How to increase your personal safety with Pixel and Samsung phones

While there has been a lot written and broadcast about how to deal with attacks and privacy violations online, there is now more attention being paid to helping people stay safe in their homes and out in the world.

Over the last few years, several personal safety features have been added to the phone's toolkit. Some of the ways you can use the tools offered by the phones are different depending on the manufacturer. If you have a different manufacturer's phone, it's a good idea to see what you have that's similar to what you get with the other phones.

A variety of ways to help ensure your personal safety can be found in the Safety app on the phone. The Personal Safety app can be found in the App Store, but the Safety app can be found in your app drawer. The first time you open the app, you will be offered a number of demos that will show you how to use the tools.

We will compare the emergency measures on the phones of both companies. If you have a different type of phone, use the directions below to find your equivalents.

Here are some of the things you can do to stay safe.

Send an emergency message with your location

You can send a message to an emergency contact if you don't have time to text or call when you need to.

Samsung

Attaching a five-second audio recording and pictures from the front and rear cameras can be done with your phone.

Go to the safety and emergency settings If you want, you can send the message on. It is necessary to agree to the usual terms and conditions. If prompted, you can either create contact or select from contacts to determine who will receive the messages. You can set the number of people you want to receive the alert for.

The setup process involves designating contacts and sending the alert to them.

You can choose to receive messages from up to four people if you tap Select from Contacts.

You can make changes to your contacts by scrolling to the bottom of the screen and then sending them a message. The garbage can button can be used to remove people from the list.

The system will attach pictures taken with your front and rear cameras as well as a five-second audio recording if you choose to do so. Attach pictures can be used to turn that off.

When you press the power button three times, a message will be sent to your contacts, along with photos and audio. If you are concerned about accidental activations, you can make it so that it takes four button presses. If your location changes, your contact will get a link to your location on the map and be updated.

Pixel

You can use the Safety app to stay safe. If you press the power button five or more times, EmergencySOS will call emergency services. Safety check allows you to set a time when your phone will check with you to see if you feel safe, while emergency sharing will let you share your location and other information with your emergency contacts. The phone will call you if you don't answer the check.

There are several wizards on the page that will walk you through the process of setting up the Safety app. The different features can be set up with the help of the icon in the upper left of the app. We will do it that way.

To set up Emergency SOS:

You can start the safety app by tapping the icon.

Safety check and emergency sharing can be started immediately on the personal safety page.

A number of safety features can be accessed from the settings screen.

There is a button on the Emergency SOS page that allows you to use it. The power button can be pressed five or more times. You have 5 seconds to cancel the alert. Toggling the play alarm sound on will set up an alarm sound. The Test sound link will show you what the sound will be. Try a demo button below the power button will give you a sense of how fast you need to hit the power button in order to start emergency services.

You can try a demo once you have set your emergency alert.

Five seconds is all it takes to cancel an emergency alert.

If you press the power button five times, you will be able to make a decision.

You can change the number to call from the Call emergency services page, and also enable assisted calling, which will let the emergency services know where you are without you having to speak. Go to Share info with emergency contacts if you want to text your location and updates to your friends. You need to add one or more emergency contacts to use this. If you want to record an emergency video at the same time that you call the emergency services, you can switch that on. If you set it to, it will automatically share a link to the video with your emergency contacts once the recording is over. If you want to start a video without calling emergency services, you can use the five presses to start it. If you need to make a call, you can use the recording screen to do so, but you'll have to use your code to stop it.

To record video, you can set EmergencySOS.

You can make a call from the video screen.

To set up Emergency sharing:

For up to 24 hours, you can allow your emergency contacts to follow you.

The Safety app has an emergency sharing button. If you don't want your emergency contacts contacted, you can change the boxes next to them on the next page. It is possible to give a short reason for allowing sharing. You can share it in the lower right corner.

To set up Safety check:

If you are going into a potentially dangerous situation, a safety check can help. If you don't enable the safety check feature, it will call your emergency contacts if you don't check in with it at a preset time. You have to grant the app location permission in order to use it.

The Safety app has a safety check button. If you want to write your own reason for turning on safety check, you can use the drop-down menu. On the next screen, tap on it.

You'll be asked to check in at a certain time.

If you need to, you can use the safety check screen.

If you don't respond to the check, you can choose which of your emergency contacts to contact. It is possible to let your contacts know when the safety check is turned on. There will be a safety check screen. It will show when you need to check in and who will be contacted if you don't. If you want to stop the check, hit the large red button on the screen.

Make an emergency call from the lock screen

You can't take the time to get your phone unlocked if you're still fighting with the device. No, you don't need to. Emergency services can be called from the lock screen of most of the other phones.

The Emergency or Emergency call button can be found on the screen when you swiped up. You will be taken to a phone dial pad that will allow you to call an emergency number. You will see a View emergency info button on your phone if you have aPixel. Emergency contacts and a Medical info icon can be found at the top of the screen if you have aSamsung. If you want to add or update your medical information, you can go to the settings.

It's possible to make an emergency call or view information on a phone.

You can make an emergency call on your phone if you tap on one of your emergency contacts.

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