Android: Change your ringtone and assign custom contact ringtones
When your phone rings, it may be a guessing game to figure out if it’s someone important or a telemarketer. Assigning unique ringtones to each of your contacts makes managing your calls easier. Plus,picking your favorite songsfor each contact makes every call special. Whether you own a flagship like theSamsung Galaxy S24 Ultraor a budget phone, you have dozens of ringtone options waiting to be used in the Settings menu. This guide teaches you how to change your ringtone and assign unique ringtones to people on your contact list.
Changing the ringtone on a phone with near-stock Android Skin
We use a Google Pixel in this portion of the tutorial. You can follow along if you use a phone with a custom skin. If you use a Samsung, skip to the Galaxy ringtone section below.
Most manufacturers pack plenty of ringtones on their phones, so you should have no problem finding a few you like. Here’s how to find the various melodies your phone has.
If you want to import and set a custom ringtone from the phone storage, follow the steps below.
Change the ringtone on your Samsung Galaxy phone
Samsung’s One UI Android skinuses a different Settings menu. The steps to change the ringtone differ on a Galaxy phone.
Setting a custom ringtone on your Samsung phone
If you don’t prefer Samsung’s built-in phone ringtones, use the steps below to set a custom tone.
Assign custom ringtones for people in your Contacts
Assigning custom ringtones to specific contacts can help you differentiate important callers from irrelevant ones. This process is for stock Android, but it’s similar on many other phones.
Set custom contact ringtones on your Samsung Galaxy phone
The Contacts app onGalaxy phonesis Samsung’s own version. Here’s how to assign a custom ringtone to a contact on a Samsung phone:
Bonus: Change your ringtone on popular messaging apps
So far, we’ve talked about changing the ringtone for your regular calls over the carrier network. With the popularity of third-party IM (instant messaging) apps, many prefer WhatsApp, Telegram, Discord, and Google Meet to stay in touch with friends and family.
Here’s how to change the ringtone for your incoming WhatsApp calls on Android:
Google Meet
Follow the steps below to change the ringtone for your 1:1 calls on Google Meet:
Follow these steps to change the ringtone for calls on Telegram:
To change the ringtone for incoming calls on Discord on an Android device, follow these steps:
Which launcher experience do you prefer?
Customize your Android experience
What we love about Android is that it gives you ways to customize your phone that you don’t get with iOS. It isn’t only the little things like ringtones. You can go big and completely transform your phone by installing custom launchers, addingunique app icons, andchanging your fonts. It’s almost limitless as to what you can do.
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Why not just use a ringtone made by yourself? I use a song played live and recorded at a pub in Copenhagen in 1981. The song was played and sung by the band in which I was the bass player. I know that I’m the only one in the world using that song as a ringtone.
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