The Emergency SOS feature was announced back then with iOS 11. This lets you quickly contact 911 or emergency contacts without unlocking your phone. You can also assign Emergency Contacts, who will get a notification after you’ve rung emergency services. With it, you can make calls to emergency services and notify your designated emergency contacts of your situation and your location using the iPhone’s GPS. Here, in this article, we have discussed the simplest and straightforward methods to Activate Emergency SOS on iPhone 8 and 8 Plus.
It calls emergency services – automatically using the proper number wherever you’re, which is particularly helpful when you’re traveling. When your emergency call ends, Emergency SOS sends a text message together with your location to any emergency contacts you’ve found out within the Health app. Finally, it displays your Medical ID for first responders, so they’re conscious of any information like medication allergies. (The Health app is additionally where you found out your Medical Identity-Info).
You can activate Emergency SOS by rapidly pressing the Sleep/ Wake button (as Apple calls it) on the proper side of your iPhone, between three or five times counting on the setting. Your iPhone will find out the right number to dial supported your geographical location and therefore the regional settings. In India, that number is now 112, which is incidentally an equivalent to most European countries. Once you’ve activated the feature your iPhone will, because the default setting, sound an alarm and begin a three-second countdown. this is often meant to offer you an opportunity to cancel the emergency alert, just in case you triggered it accidentally. After three seconds, the phone will dial the emergency services automatically.
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