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Change the notification sound

Hi. I'm finding it hard to find where I can change the default notification sound on my android. It would be nice if you could customise it with ie a revving engine

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  • Schlong commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I would like to use voice recordings or customize / assign sounds also. IE: instead of "PING PING" id like "XX SPEED LIMIT" and a speeding notification "YOU ARE EXCEEDING THE SPEED LIMIT" linked maybe to "SPEED CAMERA NEARBY" etc

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Agreed. We need to be able to customize sounds. If we have a home security issue I want a specific sound to alert me to this.

  • Henry commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Same trick should work for any. Of those non-voice sounds. Just figure which file it is, substitute your own.

  • Henry commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Found a workaround to get your own sound. Waze/sounds/common/speed_limit.mp3 rename it and substitute an mp3 you like. It will play the whole thing even if you slow down, so keep it short.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The alert that plays when the map is rerouted hurts my ears. I'd like to be able to change it or change just its volume.

  • Wil Mundy commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Need to be able to change this sound to something that doesn't match other sounds on my phone. A little siren sound would get my attention.

  • JG commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I agree, makes me think I've received a text message, and I don't like that at all.

  • Anonymous commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    The notification sound is awful, hurts my ears.
    Would love to know how to change it!

  • Ryan McCain commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I really need this. I would modify the sound to be a lot longer, like 15 to 20 seconds, so it continually plays until I decrease my speed.

  • Dan commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    Definitely would like to see this. The short speed limit alert sound is very hard to hear. Would like to be able to select a custom sound from the notification sounds installed on my phone.

  • Jing Chen commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I too need this badly for speed limit alerts. the default alert sound is just too soft to notice even on highest volume.

  • Claire commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I am turning off notifications because I REALLY don't want them to sound like my regular text notifications. Why would I want that?? Waze is a really helpful program but being able to change the sound is super annoying.

  • John Lazos commented  ·   ·  Flag as inappropriate

    I need this particularly for speed limit alerts. The soft blip, even with volume turned up, isn't enough for me

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