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Android Sound Notifications

Google

Provides visual or vibration notifications for selected environmental sounds.

Official information

Features

Sound alerts

  • Conditional: Environmental-sound alerts1
  • Conditional: Visual sound alerts1
  • Conditional: Vibration sound alerts1
  • Conditional: Flash sound alerts2
  • Conditional: Sound-alert history1
  • Conditional: Smoke-alarm sound detection2
  • Conditional: Doorbell detection2
  • Conditional: Baby-crying detection2
  • Conditional: Dog-barking detection2
  • Conditional: Background sound detection2
  • Supported: Detected soundsSmoke alarm sound · Siren · Baby crying · Dog barking · Knocking · Doorbell · Appliance sound · Running water

Privacy & data

  • Supported: Audio processingOn device
  1. Requires microphone and notification permissions on a supported device.
  2. Requires the supported phone, enabled sound types, and microphone/notification permissions. Detection is not a dedicated alarm system.

Google Play ratings & reviews

276,267 ratings

Praise

  • Live text helps some users follow conversations and meetings.

Complaints

  • Accuracy, transcription gaps and transcript-management limitations concern reviewers.
  • Some users describe unwanted activation, overlays or preinstalled-app friction.

Google Play rating for the US store as of Nov 9, 2026. Review themes come from 37 sampled reviews. Read reviews on Google Play

Details come from the developer’s official documentation and store listings, last checked Nov 8, 2026. We have not tested this app hands-on. Features can depend on your hearing devices, phone and plan, so confirm compatibility with the manufacturer.

Sources: support.google.com · play.google.com · blog.google · Suggest a correction