You probably know that, and you want to hear the sound of incoming calls, but you don’t have to through email or WhatsApp. However, on Android, this can no longer be set separately for a long time. However, that will soon change.
Read on after the announcement.
Android: Separate volume for ringtone and notifications
Mute incoming calls, but expecting an important email that you must respond to right away? Unfortunately, you cannot set the volume of these two types of notifications separately. If you turn the volume down completely, you will not receive a sound notification. If you turn on sound, your device will also make a sound when someone calls you.
Google is rather stubborn and removed this capability from Android years ago. Now the company has indicated that it will bring back these separate volume settings. This way you can easily adjust the volume of ringtones and notifications yourself.
Many people have been complaining about this for a long time Google problem tracker Now a staff member has informed us that this will be possible with a new Android version. Currently, the feature is not actively available in Android 13 QPR3 Beta 3 or Android 14 1.1 Beta. The question is still whether Android 13 users will be able to use the functionality or if it will only be offered with the new Android 14. The screenshot on the right is the one mock up It shows what individual settings might look like in the future.
More on Android 14
We expect to hear more on May 10 about the new Android version that’s rolling out to everyone later this year. In the meantime, Google is already busy testing a version of the software that brings many novelties.
More new developer betas and so-called betas will be released in the coming months. As a user, you can also install and use it yourself, but it is very likely that there are still some bugs in it. When Android 14 has been sufficiently tested, the software will be released in stable form, but the search giant will only announce when exactly that is.
