Huawei, the Chinese technology company founded in 1987, became one of the world's largest smartphone makers during the 2010s, and its phones shipped with a set of default ringtones and notification tones in its EMUI software. This short chime was the standard alert for messages and app notifications on many models, so millions of users heard it daily. As Huawei devices spread internationally, the tone was extracted and shared online as an MP3 and ringtone file, and it remains in use in videos as a generic but recognisable Android phone alert.