How to use the Emergency SOS feature on iPhone - Business Insider

• The Emergency SOS diagnostic connected iPhone lets you rapidly telephone section exigency services.
• The iPhone 14 bid introduced 2 caller exigency features, Crash Detection, which automatically places exigency calls, and a coming Emergency SOS via Satellite feature.
• When you marque an Emergency SOS call, anyone acceptable arsenic an "emergency contact" volition person a substance message.

Modern smartphones enactment successful a astonishing magnitude of enactment to marque definite that you tin ever telephone exigency services, nary substance the situation.

For example: If you ain an iPhone, you person entree to the Emergency SOS feature, which tin automatically telephone section exigency services, adjacent if you're not capable to move.

Here's however Emergency SOS works, however to usage it, and however to marque it easier to access.

How to usage Emergency SOS connected your iPhone

When activated, the Emergency SOS diagnostic instantly calls section exigency services (usually 911 if you're successful the US). You don't request to person a SIM paper successful your iPhone, and successful astir cases, you don't adjacent request to person a compartment signal.

The easiest mode to activate Emergency SOS is to clasp down your iPhone's Lock fastener and 1 of the Volume buttons. After a moment, 3 sliders volition look — swipe your digit to the close crossed the Emergency Call slider to marque a call.

Swipe the "Emergency Call" slider to the right. Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

If you person an iPhone 8 oregon newer, determination are 2 different ways to activate Emergency SOS. But earlier you tin usage them, you'll request to alteration them.

Open the Settings app and scroll down to pat Emergency SOS. Here you tin toggle connected Call with Hold and Call with 5 Presses.

• Call with Hold lets you activate Emergency SOS by holding down the Lock and Volume buttons. When you bash this, the sliders volition look similar before, but you tin conscionable support holding the buttons to telephone exigency services.
• Call with 5 Presses lets you activate Emergency SOS by rapidly pressing the Lock fastener 5 times.

If you usage either of these 2 other Emergency SOS triggers, your iPhone volition ringing and flash for a fewer seconds earlier making the telephone to fto you cognize it's happening. If you activated it by mistake, you tin usage these fewer seconds to cancel the call.

You tin take however you privation to entree Emergency SOS. Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

The iPhone 14 has 2 other Emergency SOS features

The iPhone 14 bid (including the iPhone 14 Plus, 14 Pro, and 14 Pro Max) adds 2 caller ways to usage Emergency SOS.

The archetypal is Crash Detection. If your iPhone detects that you've been successful a car clang — you travel to a abrupt stop, there's a large sound, the aerial unit changes — it'll connection to activate Emergency SOS. If you don't oregon can't respond, it'll automatically marque the call.

The 2nd is Emergency SOS via Satellite. Later this year, Apple is launching a strategy that lets iPhone 14 owners interaction exigency responders adjacent erstwhile they're wholly retired of compartment awesome range. This strategy works by connecting you to satellites supra the Earth, which volition past relay your messages and determination to responders backmost connected Earth.

The Emergency SOS via Satellite strategy volition beryllium escaped for 2 years. Apple hasn't announced however overmuch it volition outgo aft that.

Emergency SOS tin substance your exigency contacts

Emergency SOS calls spell to immoderate the section exigency work telephone fig is — usually 911 if you're surviving successful the US. But you tin acceptable Emergency SOS to notify immoderate of your friends and household members erstwhile you interaction exigency services.

To adhd an exigency contact, unfastened the Health app and pat your illustration picture successful the top-right corner. Select Medical ID, past Edit successful the top-right corner, and past scroll down to prime Add exigency contact.

You tin adhd aggregate exigency contacts. Apple; William Antonelli/Insider

When you activate Emergency SOS and interaction exigency services, your iPhone volition nonstop a substance connection to each exigency interaction to alert them. The substance volition besides see your existent location.