Setting custom ringtones have become easy in IOS26

By Siddarth B Mahajan, 14 September, 2025

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iOS and iPadOS

Hi all,

I couldn’t wait for the official iOS 26 release, so I tried out the RC yesterday. One feature I really loved is how easy it is to set a custom ringtone now.

Instead of going through the tedious process we had before, you can simply select your audio file, tap Share, and you’ll see a new option: Use as Ringtone. Once you click that, it takes you to the list of available ringtones. Just select your new one and that’s it! The next time someone calls, you’ll hear your custom ringtone right away.

This is such a small but really useful improvement.

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By Brian on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 12:14

I think it's safe to say that the majority of us have been wanting something like this for years.

By Zoe Victoria on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 14:34

Do you know how long I have wanted to be able to have my own custom ringtones? Since the moment I got my first IOS device! I definitely wish they added this feature sooner, but boy am I happy it's coming now!

By João Santos on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 15:33

This, along with just being able to access the contents stored on an iPhone as if it was a USB mass storage device, is one of those extremely basic features that Apple has been ridiculous preventing users from enjoying for many years for no reason other than pure greed. Another one that I mentioned a couple of months ago is the lack of support for USB UVC cameras on iPhone when they are supported on iPad, so I just spent over 700€ on a cellular iPad Mini, which is a device that I don't otherwise care about, in order to take advantage of that functionality from a mobile device.

By Enes Deniz on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 20:36

This option shows up on the Share sheet photos or other file types as well as audio files. Is this simply a bug or is there anything I'm missing out?

By Brian on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 21:18

This could be simply the way they coded this feature into the share sheet interface. Either to give us more freedom as to win and where we can introduce a new ringtone, or because somebody did a sloppy job of implementing this feature. 🤷🏻‍♂️

By Enes Deniz on Sunday, September 14, 2025 - 21:50

Or videos? Well, maybe. Images? Most likely not. So I think it's the latter (i.e., it's not intentional).