Having an emergency can be very stressful and it can be hard to keep everyone up to date. Apple now offers Emergency SOS on your iPhone with the iOS 11 update. In the US once you call 911 and the phone call ends, your iPhone alerts you emergency contacts with a text message, unless you choose to cancel. Your iPhone will send your emergency contacts your current location as well as send updates if your location changes.
How to Call Emergency Services
On iPhone X, iPhone 8, or iPhone 8 Plus:
- Press and hold the side button and one of the Volume buttons until the Emergency SOS slider appears.
- Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services. If you continue to hold down the side button and Volume button, instead of dragging the slider, a countdown begins and an alert sounds. If you hold down the buttons until the countdown ends, your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.
On iPhone 7 or earlier:
- Rapidly press the side button five times. The Emergency SOS slider will appear. (In India, you only need to press the button three times, then your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.)
- Drag the Emergency SOS slider to call emergency services.
For additional information and instructions on how to set up emergency contacts be sure to check your phone.
