No More Settings Ping-Pong: Google’s Handy Pixel Update Puts Volume Sliders Right Inside Your Sound Picker

Google is preparing to eliminate one of the most minor yet consistently annoying pain points in the Pixel user experience: the tedious back-and-forth required to preview and set alert sounds. According to a recent teardown of an unreleased software build, Pixel phones will soon get volume sliders integrated directly inside the individual ringtone, alarm, and notification sound picker menus. Currently, adjusting these is a clumsy multi-step chore. If you want to change your morning wake-up call, you have to open the alarm sound picker, select a tone, exit back to the main Sound & Vibration settings page to adjust the slider, and then return to the picker to see if it’s too loud or quiet. This disjointed flow makes trying out new alerts—especially early-morning alarms that need to be calibrated perfectly—a frustrating exercise in trial and error. The upcoming update resolves this by placing a dedicated volume slider directly on the picker screen. This allows users to audition different audio options and adjust their precise decibel levels in real-time without ever navigating away from the menu. While code digs and unreleased builds don’t always guarantee a public launch, the feature was fully functional in testing, suggesting it is highly likely to roll out to Pixel users in an upcoming feature drop. When it arrives, this small quality-of-life upgrade will make personalizing your device’s audio experience much more seamless.