Overview
- Apple unveiled iOS 27 at WWDC26 and has published a developer beta that includes the new independent volume controls.
- Settings > Sounds & Haptics now shows separate sections and sliders for Ringtone, Alarms and Timers, and Alerts and System Sounds.
- Each category includes a Match Ringtone Volume toggle that, when turned off, unlocks its own slider so the ringtone volume no longer forces other sounds to match.
- Apple says Wake-Up alarms and alarms that already have their own volume controls are not affected, and iOS 27 does not add individual per-alarm volume sliders.
- The change fixes a long-standing iPhone annoyance by letting users lower notification sounds without muting alarms, brings iPhone controls closer to Android’s multi-slider approach, and will appear on iPadOS 27 with a public beta expected next month.