Notifications from smart devices and computers have "dramatically increased," says one expert. (Photo illustration: Victoria Ellis for Yahoo News; photos: Getty Images) Ping. Ring. Buzz. These sounds ...

If just out of the blue or after you update your Windows 11/10 PC to a newer build or version, you start to notice a random notification sound keeps playing every couple of minutes, then this post may ...

In iOS 17.2 and later, Apple lets you customize the alert tone used by your iPhone for default notifications. This is good news for anyone who does not like the "Rebound" tone that Apple introduced in ...

The joy of push notifications is that they attract your attention when you need to know something has happened or someone needs to reach you. Apple lets you tune how notifications work so you’re not ...

The first and foremost thing you should do to stop random USB connection or disconnection sounds is to remove all the USB devices and then reconnect them. You should remove them one-by-one and check ...

After updating to iOS 15, a number of users have discovered that they are no longer hearing notification sounds for the Mail app. To fix this issue, you may need to adjust your Mail notification ...

If you're tired of Apple's default alert tone for most notifications, you can finally change it. In any case, Apple finally letting go of that legacy, and we’re all better for it. In the fourth public ...

Google has finally rolled out a much needed feature, the ability to mute notifications in Android Auto. Sometimes you have to wonder why it took Google so long to roll out a feature as simple and ...

The world is full of loud noises competing for our attention, but sometimes we can’t be fully aware of what’s happening around us. That’s fine, though, because the new Sound Detection feature on ...