It's the familiar sound that emanates from millions of tiny pocket computers countless times a day, a friendly Pavlovian signal that says, "Hey! Someone wants to talk to me." Yep, we're talking about ...

In the last couple of months, we have seen Google make several changes to the way its Messages app works. The app comes preloaded on all Pixel phones and is also a popular default messaging app on ...

In complete contrast to some users' experiences of a marked lack of "New Mail" sounds in Mail, others have had these sounds play at seeming random times, even when no new mail has arrived. Apple ...

With your Samsung Galaxy S22, or any Galaxy device that can send and receive text messages for matter, you can tell who among your contacts texted you just by listening to the notification sounds. Of ...

In addition to an updated icon, Google Messages has a new “sent” sound that more people are now encountering on Android. Whenever you press the send arrow in a conversation, Google Messages plays a ...

@FuzzFanTab: "Damn Amber Alert on my iPhone scared the hell out me." @MegTurney: "New irrational fear: the sound the iPhone makes during an Amber Alert. #nosleep." @rubbeelove_: "That amber alert ...

Apple’s “tri-tone” that sounds when an iPhone receives a text message has become such a part of the fabric of our lives that it’s hard to remember a time before we heard it almost every day. But in a ...