How to Change App Notification Sounds on iPhone (iOS 26)

Accessing Notification Sound Settings

• ⚙️ Navigate to Settings on your iPhone.
• 🎚️ Select Sounds & Haptics to access audio customization options.

Customizing Alert Tones

• 🎶 Within Sounds & Haptics, you can change tones for various alert types, including text tones, voicemail, mail, calendar alerts, and reminder alerts.
• 🔊 Ensure your ringer volume is turned up to hear previews and alerts.
• 🎵 Each tone type offers a selection of sounds, with a preview available for each.

Default and App-Specific Sounds

• 📲 The default alerts setting applies to apps that do not have their own custom notification sound.
• ⚠️ Some third-party apps, like Facebook Messenger, may have their own unique notification sounds that cannot be changed through system settings.
• 💡 In rare cases, an app might offer an in-app option to change its alert sound, but this is uncommon.