Adjust Sound Settings

Press a Volume Button to Adjust the Volume

Press the Volume up or down button to adjust the volume.

Use the In-Screen Volume Slider at the Edge

This device abandons physical volume buttons in favor of an in-screen volume slider at the screen edge. Double-touch the upper section of the left or right screen edge to display the volume slider. To control the volume, slide up or down on the edge next to the volume slider or on the volume slider itself.

Press the Power Button to Mute Your Device When It Rings

When your device rings for an incoming call or alarm, you can press the Power button to mute it.

Flip to Mute or Raise to Reduce Ringing Volume

When you receive an incoming call, you can flip your device to mute it, or raise it to reduce the ringing volume.

Go to Settings > Accessibility features > Shortcuts & gestures > Mute ringtone/Reduce volume, then enable Flip to mute ringtone and Raise to reduce volume.

Change the Sounds and Vibration Settings

You can set the messaging tone, notification tone, and call ringtone depending on your preferences, as well as set the vibration pattern.

1. Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration, and touch Phone ringtone, Messaging tone, or Notification tone.

2. You can then:

   • Set the tone.

     Select a preset tone, or touch Music on device to select a locally saved song.

     If two SIM cards are being used, you can set the tones for them individually.

   • Set the vibration pattern.

     Touch Vibration and select a vibration pattern as you prefer.

     When Synchronised (default) is selected, your phone will vibrate according to the rhythm of the tone.

     For other options, the vibration pattern of your phone is fixed.

     

     The feature availability varies by device.

Use a Shortcut to Switch Between Sound, Vibration, and Silent Modes

1. Swipe down from the status bar to open the notification panel, then swipe down on it again to show all shortcuts.

2. Touch the Sound, Silent, or Vibration icon to switch between different modes.

In Sound mode, your phone plays all sounds as normal.

In Silent mode, your phone only mutes the ringtones for incoming calls, messages, notifications, and some third-party app notifications. Other sounds, including alarms, voice calls, music, videos, and games, will not be muted.

In Vibration mode, your phone is muted and vibrates to provide discreet alerts for calls or messages.

You can also go to Settings > Sounds & vibration to switch between Sound, Vibration, and Silent modes.

Look at the Screen to Reduce the Ringtone Volume

When you receive an incoming call, your device will reduce the ringtone if it detects that you are looking at the screen.

Before using this feature, go to Settings > Accessibility features > Smart Sensing, and make sure that Keep screen on while looking is enabled.

System Haptics

The system uses haptics to provide feedback when certain operations are completed, such as when you touch and hold text, a contact, or some other elements on the screen.

Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration > More settings and enable or disable System haptics according to your preferences.

Set the Default Volume

Go to Settings > Sounds & vibration, and you can then set the volume for the following items:

• Ringer, Messages, Notifications
• Alarms
• Music, Videos, Games
• Calls

Set More settings

On the Sounds & vibration screen, touch More settings, and set more notification methods according to your preferences. For example, you can set Keypad tones and Emergency tone.

This feature may vary by device.