How to set up your Emergency Contacts on iPhone
It’s worth a few minutes of your time to set up a few emergency contacts on iPhone. That way, they’re ready if and when you need them.
Emergency SOS
In iOS 12, 911 responders will know your exact location in the US
The iOS 12 update will allow emergency responders in the United States to know your exact location when you call 911. This could help save lives.
If you sleep with an Apple Watch on, consider disabling Auto Call in Emergency SOS settings
If you sleep on your Apple Watch the wrong way, you might want to adjust your Emergency SOS settings unless you’re not concerned about getting a wake-up call from the police.
New in iOS 11.3: automatically send your accurate location when making a 911 call
Have you ever wondered why Uber can find you, but 911 can’t? Enter Advanced Mobile Location, or AML, a new caller location technique in case of an emergency. Apple began using this life-saving solution in the iOS 11.3 update.
iOS 10.2 brings Emergency SOS feature from the Apple Watch to your iPhone
The potentially life-saving Emergency SOS feature which debuted on the Apple Watch with the release of watchOS 3 this fall is coming soon to your iPhone via a forthcoming iOS 10.2 software update. As my colleague Cody pointed out, Emergency SOS is now available on an iPhone with iOS 10.2 beta 2. Here’s a quick overview of Emergency SOS on the iPhone, how it’s invoked and what happens when you use it.
Emergency SOS: How to set up and use this Apple Watch feature
Here’s how to set up Emergency SOS on Apple Watch which will alert your loved ones that you’re in trouble right from your wrist.
Video walkthrough: Emergency SOS, Activity Sharing & more in watchOS 3 beta 2
A second beta of watchOS 3 released last week alongside iOS 10 beta 2, macOS Sierra beta 2 and tvOS 10 beta 2. Having posted our video walkthroughs and detailed overviews of what’s new in iOS 10 beta 2 and macOS Sierra beta 2, my colleague Andrew and I now get to take a closer look at everything new in watchOS 3 beta 2.
watchOS 3 beta 2 is not as feature-packed a release as the second beta of iOS 10, but still includes some major new features not found in prior betas, like Auto Unlock, Emergency SOS and Activity Sharing. We also detail a few smaller, useful enhancements in the stock Activity and Workout apps and some related new options added to the companion Watch app on the iPhone.
