Default Notification Sound Overrides Native Notification Sound in Apps
I noticed this when I upgraded my old 1 XL to Pie, and now that I have the 3 XL, it's painfully obvious. And it's become a pain!

Apparently, Pie now requires apps that use their own proprietary notification sound -- think Life360, ESPN, and the like -- to have a notification sound selection setting in the app, or Pie will just use the default notification sound.

I don't know what would be easier, lobbying Google to change this back to the pre-Pie standard of allowing apps to use their own notification sounds without a setting for the user to select that sound or others, or lobbying each individual app developer to provide a notification sound selection setting in the app.

Any thoughts on this?

Robert Thorne

Robert Thorne

Automotive & Future Transportation Editor

Robert Thorne covers electric vehicle innovations, autonomous driving systems, global mobility trends, and automotive engineering developments.

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