How to Change iPhone Text Message Sound

The iPhone can play Change iPhone Text Message Sound. These custom text tones play whenever a new message comes in. You can choose from the Apple text tones that come with every iPhone, or you can use your own custom alert sounds if you want your messages to play a certain tone or sound effect.

Because Apple’s text-to-speech feature is so popular, it’s hard to tell which alerts are coming from an iPhone in a room full of them. This problem can be easily fixed with a custom text tone, and senders will be happy to get quick replies. You can get as creative as you want with the audio in an online video editor, or you can keep the text tone simple and sweet. Sounds from scary movies, cartoons and video games are different from the usual bells, clicks and whistle tones.

Steps to Change iPhone Text Message Sound

1. Open the Settings app and choose Sounds & Haptics.
2. Tap Text Tone in the Sounds and Vibration Patterns section. 
3. Pick a sound in the Alert Tones area to hear it. You can also choose Classic at the bottom of the Alert Tones list to hear more options or pick one of the Ringtones to use as your text message sound.
4. When you hear the sound you want to use, ensure it’s selected. It’ll have a checkmark next to it and becomes your default text tone.

Steps to Set a Text Message Sound for a Contact

One of the most useful features of text message sounds on iPhone is that you can set a specific tone for a contact. This helps recognize a text message from your spouse, parent, or best pal without looking at your phone.

1. Open the Contacts app and select the contact.
2. Tap Edit on the top right.
3. Scroll down to and choose Text Tone. Notice you can also pick a Ringtone for them.
4. Select the Alert Tone you want to use for that contact. 
5. Pick Done on the top right to save your change.

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