From the course: iOS 13 and iPadOS: iPhone and iPad Essential Training

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Emergency SOS

Emergency SOS

From the course: iOS 13 and iPadOS: iPhone and iPad Essential Training

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Emergency SOS

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- iOS 13 includes an emergency feature called Emergency SOS, which gives you the ability to quickly contact 911 or the equivalent emergency service in your country. On an iPhone 8 or later, you do this by pressing and holding the side button and one of the volume buttons. On an iPhone 7 or earlier, press the side or top button five times in a row. And on the screen that appears, you can slide the SOS button to the right to automatically call emergency services. So in a scenario where you feel threatened or have a genuine emergency, you have a way to quickly call 911 and get help. I'm just going to cancel that for now. But this still requires two steps, pressing and holding the side button and the volume button, and then sliding the SOS button across the screen. If you feel like you might be in a situation where you'll want to call 911 automatically after pressing the side button and volume button, you can set up the Auto…

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