a sound loud enough to let me know when it started and stopped charging. The default options weren’t good, so I went the third-party way to set things up on my device ...

New customizations for sound recognition add to Apple's toolkit for deaf and hard of hearing users. Credit: Bob Al Greene / Mashable Apple's sound recognition tool, which allows users to be alerted ...

A man surveys tree debris at Louise Hays Park in Kerrville on July 6 after heavy rain caused flooding along the Guadalupe River. In a state where hurricanes, tornadoes and flash floods are a constant ...