AN iPhone expert has warned users to set up an important safety button on their devices which could save your life.
In urgent situations where you might not be able to dial the number for emergency services, there’s another way.
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This could be especially useful if your iPhone screen is broken.
It’s called Emergency SOS.
The feature allows you to call emergency services when you quickly press the main home button on your device five times.
It’ll start a countdown and blast out an alert sound, to make sure it’s not a mistake.
Once the countdown has ended, it’ll call emergency services automatically for you.
TikToker Paige Marie explains how it’s done.
Just go to the Settings.
And look for Emergency SOS from the list.
Switch Call with 5 Presses on.
But that’s not all.
You can also alert close friends and family that something has happened automatically too.
Adding them as emergency contacts will result in them receiving a notification with your location at the same time as you press the home button five times seeking help from authorities.
To add emergency contacts, go back to the Emergency SOS section in the Settings.
Scroll down to the Emergency Contacts bit and tap Set up Emergency Contacts in Health.
Tap Edit in the top right corner and scroll down to add emergency contact.
You can then select whoever you like from your contacts – be sure to state how they’re related to you.
Then finish by tapping Done.
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