Change volume, audio, & vibrate settings

You can make your phone's volume louder or quieter. You tin also change your ringtone, sound, and vibration.

Turn your book up or down

  1. Press a volume button.
  2. At the right, tap the MenuMore.
    • If you don't detect Settings, go to the steps for older Android versions.
  3. Slide the volume levels to where you want them:
    • Media volume: Music, videos, games, other media
    • Call volume: Volume of the other person during a call
    • Ring volume: Phone calls, notifications
    • Alarm volume

Tips:

  • To have your Google Assistant change your telephone's volume for you, say or tap Hey Google, change volume.
  • If your phone is paired to more than ane Bluetooth device, you can change where y'all hear music, videos, and games. Under "Media volume," tap Play media to.
  • When yous press a book button, the volume that changes depends on what you lot're doing. For example, if you're watching a moving picture, the movie volume changes. If yous press your book buttons when you lot're not listening to anything, your media volume changes.

Turn on vibrate or mute

  1. Printing a volume button.
  2. At the right, above the slider, tap Band .

Change what happens when you press Power + Book upwards

Tip: To chop-chop turn on vibrate, press Power + Volume up.

  1. Open your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Sound & vibration And then Shortcut to prevent ringing.
  3. Turn Preclude ringing on or off.
    • If y'all don't see "Preclude ringing," go to the steps for older Android versions.
  4. Choose what happens when y'all printing Power and Volume upwards:
    • Vibrate: Phone calls and notifications vibrate
    • Mute: Phone calls and notifications are silent

Change ringtones

Change your ringtone

  1. Open your telephone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Sound & vibration And thenPhone ringtone.
  3. Selection a ringtone.
  4. Tap Save.

Change other sounds & vibrations

Choose keyboard sounds & vibrations

To change typing sounds and vibrations, you may need to change your keyboard'south settings. For instance, to change Gboard sounds:

  1. Open up your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Organisation And then Languages & input.
  3. Tap Virtual keyboard And then Thousandboard.
  4. Tap Preferences.
  5. Turn on or off:
    • Audio on keypress
    • Haptic feedback on keypress
      Note: If you don't run into "Haptic feedback on keypress," tap Vibrate on keypress.

Tip: If y'all have Gboard "Haptic feedback on keypress" turned on, make sure that "Touch on vibration" is also on. Learn how to plough on "Bear on vibration."

Alter emergency broadcast settings

Important: You tin use this setting to manage certain emergency messages, like disaster warnings, threat notifications, and AMBER alerts. Yous can plough alert types on or off, view past alerts, and command sound and vibration.

  1. Open your phone'due south Settings app.
  2. Tap Notificationsand then Wireless emergency alerts.

You lot tin can use this setting to manage certain emergency messages, like disaster warnings, threat notifications, and Bister alerts.

If you utilize an older Android version

Change what happens when yous press Power + Volume up

  1. Open your phone's Settings app.
  2. Tap Sound And then Shortcut to forbid ringing.
  3. Tap Press Power & Volume Up together.
  4. Choose what happens:
    • Vibrate: Phone calls and notifications vibrate
    • Mute: Telephone calls and notifications are silent
    • Practice nil

Plow your volume up or down

  1. Printing a book button.
  2. At the correct, tap the Down arrowDown arrow.
  3. Cull the volume type:

Tip:Y'all can also change volumes from your Settings appAnd then Sound.

Plough on vibrate

To accept your phone vibrate only (not make sounds), press and hold the volume down button until your phone vibrates.

If your media volume gets turned down instead:

  • At the correct, tap the Downwards arrow .
  • Slide "Ring" all the fashion to the left.

Tip:When your phone is in vibrate way, you lot'll see Vibrateastward.

Related resource

  • Control your notifications
  • Silence your telephone with Do Not Disturb
  • Set, cancel, or snooze alarms

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