What to Know
- Vibration settings on an iPhone can be found in Sounds & Haptics in Settings.
- You used to be able to turn on a setting called Vibrate on Ring or Silent. You can now find those settings under Haptics.
Turning on your iPhone's vibrate mode can help alert you to incoming calls and texts. You can enable vibrate mode while your iPhone is silenced or in addition to a ringtone. Here's how to set iPhone to vibrate when receiving calls and texts.
How to Make Your iPhone Vibrate for Incoming Calls & Texts
For a long time, users would set their iPhone to vibrate by finding Vibrate in Settings, but Apple now calls it Haptics, which can be confusing if you're looking to make the iPhone vibrate. You can change vibration settings under Haptics in Settings. Here's how to put your phone on vibrate mode via the Settings app.
- Tap the Settings app on your iPhone.
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- Tap Sounds & Haptics.
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- Tap Haptics.
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- From here, you can select haptics to Always Play anytime your iPhone receives an alert.
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- You can choose to have it Play in Silent Mode to make sure your iPhone will vibrate while silenced.
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- Alternatively, you can choose to have your iPhone not vibrate in Silent Mode by tapping Don't Play in Silent Mode.
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- Lastly, if you never want your iPhone to vibrate, whether it is silenced or not, select Never Play.
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Now you know how to put your iPhone on vibrate with alert tones, while silenced, or both. For more notification tips, such as how to put iPhone on silent, sign up for our free Tip of the Day newsletter.
FAQ
- What does haptic mean on iPhone? What are haptics on an iPhone? According to Apple, haptics are the vibrations you feel after performing certain actions on certain models, including touch feedback, call and text vibrations, and notification alerts.
- Should I turn on Keyboard Haptics? Keyboard Haptics are useful for those who want to know they've tapped a button, but don't want sounds on. Here's how to enable Keyboard Haptics if you want to try it out!
- What if haptics aren't working on my iPhone? We have an article that covers how to fix Haptics on your iPhone. It covers all the Haptics settings, and how you can be sure you've turned on the correct ones. Rebooting your iPhone may also help.
That's all there is to it! Next, find out why your Apple Watch is vibrating but not showing notifications.
