phone alert
Device attention chime
A phone alert is a notification delivered to a mobile device—a sound, vibration, or on-screen message signaling incoming calls, texts, app updates, or emergency broadcasts.
Amber alerts and severe weather warnings push automatically to phones in affected areas.
I keep my phone alerts on silent during meetings.
The term also describes the state of anxiously awaiting a call: I'm on phone alert until the doctor calls back.
- notificationFormal notice given
- push notificationAutomatic message from app
- ringtonePhone's incoming call sound
- buzzContinuous low drone
- vibrateShake with small movements
alarm · ping · chime · beep · reminder · wake up call · message · incoming · screen · flash · silent · wake · urgent · breaking news · text · call · banner · sound
- on-call dutypager, beeper, standby, callback, after-hours
- hearing dog taskstrained response
- alertsalarm, warning, notification, push notifications, tornado watch
- remindersalarm, notification, reminder app, push notification, prompt
- memory aidsmnemonics, mnemonic, reminders, reminder, cue cards
phone alertsilent mode
Phone's soundless setting
mute · do not disturb · sound off · airplane mode · silenced
phone alertdo not disturb
Request for solitude
focus mode · missed call · silent mode · unread message · sleep mode
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