How to customize and use iPhone SOS and Medical ID security features?

iPhone and Apple Watch offer some very useful features when it comes to health and fitness, and they also include important tools for getting help in the event of an accident, injury, and more. Continue to learn how to make sure your Medical ID is set up or up to date, and how to customize and use iPhone SOS and Apple Watch SOS.

Medical ID and Apple Watch/iPhone SOS can both save lives. Neither is a shiny feature you'll use on a regular basis, which is why it's easy to not have a medical ID set up, or in the case of SOS, not be sure how to use it.

Medical ID allows users to store important health information and emergency contact details that first responders can access from the lock screen on iPhone and Apple Watch, and your Medical ID can be automatically sent to when making emergency calls First Responder (iOS 13.5 and later)).

As for iPhone SOS, there are three ways to activate the emergency feature on Apple Watch

3 ways to use iPhone SOS

One way and two ways to use SOS.

How to customize and use iPhone SOS settings

There are three ways to activate iPhone SOS to call emergency services. NOTE: You may need to manually enable SOS with Hold and SOS with 5 Presses (see below for details).

1. SOS with slider: Press and hold the side button and volume button for a few seconds, then slide to the rightEmergency SOS slider
2. Hold SOS: Hold the side button and volume button and continue to hold them until the countdown starts and the SOS call
3. 5 times SOS:Quickly press the side button on your iPhone 5 times to start the countdown and call emergency services

How to customize iPhone SOS

1. Open the Settings app on your iPhone
2. Swipe down and tap Emergency SOS
3. Tap Hold Call" and"Press 5 timesCall" to turn these features on or off
4. You can also turn the countdown audible alert on or off

Countdown Sound

By default, the countdown sound is on, a loud alarm tone that ensures you are using SOS intentionally. You can also turn this feature off if you want to be able to make emergency calls discreetly.

If left on, the SOS countdown will not make any sound at 5 and 4, and the alarm will sound at 3, 2 and 1.

If you accidentally call 911, press Cancel as soon as possible.

How to Customize Apple Watch SOS

Apple Watch does not have the quick click function of the SOS side button. Instead, it has two options.

1. Hold SOS: Hold the Apple Watch side button until the countdown starts and make the emergency call
2. With slider SOS: Press and hold the side button until you see the power-off screen, then use the SOS slider

Automatic SOS calling is turned on by default in the Apple Watch app settings.

1. Open the Apple Watch app on iPhone> My Watch> Swipe down to Emergency SOS or open the Settings app on a wearable device> Swipe Or scroll down to SOS
2. Now you can turn off "Hold Side Button" if you want

Apple Watch has a loud iPhone-like countdown prompt sound. However, there is no option to turn it off. The countdown alarm will sound even if your iPhone or Apple Watch is set to silent/vibrate.

If you want to get in some practice just to get more comfortable with the SOS feature on your iPhone and Apple Watch, just make sure to let go of the 2-second countdown.

Keep in mind that if you accidentally make an SOS call, if you click Cancel as soon as possible, you should be able to end it before it reaches emergency services.

How to set up or update a Medical ID on iPhone

1. Launch the Health app on iPhone
2. In Summary or Browse ” tab, click the profile icon in the upper right corner
3. Select Medical ID >Edit
4. Enter or update Your information, including whether you want emergency responders to be able to see your medical ID when your iPhone is locked and share your medical ID when making emergency calls
5. After completion Click Done in the upper right corner

Also don’t forget that you can add multiple emergency contacts, in fact, you can add more than two dozen. I didn't find the limit, but I reached 25.

Register with the National Organ Donor Registry

Apple offers the option to register with Donate Life, the National Organ Donor Registry. It's a quick and easy way to register those who are interested, and it will stick with you no matter what your status is. When editing your medical ID, click the Learn More link above the button for more information.

How to Set Up or Update Medical ID on Apple Watch

The great thing about Medical ID is that it automatically syncs from your iPhone to your connected Apple Watch, without you having to do anything. If you update your information in the Health app, it should appear on your Apple Watch almost immediately.

The Health settings in the Apple Watch app are used to calculate calorie burn and other health metrics, separate from your Medical ID profile.

How to Access Medical ID on iPhone and Apple Watch

To see if someone else needs to pull up your Medical ID, press and hold the Side and Volume buttons on your nearest iPhone , then swipe from left to right on the Medical ID slider.

On Apple Watch, press and hold the Side button. Medical ID slider will be available along with Shutdown and SOS options.

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