How to use the SOS service on my iPhone?
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services like SOS help you contact family and friends and seek assistance.
SOS
helps you find the emergency number in your area when you call it. You may be
able to pick the type of service you require in some countries and regions. You
can also add contact information for emergencies. Your iPhone sends a text
message to your emergency contacts after an emergency call ends unless you
decide to cancel it. The iPhone sends them your location, and, for some time
after you enter SOS mode, your location is automatically transmitted in
real-time to your emergency contacts.
For
emergency assistance on iPhone 8 or later:
- Hold and
press the volume up button and the side button until you see the Emergency
SOS slider.
- You can call
emergency services by dragging the Emergency SOS slider. Instead of
sliding the slider, keep holding the side button and the Volume button to
sound an alert and begin a countdown. If you hold down the buttons until
the countdown is complete, an emergency service call will be placed
automatically.
Here's
how to make the call on iPhone 7 or earlier:
1.
Five rapid presses of the side (or top) button are required. You will then see
the SOS slider. (In India, you need to press the button only three times, and
the iPhone automatically contacts emergency services.)
2.
You can call emergency services by dragging the SOS slider.
Stop
sharing your location:
If
you choose not to cancel the text message, your iPhone sends your current
location to your Emergency contacts after the call ends. If Location Services
are disabled, they will temporarily be enabled. Within 10 minutes, the contacts
on your phone will be updated with your new location, and you will receive a
notification. Touch ID must be enabled again even if you don't use the
Emergency SOS shortcut to contact emergency services.
Ending
a call:
You
can cancel the countdown if you start it by mistake. The side button and volume
button need to be released on iPhone 8 and later. You can find the Stop button
on iOS 7 or earlier. Tap Stop Calling. It is possible to end an accidental
emergency call. You can disconnect a call by pressing the end call button and
then by confirmation.
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