Your Android device has a default message available in it but if you don’t like it then Android offers you abundance of other messaging apps. People are keener towards setting up different message tones for individual recipients, so they use third part SMS apps, but it’s not necessary to download third party app for this purpose. You can use the built in setting available in most of the Android phones. The setting for creating individual message tone is hidden somewhere within. That’s the only limitation and you must keep looking for it. Do not worry as we will help you find it out.
The only way to identify the person who messages you without even looking or touching at your phone is by identifying the message tone assigned for each. This feature would be ideal and easy when you use SMS app for different types of people such as your friends, family, work mates etc. You will easily understand who is messaging you with the help of the message tone.
Here we will look at the Android setting to create custom notifications for message tones for phones like Samsung, Google and Oneplus.
How To Set Custom Message Tones
The only way to identify the person who messages you without even looking or touching at your phone is by identifying the message tone assigned for each. This feature would be ideal and easy when you use SMS app for different types of people such as your friends, family, work mates etc. You will easily understand who is messaging you with the help of the message tone.
How To Set Custom Message Tones
Google Message App
In most of the Android stock device and in Google, messages come with an inbuilt messaging app already installed. If you want, you can install it in other phones as well as using the play store.
Now let’s move on with the steps on how to allocate individual message tones.
Head to the Android message app and click open the chat of the person whom you want to change the message tone.
At the top right corner you will find the 'Three-dot' icon. Tap it and chose 'Detail'.
Next click 'Notification'. Hit 'Advanced' and tap 'Sound' which will be under advanced. Now its time for you to select the tone for that specific person. You can now use different tones for other contacts as well.
Samsung Galaxy Phones
While you are comparing Samsung with other phones, Samsung has provided a finer way to the message tone setting. Now let’s move ahead with the Samsung galaxy message tone settings.
Head to the Samsung messages app. Now open the chat of the person whom you want to change the tone.
Click the 'Three-dot' icon and chose 'Notification sound'. Now you can choose a tone that you want.
Oneplus Phones
Do you want to set up custom message tone to your oneplus phone? Here’s how:
Start the Oneplus message app on your device. Head to the chat of the person whom you intend to change the message tone. In case if you don’t have any prior conversation with that person then you must create a new message.
At the top you will find the 'Three-dot' icon, click it. Now select 'People & option'.
Next click 'Notifications'. Now you will be headed to the category of notification on your screen. Now click 'Sound' and chose a tone for the contact you have selected. If the sound is not to be seen directly then go to Advanced > Sound.
Bonus Tips 1: Customize other message settings for contacts.
We already came across how to assign a tone for different contacts separately, but do you know that you can enable vibration or mute the contact using the above settings? And also, you can choose individual contacts and create customized notifications badges for each so that you can decide whether the SMS content you chose should be visible on the screen or not.
Bonus Tip 2: Change message tones for all contacts in Android.
What if you want to change different message tone for all the contacts in your device? In this case you must change the message tone on your mobile device.
Let’s move into the steps
Head to settings in your device and tap 'Apps' or Installed apps'.
Tap on your messaging app.
Head to 'Notifications'. Things will be a bit inconsistence according to your handset. SIM 1 and SIM 2 will be visible if you are using a dual SIM device. Now you can choose the SIM out of the two to set the message tone. Tap on the 'Incoming messages' or 'Advanced' in the other phone.
Now click 'Sound'. Next if you see an option called 'Advanced', tap on it. Go to 'Sound' and under it you can select the tone for your incoming messages.
Create Custom Tones
Android has this awesome feature where you can easily customize your own ringing tones and other tones in your device itself. Your own custom tones can be created by extracting audio from video or using the mp3 cutter in your phone.
In most of the Android stock device and in Google, messages come with an inbuilt messaging app already installed. If you want, you can install it in other phones as well as using the play store.
Now let’s move on with the steps on how to allocate individual message tones.
Head to the Android message app and click open the chat of the person whom you want to change the message tone.
At the top right corner you will find the 'Three-dot' icon. Tap it and chose 'Detail'.
Next click 'Notification'. Hit 'Advanced' and tap 'Sound' which will be under advanced. Now its time for you to select the tone for that specific person. You can now use different tones for other contacts as well.
While you are comparing Samsung with other phones, Samsung has provided a finer way to the message tone setting. Now let’s move ahead with the Samsung galaxy message tone settings.
Head to the Samsung messages app. Now open the chat of the person whom you want to change the tone.
Click the 'Three-dot' icon and chose 'Notification sound'. Now you can choose a tone that you want.
Do you want to set up custom message tone to your oneplus phone? Here’s how:
Start the Oneplus message app on your device. Head to the chat of the person whom you intend to change the message tone. In case if you don’t have any prior conversation with that person then you must create a new message.
At the top you will find the 'Three-dot' icon, click it. Now select 'People & option'.
We already came across how to assign a tone for different contacts separately, but do you know that you can enable vibration or mute the contact using the above settings? And also, you can choose individual contacts and create customized notifications badges for each so that you can decide whether the SMS content you chose should be visible on the screen or not.
Bonus Tip 2: Change message tones for all contacts in Android.
What if you want to change different message tone for all the contacts in your device? In this case you must change the message tone on your mobile device.
Let’s move into the steps
Head to settings in your device and tap 'Apps' or Installed apps'.
Tap on your messaging app.
Android has this awesome feature where you can easily customize your own ringing tones and other tones in your device itself. Your own custom tones can be created by extracting audio from video or using the mp3 cutter in your phone.