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The iOS 26 update doesn't make it easy to add custom ringtones, but with a few tools and some patience, you can still do it for free. Apple loads iPhones with dozens of tones out of the box. They ...

This is CNBC's coverage of Apple's biggest launch event of the year, where it announced new iPhones and Apple Watches that will go on sale on Sept. 19. The live blog has ended Everything you need to ...

Close your eyes and try to imagine the iPhone ringtone, and chances are, you’ll be able to, or at least you’ll recognize it once you hear it. The current iPhone ringtone — Reflection — was launched ...

iOS 26 looks set to greatly expand the ringtone options for the iPhone. A previous beta included one remixed version of the default Reflection sound, but now iOS 26 beta 6 has added another five more ...

If “Reflected” rings a bell (pun intended), that’s because it isn’t brand new—it’s the same tone labeled “Alt 1” that first appeared in the second iOS 26 beta. The other five are fresh additions ...

How to Make Any Video Sound Your Ringtone on iPhone To make the sound from a video into a ringtone, you’ll have to take a couple of steps. First, you’ll need to convert the video into an MP3 file by ...

In online publishing, as in Hollywood, nobody knows anything. Why did a dashed-off news story get vastly more traffic than a painstakingly honed opinion piece? Who can say. As flies to wanton boys are ...

After a couple of weeks, Apple finally released iOS 26 beta 2 to developers. While users shouldn't expect too much from this build, since Apple typically starts making big changes with beta 3, this ...

Good news for those who were excited to hear about (and indeed to hear) the new Reflection ringtone hidden in the first iOS 26 developer beta: it’s now available to try out. The second beta, which ...

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