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Distinctive Notification Sound on Android
I cannot figure how to assign a VERY DISTINCTIVE notification sound to my SimpliSafe's Notifications on my S22+ and my wife's Note10... (It seems that the only option that I have is the "Generic Notification Tone")
Can you help?
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davey_d
Community Admin
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4.8K Messages
11 months ago
Hi @MikeP,
Your menus might be different since you and your wife are both on Samsung devices. But here's how you get to the menu on stock Android (like on Google Pixel phones):
And here is what each category means:
DFU
Stands for "Device Firmware Update". It shows notifications specifically for progress during a Smart Lock update
(No sound by default)
Doorbell Ring
When someone pushes the Video Doorbell Pro button
Alarm
A catch-all for all Push Notifications from the main alarm system AND cameras - including alarms, activity, and errors
Downloads
For when you are downloading a video from your timeline, and it is saved
(No sound by default)
Arming Reminders
Notifications for the Arming Reminders feature
Widgets
Notifications generated by a previous version of the home screen widget. This is currently not in use.
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captain11
Captain
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5.4K Messages
11 months ago
@MikeP I don't believe there are any different tones. WIll have to defer to SS.
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worthing
Advocate
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600 Messages
8 months ago
Any updates on when we'll get the option to set a specific sound for the alarm going off? It's genuinely mind bogglingly stupid that there's an option for a unique tone for firmware updates but not for the alarm going off. If you had to choose ONE THING that needed the option for a unique sound how did the designers not choose the alarm going off?
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Boring_Joe
65 Messages
8 months ago
A bit off topic, but I would like to see distinctive alert tones for the iphone app, too. iPhones don't even let you set a different push notification sound for third party apps. It can only be changed in the app itself, if the app supports it. At least with Android, you can go to the phone's settings, and change the default alert tone for third party apps (at least you used to be able to).
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tkmerry
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7 months ago
I found a video on YouTube that works for my S23 Ultra. Go to Settings, then Apps, then Simplisafe app. Click on Notifications, then Notification Categories. There will be a list of notifications; doorbell, alarm, etc. Click on each one, then click Sound and choose your sound. You can make all Simplisafe notifications the same or make each one different.
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