In a hurricane or a flood, you could lose cell phone service and Wi-Fi. But there is new technology that you may not even ...

If your try and call 911 and can't connect a message icon with a small, red SOS on it will appear. Tap on this and answer any prompts that appear. This will help connect you to the correct agency ...

If you’ve recently purchased Apple's new iPhone 14, you may have noticed this SOS icon appear in the status bar. Which can be ...

The Emergency SOS via satellite feature requires an iPhone 14 or later, running iOS 16.1 or later. Note: some local emergency numbers might require iOS 16.4 or later.

If you see "SOS" or "SOS only" in the status bar, your device can still make emergency calls. The feature is available in the United States, Canada and Australia.

For Samsung Galaxy S25, go to Settings > Safety and Emergency > Emergency SOS. Turn it on, set up emergency contacts, and press the side key five times to send an alert and location to your contacts.

Google is making a change to how the Pixel Watch handles Emergency SOS. So far, after tapping the watch crown five times, Emergency SOS would call authorities unless you canceled. Going forward ...