You can have your phone or tablet make a brief noise, chime, or vibration whenever an app, call, or message notification comes through. Like customizing your ringtone with your favorite song, you can ...

It’s one thing to get a ding on your Apple Watch or iPhone and another to get quadrophonic audio alerts for each notification. The joy of push notifications is that they attract your attention when ...

Staying aware of your surroundings matters. That includes hearing smoke alarms, appliance beeps or a knock at the door. Still, real life gets busy. You wear headphones. You get focused. Sounds slip by ...