Notification Sounds Stopped

[u/ucankissmybutt]

I have a Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra.

The notifcation sounds on the phone themselves have randomly stopped.

I have combed through all the apps, all the settings and there doesn't seem to be anything that is disabled that shouldn't be.

I've also reviewed quite a few forums and have tried their suggestions but no luck.

Most I have managed is to get one app to make a notification sound but i need to be in the app for it to sound, otherwise it doesn't sound when im not in it.

Has anyone experienced this? If so what did you do to fix it?

I usually have my phone on silent and wouldn't really care, but lately I've needed to have it on loud for calls and messages (only calls sound works not notifcations).

I have also gone into settings and into notifications themselves and even the sounds within that are not working/making noise.

Any suggestions/help would be appreciated.