Google has confirmed it will add separate volume controls for ringtones and notifications in a future Android build.

The Volume Control Widget is a straightforward and customizable widget that lets you control the volume levels for alarms, media players, voice calls, and notifications directly from your home screen.

The iPhone has a brilliant volume control trick you might not know about - and if you do, you might not be using it.

According to Google, that’s soon to change. Detailed via Google’s own Issue Tracker website, it was announced that a separation of notification and ringtone volume is coming to Android.

Google's new "Hearing Wellness" settings lets you decide if your Pixel device should lower your headphones' volume to prevent ...

macOS has two distinct volume control options in the Sound preference pane that affect how a Mac produces sound. The Alert volume slider in the middle controls sound effect and notification volume ...

In other words, even if it looks like you’re controlling the sound on CarPlay, such as when listening to music, what you do is adjust the volume of the notification ringers.

Windows does give you plenty of control over how notifications work, though, including which apps and system events are allowed to bother you and when—there are even various Do Not Disturb ...