Are there some people whose calls or texts you’ll take no matter what’s going on? Know when they’re calling or texting without even looking at your iPhone by customizing their ringtone and text alert ...

You can do a lot! Ringtone and alert settings, as well as third-party apps and hacks to do even more, have come a long way. Both Android and iOS have plenty of customization options that make your ...

In January, I called on Apple to allow iOS users to customize the notification sounds on their devices beyond the nearly two dozen built-in sounds offered on the iPhone 4 and iPad. Back then I said, ...

You might occasionally swap around the wallpaper on your smartphone, but do you give much thought to the bleeps and buzzing sounds that your handset makes—they’re just as customizable as any other ...

Ringtones, right? How can you be the coolest kid on the bus without your own custom ringtone? You can’t, that’s how. With GarageBand ’11, it’s very simple to make one, and we’re here to show you how.

This guide is primarily intended for new users of Android smartphones, particularly Samsung’s latest flagship, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus (#Samsung #GalaxyS6EdgePlus). In this tutorial, you will learn ...

You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification ...

With the latest version of iTunes, Apple buried the interface for making ringtones on the Mac. It’s still possible but a lot more cumbersome to manage. A little-known secret is that you can actually ...

Among the multitude of features in iOS 5 is the ability to at last use custom sounds for alerts. Custom ringtones have been around for several years, but extending that feature to an iOS device’s ...

Apple’s iOS devices come preloaded with a handful of alert sounds that you can use for ringtones and, as of iOS 5, for text messages, voicemails, reminders, and more. But maybe you want something more ...

If you’ve ever sat in an office next to that one coworker who insists on having his or her ringtones on loud, congratulations: you’ve experienced having your nerves grated on by someone else’s noisy ...