Dual-SIM phones dominate markets from Asia to Europe. Users juggle work and personal lines on one device. Yet Android’s core system forces the same ringtone on both. Calls blend together. You grab the phone blind, unsure which line rings. Frustrating. Manufacturers like Motorola and Samsung patch this gap with their own tweaks. Google? Not yet.

That changed this week. Strings in Android Canary release 2604 hint at native support. Android Authority spotted them first: “ Allows the user to select and set a unique ringtone for a specific SIM card. ” Another reads “SIM ringtone title: Ringtone.” No live code accompanies these. Teardowns predict, but don’t guarantee. Still, signs point to progress.

Users scream for this. A Google Issue Tracker entry from August 2025 details Pixel woes. “Current Pixel devices running Android 16, including the Pixel 8 Pro, lack the ability to assign distinct ringtones,” it states. Navigate Settings → Sound & vibration → Phone ringtone. One global option stares back.…