Can anyone shed light on the notification sound for the Google Pixel?

[AC Question]

I'm coming from iPhone and having difficulty understanding the notification sounds. They seem very limited and vague.
With ONE notification sound for all media, how do I know if it's a text, a facebook comment, an email or some other notification?
This thing just constantly "dings" and I'm always trying to figure out what for!
I'd like to SEE some notifications and I'd like to turn off others and I'd really like to be able to customize the sounds per person or per notification type.
Is this possible?

 

[Ann541]

Most applications like Email, Messaging, Facebook etc can have an individual notification tone assigned in that specific application.

You will need to check the individual contact details for your options on setting a contact ringtone or notification tone.