Notification sounds on android

How to Change Android Notification Sounds

Create custom sounds or select from built-in notification sounds

What to Know

• Change contact ringtones: Contacts >name >More >Set Ringtone, tap a ringtone, tap Save. Get custom sounds from an app like Zedge.
• Change default sound: Go to Apps & Notifications >Notifications >Advanced >Default notification sound, then choose a new sound.
• Change Messages and Gmail sounds via notification settings. In the Phone app, go to Settings >Sounds and vibration >Phone ringtone.

This article explains how to change and customize Android notification sounds for text messages, calls, email, social media, and just about any app on your smartphone.

How to Change Android Notification Sounds

Notification sounds are just one of many ways you can customize your Android, and each version of Android refines the process. Your Android has a setting for the default notification sound for all apps; you can also change sounds app by app. Here’s how to change the default sound, and how to change the notification sounds for Google Messages, Gmail, and the Phone app.

Set Custom Ringtones for Contacts

Open Contacts, tap the name, tap the three-dot menu, tap Set Ringtone, choose the desired ringtone from the list that appears, then tap Save.

How to Change the Global Default Sound

Open Settings.

Tap Apps & Notifications.

Tap Notifications.

Scroll to the bottom of the screen and tap Advanced.

Tap Default notification sound.

Then you can browse the ringtones page, which is split into categories including My Sounds, Pixel Sounds, Classical Harmonies, and others. At the top, it says what the current default is. In this case, it’s called Chime–Pixel Sounds.

If you’re using a non-Pixel phone, your ringtone options will be different.

Change the Notification Sounds by App

You can also change the notification sound in popular Android apps including Messages, Gmail, and the Phone app.

Google Messages

If you get a lot of notifications and want to know without looking that it’s a new text message, you can change the notification sound easily. Use your own sound or any of the sounds that come pre-loaded on your Android smartphone. Here’s how to change the notification sound in the Google Messages app.

Open the Google Messages app.

Tap the three-dot menu in the top right.

Tap Settings.

Tap Notifications.

Scroll down to Other.

Tap Default.

Tap Advanced.

Tap Sound.

If you don’t see these menu options, look for Other notifications > Sound.

You’ll see the same options as above for the global default sound.

Gmail

Get lots of emails? Change the notification sound for any Gmail address that syncs with your smartphone. This way, you know by sound if you’ve got a new email, and whether it’s personal or work-related. Here’s how to change the notification sound in the Gmail app.

Open the Gmail app.

Tap the hamburger menu.

Scroll down and tap Settings.

Tap your email address.

You can change the notifications sounds for each email address you have synced on your phone.

Tap Manage notifications.

Tap Advanced > Sound. Choose from the available options.

Phone App

Android smartphones from the same manufacturer, such as Google or Samsung usually have the same default ringtone. Thus, when several Google Pixel owners are in the same room, no one knows whose phone is ringing unless they’ve changed the default. Here’s how to do it.

Open the Phone app.

Tap the three-dot menu in the top right.

Tap Settings.

Tap Sounds and vibration.

Tap Phone ringtone.

Choose from the available options.

How to Add Custom Notification Sounds

There are two ways to get custom sounds for your Android: downloading them from an app or creating your own. One popular app is called Zedge, which has thousands of free notification sounds and ringtones in all sorts of categories (music genres, sound effects, etc). You can create and set custom ringtones right from the app.

You can also create a custom sound from your favorite song or movie line, for example. In this case, you’ll need to use an Android file manager to add the ringtone to your smartphone.

Here’s how to manually add a custom sound to your settings.

Go to Settings > Apps & notifications > Notifications.

Scroll down and tap Advanced > Default notification sound.

Tap My Sounds.

Tap + (plus sign).

Find and select your custom sound.

Your new ringtone should appear in the list of available ringtones in the My Sounds menu.

