Android 14 will fix painful issue of ringtone and notification slider volume: Here’s how | Digit

In order to make it simpler for consumers to fine-tune their audio settings, Google has revealed that the most recent Android 13 QPR3 or 14 release would provide an additional dial for Ringtone and Notification volume.

Users had to use a single slider in prior Android releases to adjust the volume of both ringtones and notifications. However, there are signs that this might change in upcoming OS system updates.

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As soon as Android 13 QPR2 Beta 1 became available in December, an ADB (Android Debug Bridge) control was added that allowed users to add separate sliders for “Ring volume” and “Notification volume” to the existing Media, Call, and Alarm volume sliders in the “Sound & vibration” section of the device settings.

It’s unknown whether the notification/ringtone volume change will eventually be incorporated into Android 13 QPR3 or Android 14’s June stable release, according to the article.In the meantime, Google has made available to developers and early adopters the first public beta of Android 14 with enhanced capabilities targeted at network navigation, privacy, performance, and user customization.

“Today we’re releasing the first Beta of Android 14, building around our core themes of privacy, security, performance, developer productivity, and user customisation while continuing to improve the large-screen device experience on tablets, foldable, and more,” Google said in a blogpost.

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Android 14 is out with multiple new features for the users namely, per-app language preferences, non-linear scaling and bigger fonts, privacy and security improvements, and a credential manager API. The system will also provide an enhanced lock screen PIN entry along with camera flash for notifications. The codename for this Android version has been rumoured to be ‘Upside Down Cake’. You can check out the list of supported devices for Android 14 in our article, here. 

The users for tablets and foldable series of devices will see improvements in the user experience and there are enhanced changes in the Grammatical Inflection API for all the supported devices along with regional preferences.

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