How to use the emergency SOS feature on your smartphone

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View this email in your browser  |  Manage newsletter subscriptions By David Nield | 08.30.22 No matter the make and model of your phone, it's likely to have an emergency SOS feature built in—something you will hopefully never have to use but should make yourself aware of, just in case. Emergency SOS works in a similar way across mobile platforms, as we outline in our how-to guide. Whether you're dealing with a medical emergency or other safety concerns, its main purpose is to let emergency services and your trusted contacts know that you're in trouble and where you are. If you buy something using links in our stories, we may earn a commission. This helps support our journalism. Learn more. How to Use the Emergency SOS Feature on Your Smartphone Let's hope you never need it—but it's important to know how it works. On Vacation? Here's How to Set Away Messages on Your Phone Set your "out of office" autoreply for your email, then try these hacks to do the same for texts. Simple Steps to Protect Yourself on Public Wi-Fi Connecting to a public Wi-Fi network can put you at risk. Here's how to minimize the damage. How to Keep Your Kids Safe Online From Net Nanny to parental blocks to, you know, actually talking to your kids about their online behavior. How to Stop Butt Dialing Everyone with Your Smartphone The age of touchscreens hasn't stopped pocket dialing. Here's how you can put an end to it once and for all. GET WIRED Get WIRED for just $29.99 $5. Includes the print edition plus editor in chief Gideon Lichfield's column, System Update. Subscribe now. Have questions or comments? Reply to this email.   When you buy something using the retail links in this email, we earn a small affiliate commission. Read more about how this works.   This email was sent to you by WIRED. To ensure delivery to your inbox (not bulk or junk folders), please add our email address, wired@newsletters.wired.com, to your address book.   View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe or manage your newsletter subscriptions