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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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5.7K Messages
4 months ago
Hi all,
Just a reminder that we have a thread in the Product Requests section for Custom Notifications built into the SimpliSafe app itself. The more comments we get over there, the more we can push for the feature with our dev team.
The existing functionality that other users are describing is a side effect of how Android notifications are programmed. So it's technically not actively supported by our team.
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captain11
Captain
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6.2K Messages
2 years ago
@MikeP I don't believe there are any different tones. WIll have to defer to SS.
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davey_d
Community Admin
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5.7K Messages
2 years 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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worthing
737 Messages
2 years 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
88 Messages
2 years 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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2 years 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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omegafalcon
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8 months ago
When I follow all instructions to change the sound this is what I get. How do I change the sound for my door bell fro. The system default?
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dlpsr
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4 months ago
For Samsung you have to turn this on to see notifications categories for each app.
Phone Settings.
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captain11
Captain
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4 months ago
An old dog like me can learn new tricks, and after reading this thread, I am one of them. Didn't know you could do this for the doorbell, and after reading, my Pixel 8 is now set. Thanks Davey and Emily! (woof)
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fellowshipdsm
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2 months ago
This is so essential! I hope they work on this as quick as possible
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