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Emergency SOS
When you make a call with SOS, your iPhone automatically calls the local emergency number. In some countries and regions, you might need to choose the service that you need. For example, in China mainland you can choose police, fire, or ambulance.
You can also add emergency contacts. After an emergency call ends, your iPhone alerts your emergency contacts with a text message, unless you choose to cancel. Your iPhone sends your current location, and for a period of time after you enter SOS mode, your emergency contacts receive updates when your location changes.
Call emergency services
Make the call on iPhone 8 or later:
- 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.
Make the call on iPhone 7 or earlier:
- Rapidly press the side (or top) 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.
After the call ends, your iPhone sends your emergency contacts a text message with your current location, unless you choose to cancel. If Location Services is off, it will temporarily turn on. If your location changes, your contacts will get an update, and you’ll get a notification about 10 minutes later.
Stop sharing your location
When your location is being shared, you’ll get a reminder to stop sharing your location every 4 hours for 24 hours. To stop the updates, tap the status bar and select “Stop Sharing Emergency Location.”
End a call
If you accidentally call emergency services, you can end the call. Tap the End Call button, then confirm that you want to stop calling.
Add emergency contacts
- Open the Health app and tap your profile picture.
- Tap Medical ID.
- Tap Edit, then scroll to Emergency Contacts.
- Tap the Add button to add an emergency contact.
- Tap a contact, then add their relationship.
- Tap Done to save your changes.
You can’t set emergency services as an SOS contact.
Remove emergency contacts
- Open the Health app and tap your profile picture.
- Tap Medical ID.
- Tap Edit, then scroll to Emergency Contacts.
- Tap the Delete button next to a contact, then tap Delete.
- Tap Done to save your changes.
Change how you call
On iPhone 8 or later, your iPhone can automatically call emergency services. When Call with Hold or Call with 5 Presses is turned on and you try to make an emergency call, your iPhone begins a countdown and sounds an alert. After the countdown ends, your iPhone automatically calls emergency services.
To turn these settings on:
- Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
- Tap Emergency SOS.
- Turn Call with Hold or Call with 5 Presses on.
If you turn off Call with Hold or Call with 5 Presses, you can still use the Emergency SOS slider to make a call.
Countdown sound
This will play a warning sound that lets you know that emergency services will be called.