Change volume, sound and vibrate settings on your Pixel phone

Important:

• Some of these steps work only on Android 10 and up. Learn how to check your Android version.
• Some of these steps require you to touch the screen.

1. Press a volume button.
2. At the right, tap the Menu .
3. Slide the volume levels to where you want them:
   • Media volume: Music, videos, games and other media
   • Call volume: Volume of the other person during a call
   • Ring volume
   • Notification volume
   • Alarm volume

Tips

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

Control audio that you're actively playing

To choose the right audio controls for the current media and device that you're actively listening to, use the sidebar volume menu.

1. Press a volume button.
2. The volume control panel appears.
3. Check the connected device and media options.
4. Choose your desired sound preferences.

1. Press a volume button.
2. At the right, above the slider, tap Ring .
   • To turn on vibrate, tap Vibrate .
   • To mute, tap Mute .

Tips:

• To re-enable the ring or sound on your phone, turn off Vibrate  or turn on Ring .
• To silence your phone's ring when you receive a call, press a volume button.

You can silence all sounds, or turn on certain sounds like alarms or important calls. 

You can control the strength of alert haptics (vibrations) when your phone is still and facing up.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound and vibration Vibrations and haptics Adaptive alert vibration.
3. Turn on Adaptive alert vibration.

When you turn on adaptive vibration, it automatically adjusts the vibration strength of your Pixel phone based on your environment. It uses your phone's microphone and other sensors to adjust the vibration intensity of your ringtone, notifications and alerts.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound and vibration Vibrations and haptics Adaptive vibration.
3. Turn on Use adaptive vibration.

Learn how to change your vibrate settings with our step-by-step tutorial.

1. Press a volume button.
2. At the right, tap the Menu .
3. If needed, tap See more.
4. Turn on Vibrate for calls. Or tap Vibration and haptics  Vibrate for calls  Turn on Always vibrate.

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

Learn how to change your ringtone with our step-by-step tutorial.

1. Open your phone's Contacts app .
2. Tap a contact.
3. Tap More Set ringtone.
4. Choose a ringtone.
5. Tap Save.

Get ringtone apps

Download more ringtones from ringtone apps in the Google Play Store .

Transfer a ringtone from a computer

Tip: Alarm and phone ringtones use different folders. Learn how to add ringtones for alarms.

Change your notification sound

Tip: You can choose different notification sounds for different apps. Use the settings menu inside each app. For example, Learn how to change Gmail notifications.

Make your notifications vibrate

Some apps let you choose whether to vibrate for their notifications. Learn how to change notifications for certain apps.

Tip: To adjust your Gboard settings, touch and hold the comma button or tap Settings .

You can turn alert types on or off, find past alerts and control sound and vibration.

1. On your phone, open the Settings app.
2. Tap Notifications  Wireless emergency alerts.
3. Choose how often you want to receive alerts and which settings you want to turn on.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap Sound and vibration Advanced.
3. Turn a sound or vibration on or off.

1. Set up a work profile.
2. Open your phone's Settings app.
3. Tap Sound and vibration Advanced.
4. Scroll down to 'Work profile sounds'.
5. Choose your ringtones and sounds.

Important: To use Adaptive Sound, check that you have the latest Android software. Learn how to check your Android version. Then, from the Play Store, check that you have the most recent version of the Device Personalisation Services app.

Adaptive Sound subtly and automatically optimises volume based on the noise level of your environment.

Important: This feature depends on your call bandwidth and may not be available for all calls.

Important: To get settings to change automatically when you're in a certain place or on a certain Wi-Fi network, you must set a rule.

1. Your Pixel phone can suggest rules based on your routine. To set a suggested rule, on a 'Settings suggestion' notification, tap Set up a rule.
2. Under 'Add rule', tap the rule that you want to add:
   • Set ringer to normal
   • Silence phone
   • Turn on Do Not Disturb
3. Tap Add.

1. Open your phone's Settings app.
2. Tap System Rules Add rule Add Wi-Fi network or location.
3. Under 'Add rule', tap the rule that you want to add:
   • Turn on Do Not Disturb
   • Set phone to silent
   • Set phone to vibrate
   • Set phone to ring
4. Tap Add.