How To Use Emergency SOS on iPhone

Your iPhone is not only a phone, a camera, a calculator, a music player, a GPS device, and a gadget for casual gaming; it also has the potential to help save your life in the situation that you find yourself in a dangerous or life-threatening situation. An SOS call functionality is available on the iPhone, which can ring the appropriate local emergency services and will also notify emergency contacts about your current position and the nature of your issue.

Therefore, it is essential to be familiar with how to make an SOS call and how to ensure that your emergency contacts are always up to date. Here's our guidance.

Apple iPhone Emergency SOS functionality

The "Emergency SOS" functionality of the iPhone will dial the appropriate local emergency number regardless of where you are. In the United States, for instance, the emergency number 911 will be dialed when you use your iPhone. In the United Kingdom / Bangladesh, it will dial 999 in that situation.

How to use iPhone Emergency SOS on iPhone 7 or earlier 

To start, quickly hit the button on either the side or the top. The slider for the Emergency SOS app will show up on the screen of your iPhone. To contact emergency services, you need to move the slider labeled "Emergency SOS."

How to use iPhone Emergency SOS on iPhone 8 to iPhone 14 

If you have an iPhone 8 or later model, you will need to press and hold the side button as well as one of the volume keys in order to bring up the Emergency SOS slider. To contact emergency services once more, simply drag the slider labeled "Emergency SOS."

If you continue to hold down the side button and the volume button, a countdown will begin even if you are unable to move the slider. This occurs regardless of whether or not you are in a position to do so.

If you keep holding down the buttons until the countdown is through, your iPhone will make a call to the appropriate emergency agencies automatically.

iPhone Emergency SOS contacts alerts 

After activating Emergency SOS via one of the techniques described above and after your call to the emergency services has been terminated, your iPhone has the capability to send a text message to your emergency contacts that includes your position.

This still works even if your iPhone's location services are turned off, as they will temporarily be turned on. If your location changes, your contacts will get an update.

How to add and edit iPhone Emergency SOS contacts

The Health app is where your Emergency SOS contacts are added to and where you change them. Launch the application, then tap the icon representing your profile that appears in the upper right-hand corner of the screen.

• Within the iPhone health app, an arrow pointing to the profile symbol allows users to access their emergency contact information.

• To access the next page, select "Medical ID" from the menu.

• The editable parameters for "Medical ID" are shown by the arrow, which is located next to the button.

• If you have not yet entered any information, you will need to tap "Get Started," and if you have already done so, you will need to tap "Edit."

• Now, scroll all the way down to the area labeled Emergency Contacts. To add a contact for in case of emergency, tap the green + icon.

• The arrow is pointing to the green plus sign, which can be used to add emergency contacts.

• This brings up the Contacts app on your iPhone. After selecting the contact you want to add, you will be required to select the appropriate relationship between the two of you from a comprehensive list.

• To save your changes, tap the "Done" button.

How to edit and delete iPhone Emergency SOS contacts 

After completing the steps outlined above, navigate to the top right of your screen and click the "Update" button. From there, you will be able to add, edit, or remove emergency contacts as needed.

The emergency contact information can be updated by clicking the "edit" option on the Medical ID.

You are now able to make modifications by scrolling down to the section labeled "emergency contacts," and then tapping on the plus or minus icons to add or remove contacts, respectively.