TL;DR
- iOS 27 finally lets iPhone users adjust volumes for ringtone, alerts, and alarms independently.
- Users can also enable the “Match Ringtone Volume” option if they are happy using a single volume slider for everything.
- This comes years after Android first offered independent volume control for ringtones, alarms, and notifications.
At WWDC 2026, Apple spent most of its time talking about AI. We heard about the new Apple Intelligence and Siri in iOS 27, the “Reframe” tool in Photos, and more. However, there’s one new feature in iOS 27 that the company didn’t talk about: independent volume controls.
Yes, you read that correctly. All this time, iPhone users have had a single volume slider on their smartphones. That slider would control the ringer volume, media volume, and alert volume.
