WhatsApp: Use your own sounds for notifications

You can also set your own sounds as notification sounds in WhatsApp. We show how this works in the following practical tip.

Instructions: Change sounds for WhatsApp notifications

The tones for the notifications of your WhatsApp chats can be changed quickly with just a few simple steps. The procedure is quite similar under iOS and Android, only the options have slightly different names.

Step 1:

Open WhatsApp and select the "Settings" in the menu on the top right under Android or go directly to the "Settings" in the bottom right under iOS.

Step 2:

Select the "Notifications" category under Android, select the "Notifications" for iOS.

Step 3:

On Android, tap "notification sound" and select the desired sound from your device. On iOS, you can select different sounds in the "Sound" area for general messages as well as for group chats.

Tip:

You can set individual tones for individual chats. To do this, go into the respective chat and tap on the name of the contact at the top. You can then select the desired sound under Android under "Own notifications" and under iOS under "Own sounds".

If you prefer not to use chat tones for WhatsApp, we will show you in the next practical tip how to deactivate chat tones for WhatsApp.