iOS 27 Finally Lets You Set Separate Volume Levels for Alarms, Alerts, and Phone Calls

**TL;DR:** iOS 27 Finally Lets You Set Separate Volume Levels for Alarms, Alerts, and Phone Calls

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We may earn a commission from links on this page. I keep my iPhone on silent all the time because I hate repeated alerts from messaging apps, but I worry I'll miss important phone calls in doing so. I'd love to keep my ringtone volume up to hear these, while lowering the volume for those annoying message notifications. That just hasn't been possible on iPhone—at least, until iOS 27 .

As spotted by eagle-eyed Reddit users , you can now set up custom volume levels for different types of alerts in Apple's upcoming iPhone update. Here's how. showMore"> SEE 0 MORE How to set custom volume levels for notifications in iOS 27 Credit: Pranay Parab To set this up right away, you're going to have to install the iOS 27 developer beta , as iOS 27 won't be out until the fall.

I don't recommend this for most people, and instead suggest waiting until iOS 27 is released to the general public, or at least until Apple rele

Source: Lifehacker

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