You can add one or more emergency contacts to your iPhone so that they can be easily contacted (or contact you) in urgent situations. This takes five minutes to set up, but it could be one of the most ...

You can add an emergency contact on your iPhone using the Health app or Settings app. When you use the Emergency SOS feature, your iPhone will text your location to your emergency contacts. Your ...

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Setting up widgets on your iPhone for contact and emergency information provides essential details at a glance without needing to unlock it. Here's how to do it and why it's helpful. Although you can ...

Chances are that if you are in an accident or have a medical emergency, you will have your iPhone with you. And if you use your iPhone to call for help, you can set it to automatically share ...

With new and evolving technologies that we we carry as phones, or at devices home and school that enhance our daily lives, how can we leverage these products so we can use them in the event of an ...

The last few years have seen many Android companies create or strengthen their safety services. Google's Pixel Personal Safety app was designed to bring help when you're in danger or to keep track of ...

Hurricane Milton is coming and for many Floridians, it's going to be a bad one. Your mobile phone may become your lifeline, your only means of communication and your only source of news and weather ...

A key advantage of carrying an always-connected device with you is that you can summon help in nearly any emergency. But what if you’re incapacitated? By setting up Medical ID within the Health app in ...

As Florida faces Hurricane Milton right on the heels of Hurricane Helene, communications is one critical area likely to be affected. People in the state may not be able to rely on cellular or Wi-Fi ...