Updated to Lollipop, how can I set messages (text) to beep for every text message?

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Updated to Lollipop - Would like to set messaging (text) to beep for every text message

On Kitkat, my phone used to beep for every text message, even if the current conversation was open. I like this feature because I'll often set my phone down but the screen is still on and I would hear the beep, knowing the person responded. Now since the update to lollipop, it's completely silent and I can't seem to find the option.

Thanks for any help.

 

[radicchio]

Re: Updated to Lollipop - Would like to set messaging (text) to beep for every text message

Good question! I have read others who say that it will not beep if you are in the middle of a conversation---on the theory, I guess, that people just sit and stare at their phones in between texts.

Anyway, I guess Google --- in their infinite wisdom --- determined that this is a feature we don't need.

 

[B. Diddy]

Re: Updated to Lollipop - Would like to set messaging (text) to beep for every text message

Yeah, this has been discussed in other threads. Which phone do you have, the Note 4? That's how it behaves on the Nexus 5. Unfortunately, I don't think there's a way to make it happen, at least not on the stock Messaging app on the Note 4. You could try a 3rd party SMS app, like Textra or Chomp SMS.

 

[radicchio]

Re: Updated to Lollipop - Would like to set messaging (text) to beep for every text message

So is this a Samsung issue, rather than Google? If you have an S-View cover, then you would prefer to stick with Samsung's texting app so that it will work with the S-View.

 

[MedicD]

Re: Updated to Lollipop - Would like to set messaging (text) to beep for every text message

I use hangouts for my sms app and I think it makes a noise every time I get a text, even when a chat is open.