One possibility would be for ringtones and alarms to play through the current primary output for the first 2~4 seconds, and then force the phone speakers after that, just in case you aren't listening to the headphones.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to pulseaudio in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1364647 Title: [Sound] Alarm, Calls should always be played (also) in the speakerphone even when a bluetooth or wired headset is used Status in Clock application for Ubuntu devices: Opinion Status in Ubuntu UX bugs: Triaged Status in pulseaudio package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When a bluetooth or wired headset the phone embedded speakerphone should ring anyway as you probably won't wear an headset while sleeping, while you prefer keeping your headset connected all the times. -- SOLUTION -- Calls and Alarms should *always* be played to the speaker phones, as well as in the wired/wireless headset. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-clock-app/+bug/1364647/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