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How to add custom ringtones and sounds to your Android phone

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How to find and set ringtones through the Zedge app

There’s a lot of places to find ringtones, but far and away, the easiest is Zedge. Zedge is a customization app that looks to personalize your phone in a number of ways, but most notably with its Ringtone and Wallpaper galleries. Zedge even streamlines the process, letting you download and set your ringtone from the same screen! I will admit the ads on Zedge have gotten a bit much over the years, but if you like to change your ringtone every few weeks, you can shell out for the ad-free upgrade.

Browsing the app is a simple affair; you can browse by category or search for something specific. Once you find a ringtone in the app you like, here’s how to set it:

1. Tap the Set in the middle of the ringtone’s details screen.
2. Tap Set Ringtone.

Tap Allow to allow Zedge to download the ringtone to your phone’s storage.

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Tap the back button to return to Zedge.

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You’ll see a toast notification at the bottom of the screen telling you the ringtone has been applied. If you wish to set a ringtone to a specific contact or as your notification tone, you can select those options from the same Set menu.

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How to manually add a ringtone file to the Ringtones folder

If you already have a cool, custom ringtone you just need to add to your phone, then you’ll need a file manager app to get it into the Ringtones folder. Now, some phones have good file managers on them out of the box, but if not, you’ll need to download one from the Google Play Store; for our steps, we’re using Solid Explorer.

1. Long-press your custom ringtone in the Downloads folder (or whichever local folder you downloaded it to). After long-pressing the first ringtone, you can tap more ringtones if you wish to copy multiple sounds at once.
2. Tap the Copy icon ( two documents stacked on top of each other).
3. Swipe in from the left edge of the screen to open the location menu. (If you’re using Android 10 gestures, turn your phone horizontal to get two tabs, the left window will be your source folder, and the right folder you can navigate to the Ringtones folder.)

Tap Internal Memory.

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Tap Paste.

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On some phones, the Settings app will see the new ringtones immediately, but if yours doesn’t, reboot the phone. Upon reboot, the new ringtones should appear in the list of available ringtones in the Sounds menu.

How to set a custom ringtone in Settings

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap the Sounds section. If you don’t see a section with Sound in the title, type «Ringtone» into the search bar at the top of your Settings app.

Tap Phone ringtone.

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Tap Save or OK. If you do not see these options on your device, simply tap the back button to exit the ringtone picker.

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If your custom ringtone has been properly set, you will see its name underneath the Phone ringtone.

How to apply a custom ringtone to a contact

By giving each of your most-used contacts a unique ringtone, you can tell who is calling without having to scramble across the room and grab your phone off the charger. This is useful at all times, but especially during work hours, when answering personal calls can earn you a reprimand, but missing a client call could slow down your progress.

1. Open Contacts.
2. Tap the contact you wish to set a custom ringtone for.

Tap the three-dot menu icon in the top right corner.

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Tap Save or OK. If you do not see these options on your device, simply tap the back button to exit the ringtone picker.

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How to set a custom notification sound in Settings

You didn’t settle for a default ringtone, so why would you settle for a default notification tone? If you already have a text tone you like — I have about ten I’ll cycle through myself — you can add them to the Notifications folder just as we added our custom ringtones to the Ringtones folder. From there, the process should seem familiar by now.

1. Open Settings.
2. Tap Sound. This menu may be named differently depending on your phone, with possible names being Sound and Display, Personalization, etc.

Tap Default notification sound.

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Tap Save or OK. If you do not see these options on your device, simply tap the back button to exit the sound picker.

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If your custom notification sound has been properly set, you will see its name underneath the Default notification sound.

Your turn

What awesome custom ringtones are you adding to your Android phone? I’m partial to Disney fireworks music, but Star Wars blaster and lightsaber sounds are pretty fun, too. Share your most outrageous and hilarious ringtones in the comments!

Updated December 2020: We’ve spruced up this guide to keep things as current and clear as possible. Happy ringtone hunting!

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