What does the Emergency SOS on iPhone do?How to Call Emergency Services on iPhone?How to Turn Off Emergency SOS Auto Call on iPhoneHow to End an Emergency SOS Call on iPhone
What Does the Emergency SOS on iPhone Do?
Once you make a call with Emergency SOS, your phone will immediately notify your emergency contact with a text message from your iPhone. Your phone will also send your current location and updates to your emergency contacts for a period of time as soon as you enter SOS mode and your location changes. You can even set up your Medical ID so that anyone besides you can easily access the details through the screen lock directly. You can choose Police, Fire, or Ambulance as your Emergency Contact Numbers in countries like the United States and Germany.
How to Call Emergency Services on iPhone?
Make a Call on iPhone 11, X series or later
Make a Call on iPhone 7 or earlier
How to Turn Off Emergency SOS Auto Call on iPhone
To turn on, you can follow the same steps mentioned above and turn the toggle on. On iPhone 11 or later, you can call by pressing the side button five times:
How to End an Emergency SOS Call on iPhone
If the Emergency SOS gets activated accidentally, you have an option to cancel it as well. And if you accidentally call the emergency services, the call can be ended by tapping on End call icon and confirming that you want to cut the call. Singing off!! Nobody meets with an accident by choice, it’s by chance. In that case, it is always good if we keep ourselves ready for any such situations in life. Hoping that you liked the guidelines on setting up and using Emergency SOS. Do share your views below in the comment section! Next time we’ll see you with more such insights. Till then stay updated to all the new features coming out!! You would like to read these posts as well:
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