Improve audio notifications
VOLUME: The sound is too low!! Most people don't think it's even on. Let us customize the sound level, please.
UNIQUE SOUNDS FOR CALLS VS CHATS/MESSAGES: Right now sounds are all or nothing. This is not good. For example, you may want to have sound for Calls but not for chat or messages. There is a difference when you need to hear that someone is calling you – versus getting the constant bing/bing/bing on message chat.
UNIQUE SOUND FOR PRIVATE CHAT: It would be nice to have different sounds for private chat and notifications, so that its easy to know what's coming in without having to look at it.
Trevor Madge
shared this idea
The team has updated the default sound for Teams notifications so it is more noticeable. We are in final testing, with a goal to release the new sound by the end of this quarter.
633 comments
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verelpode
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As of today, this problem still occurs for us when using the MacOS version. The Mac version of Teams has never made any sound for us, or no sound that we could hear.
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Piet
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The "good" news on my side is that currently Teams will mute/pause all audio during a audible notification. (Running on PC); so the notification itself is not (always) heard, but the total lack of other audio is alerting me anyway..
For a good user-experience I would like it not to mute of course as it lead me to disable audio notifications completely for being too 'intrusive' currently..
So +1.. sound related issues need to be taken into account...
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Doug Powell
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I don't need louder if I happen to be wearing headphones. Please keep it simple and just use the built in system sounds. I will adjust volume and tones myself.
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Doug Powell
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To be honest, the sound is too obtrusive if I happen to be wearing a headset.
Instead of spending all this effort on reinventing the wheel just use the built in sounds of the computer. If in windows or mobile I can customize as I need. Keep it simple please!
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Anonymous
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I agree, the notification sound is too quiet. I cannot hear it at all. Need a way to customize this notification sound to something I can easily hear.
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Sean Ellis
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20 months since first reported, and still no action.
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Sean Ellis
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Like so many things, this should be configurable globally, per-view, and per-person.
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Anonymous
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Allow User to set their very own notification Caron sound.
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Anonymous
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I work from home in an empty apartment (no pets, no kids, just me). I can barely hear the Skype phone ring above the dull din of my ceiling fan. Lord forbid you work in an office environment or something more loud. It boggles my mind that they expect the average human to be able to hear this!
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Sean Ellis
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The sound files used for notifications, and their volumes, should be settable globally, per-channel and per-user.
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Vlad
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Please allow for louder audible notifications & various alert sounds of notifications for desktop client
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Sean Ellis
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Notification sound should and volume be configurable globally, per-channel and per-user.
See also https://microsoftteams.uservoice.com/forums/555103-public/suggestions/33224782-hierarchical-settings
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Sean Ellis
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Sean Ellis
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Audio and visual alerts should be customizable globally and for people, channels, teams, chats, tabs and other items.
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Juank Francis commented
Usually within the team there are a lot of chats during the day, but there are people you really want to pay attention to... like your BOSS, where you need to reply back quickly, having custom sounds for calls and messages without having to look at the app would be great
This also would apply for channels within the team, for example there are 3 channels (.Net, PHP, CMS) and you may have people that are part of 2 channels or only one, and they want customize the sound to prioritize their attention, currently there are no sound notifications for channels or at least not customizable ones
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Anonymous
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'+1
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Anonymous
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Make it possible to change the notification sound on your smartphone
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Anonymous
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The lack of control that is given to customers is so disappointing. It's not like we are asking for the source code or anything...just want a little more self control in customizing our user experience. AOL Instant Messenger from the early 2000's had more customizable options than this.
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Alex W
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I work on a hospital help desk. I'm currently in the process of moving everyone to Teams from Skype, but the notification sound is way too quiet to hear above the constant buzz of conversation.
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Anonymous
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+1