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Your Apple Watch isn't just for fitness or messages—it could save your life.
Apple’s Emergency SOS feature on the Apple Watch ensures that help is just a button press away. Whether you’re caught in an accident, experience a hard fall, or feel unsafe, your watch can alert emergency services and share your location instantly.
In this guide, I’ll walk you through how to set up and use Emergency SOS on your Apple Watch, and how to manage its powerful features.
Emergency SOS is a built-in safety feature that lets you quickly contact emergency services and alert your emergency contacts. Depending on your model and region, it can either be activated manually or automatically during critical incidents like hard falls or car crashes.
Before using Emergency SOS, make sure it’s set up correctly on your iPhone and Apple Watch. While the Emergency SOS features are auto-enabled for your Apple Watch, you must manually add an emergency contact. You can add an emergency contact via the Health and Contact app.
Besides, you can head to the Watch app on your iPhone to check whether all Emergency SOS features are ON. Here’s how:
Not only does your Apple Watch let you use Emergency SOS anytime you want, but it can also call emergency services automatically if a severe crash or fall is detected.
Alternatively, you can keep holding the Side button until a countdown begins. Once the countdown ends, your Apple Watch will automatically initiate the emergency services.
These features work automatically once enabled:
If you accidentally initiate Emergency SOS:
After an emergency call, your Apple Watch keeps updating your emergency contact with your location every 4 hours.
To stop this: Tap Stop Sharing from the notification that appears.
Signing off…
Emergencies are unpredictable. Thankfully, your Apple Watch makes it easy to call for help—even when your iPhone isn’t nearby. A few minutes of setup can give you peace of mind and might even save your life.
If you’ve got questions or need help setting this up, drop a comment below—we’d love to help!
FAQs
Yes, you can. However, you must have a cellular Apple Watch with an active cellular plan, or your non-cellular Apple Watch must be connected to a Wi-Fi network, and Wi-Fi Calling is enabled with your carrier.
Fall Detection is available on Apple Watch Series 4 and later. You must enable the feature manually in settings.
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