Apple's iOS 26 operating system brings seven new iPhone ringtones, six of which are variants of the default “Reflection” ringtone, plus a new one called “Little Bird.”
Learn how to set an MP3 song or any other audio file you've created or downloaded from the internet as your ringtone on the iPhone or iPad without any specialized apps.
Listen to an updated version of “Reflection” on iOS 26, which has been the default ringtone sound since the iPhone X was released in 2017.
Learn how to set up the Emergency Bypass feature for a specific person to hear their call ringtone or text message tone when your iPhone is in silent mode.
On newer devices such as the iPhone 15 Pro series and the entire iPhone 16 series, the long-accustomed ringer/silent switch on the left side of the device above the volume buttons has been replaced with a customizable Action Button.
If you own an iPhone, then you already know you have multiple volume settings on your device that are completely separate from one another. Don’t believe me? Try setting your music volume to a certain setting and then see if your iPhone’s ringtone plays at that same volume. I’ll bet it didn’t.
iOS 17.1 fixes a bug that prevented iPhone owners from customizing text alerts, mail notifications and more using custom ringtones purchased from the iTunes Store.
Learn how to assign different ringtones to each SIM line on your iPhone, making it easier to identify which phone number is receiving a call.
If you weren’t already aware, iOS & iPadOS 17 bring new ringtones to the iPhone and iPad for the first time in several years, and while you can always add third-party ringtones to your device regardless of what iOS or iPadOS version you’re running, you might still want those new ringtones even if you’re using an older version of iOS or iPadOS.
You can effortlessly change your iPhone’s ringtone from the Settings app, but unless you’ve downloaded a third-party ringtone from the iTunes Store or previously synced your own ringtones from your computer, you won’t find an easy way to import your own ringtone files on a non-jailbroken device.
If you’re interested in more ways to take advantage of your iPhone’s ring/silent switch, then a newly released and free jailbreak tweak dubbed Ding by iOS developer Nebula is very likely to captivate your interest.
This tutorial shows you how to assign any ringtone, text tone, or vibration pattern to a specific contact so that you can tell who's calling without looking.