Ringtones have been around since the first telephones, and for the most part, they all sound rather similar — an electronic emulation of the ringing of bells that were connected to landline telephones ...

The ringtones that come preloaded on your phone get the job done of alerting you to incoming calls. But why settle for adequate when you can personalize your phone with the perfect ringtone? Android ...

If you have the same ringtone for calls and alert for messages regardless of what they are, you might want to create your own and assign specific tones to specific contacts. Can you do more with ...

Smartphones have evolved a great deal over the past few years. But one of the core features that phones have offered from a long time is the ability to change your ringtone or notification tone. The ...

Every smartphone comes with a slate of built-in ringtones and alert sounds. But after a while, they can get annoying and confusing. Was that your phone ringing or the guy behind you in line at the ...

Do you ever wish you could know who is calling you without having to actually look at who’s calling you? If you are like me, you probably have a lot of contacts on your phone, and sometimes it can be ...

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Your Android phone comes well stocked with a variety of ring tones you can use to alert you when a phone call comes in as well as specialized tones for notifications and warnings. You can customize ...

Setting a custom ringtone for a specific contact is a fun and common way to tell incoming calls and messages apart, and soon, on Android, Google will apparently be making it much easier to do this.