Traditionally, Android brings together two of the volumes that we can control: notifications next to the ringtone. So every time we increase or decrease the notification tone, we also decrease or increase the ringtone volume.
It sometimes does we miss an important call. Thus, users have been asking for the separation of these two levels for a few years, and it seems that Google has finally listened to the public.
Two volume bars for two separate elements
Until now, including Android 13, we controlled ringtone and notification volume from the same place, but Google decided that the time has come to separate them
Both of these settings were found in Settings > Sounds and vibration, joining the already existing volume settings for multimedia, calls and alarms. So we have to see up to five different cursors. As they say, to test this novelty, it was necessary to modify the phone using ADB, but Google itself has confirmed that it will officially arrive in Android 13 QPR3 or in the next version: Android 14.
Last March, the second quarterly update was distributed, corresponding to Android 13 QPR2, but this does not include independent controls. On the other hand, in the current state (beta) that Android 13 QPR3 is in, there are no signs either. Of course, as long as you don’t activate it with the ADB trick.
adb shell device_config set systemui volume_separate_notification true
There official confirmation from Google took place last Saturday, when an engineer from the Mountain View company updated the entry we showed in the introduction. In it, you can now read the following message: “The requested functionality will be available in a future version.” Additionally, the status of the entry has been changed to “Fixed”.
For our part, we were able to verify it in the beta 1.1 of Android 14, without the need to activate the command. So we could say that in the next version of the operating system will be
On the left, the current state of the volume settings. On the right, the separated volumes in the Android 14 beta.
Looking at Google’s roadmap, we don’t know for sure when these separate tweaks will be available, but it’s easy to think it’ll land either next June (when Pixels get the quarterly) or already. with Android 14 after summer.
It would mean a improved quality of life for users who don’t want to hear incoming calls, but want to stay tuned for notifications. Or also, quite the opposite. For now, we have to wait patiently for Google I/O 2023, where we’ll see all the Android news as well as the devices Google plans to launch this year.
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